diff --git a/docker/app/run-development b/docker/app/run-development
index 9486d334..3fce8e72 100755
--- a/docker/app/run-development
+++ b/docker/app/run-development
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ until wget -qO - elasticsearch:9200; do
   sleep 2
 done
 
-until wget -qO /dev/null files/philomena; do
+until wget -qO /dev/null --spider files/philomena; do
   echo -n "."
   sleep 2
 done