diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
index 0f38941f..1b2ffb76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ jobs:
         path: dist/
     - name: Test that the basic pip built package runs without error
       run: |
-        set -e
+        set -ex
         pip3 install dist/changedetection.io*.whl
         changedetection.io -d /tmp -p 10000 &
         sleep 3
-        curl http://127.0.0.1:10000/static/styles/pure-min.css >/dev/null
-        curl http://127.0.0.1:10000/ >/dev/null
+        curl --retry-connrefused --retry 6 http://127.0.0.1:10000/static/styles/pure-min.css >/dev/null
+        curl --retry-connrefused --retry 6 http://127.0.0.1:10000/ >/dev/null
         killall changedetection.io
 
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-only.yml b/.github/workflows/test-only.yml
index 859f687e..f3fde056 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-only.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-only.yml
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ jobs:
           docker run --name test-changedetectionio -p 5556:5000  -d test-changedetectionio
           sleep 3
           # Should return 0 (no error) when grep finds it
-          curl -s http://localhost:5556 |grep -q checkbox-uuid
+          curl --retry-connrefused --retry 6  -s http://localhost:5556 |grep -q checkbox-uuid
           
           # and IPv6
-          curl -s -g -6 "http://[::1]:5556"|grep -q checkbox-uuid
+          curl --retry-connrefused --retry 6  -s -g -6 "http://[::1]:5556"|grep -q checkbox-uuid
 
           # Check whether TRACE log is enabled.
           # Also, check whether TRACE is came from STDERR