diff --git a/cloud/terraform/cloud-init.yaml b/cloud/terraform/cloud-init.yaml
index 18d6621a..cd0277db 100644
--- a/cloud/terraform/cloud-init.yaml
+++ b/cloud/terraform/cloud-init.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ packages:
   - git
 
 runcmd:
+  - curl -sS --retry 5 https://github.com
   - git clone https://github.com/telekom-security/tpotce /root/tpot
   - /root/tpot/iso/installer/install.sh --type=auto --conf=/root/tpot.conf
   - rm /root/tpot.conf