diff --git a/monitorix b/monitorix
index 31b0360..5179163 100755
--- a/monitorix
+++ b/monitorix
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ while(1) {
 				if(!$pid) {
 					my $url = "http://localhost:" . $config{httpd_builtin}->{port} . $config{base_url};
 					my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(timeout => 30);
-					my $response = $ua->get($url);
+					my $response = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new('GET', $url));
 					if(!$response->is_success) {
 						if($response->status_line ne "401 Access Denied") {
 							logger("WARNING: HTTP built-in server not responding at '$url'.");