diff --git a/usr/local/share/bastille/bootstrap.sh b/usr/local/share/bastille/bootstrap.sh
index 5f91d1a..a9b63fd 100644
--- a/usr/local/share/bastille/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/usr/local/share/bastille/bootstrap.sh
@@ -441,11 +441,9 @@ case "${1}" in
 NAME_VERIFY=$(echo "${RELEASE}" | grep -iwE '^([1-9]{2,2})\.[0-9](-RELEASE|-RC[1-2])$' | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
 if [ -n "${NAME_VERIFY}" ]; then
     RELEASE="${NAME_VERIFY}"
-    if ping -c1 -t2 ftp.freebsd.org >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        ## main http
-        UPSTREAM_URL="http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/${HW_MACHINE}/${HW_MACHINE_ARCH}/${RELEASE}"
-    else
-        ## main ftp
+    UPSTREAM_URL="http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/${HW_MACHINE}/${HW_MACHINE_ARCH}/${RELEASE}"
+    if ! fetch -qo /dev/null "${UPSTREAM_URL}/MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null; then
+        ## try an alternate url
         UPSTREAM_URL="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/${HW_MACHINE}/${HW_MACHINE_ARCH}/${RELEASE}"
     fi
     bootstrap_directories
@@ -465,7 +463,7 @@ if [ -n "${NAME_VERIFY}" ]; then
 else
     usage
 fi
-	;;
+    ;;
 *-stable-build-*|*-STABLE-BUILD-*)
 ## check for HardenedBSD(for current changes)
 NAME_VERIFY=$(echo "${RELEASE}" | grep -iwE '([0-9]{1,2})(-stable-build|-STABLE-BUILD)-([0-9]{1,2})$' | sed 's/BUILD/build/g' | sed 's/STABLE/stable/g')
@@ -473,11 +471,9 @@ NAME_RELEASE=$(echo ${NAME_VERIFY} | sed 's/-build-[0-9]\{1,2\}//g')
 NAME_BUILD=$(echo ${NAME_VERIFY} | sed 's/[0-9]\{1,2\}-stable-//g')
 if [ -n "${NAME_VERIFY}" ]; then
     RELEASE="${NAME_VERIFY}"
-    if ping -c1 -t2 installer.hardenedbsd.org >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        ## main site
-        UPSTREAM_URL="http://installer.hardenedbsd.org/pub/hardenedbsd/${NAME_RELEASE}/${HW_MACHINE}/${HW_MACHINE_ARCH}/${NAME_BUILD}"
-    else
-        ## alternate mirror
+    UPSTREAM_URL="http://installer.hardenedbsd.org/pub/hardenedbsd/${NAME_RELEASE}/${HW_MACHINE}/${HW_MACHINE_ARCH}/${NAME_BUILD}"
+    if ! fetch -qo /dev/null "${UPSTREAM_URL}/MANIFEST" 2>/dev/null; then
+        ## try an alternate url
         UPSTREAM_URL="http://ci-01.nyi.hardenedbsd.org/pub/hardenedbsd/${NAME_RELEASE}/${HW_MACHINE}/${HW_MACHINE_ARCH}/${NAME_BUILD}"
     fi
     bootstrap_directories