diff --git a/scripts/website-verify.sh b/scripts/website-verify.sh
index ac700aa..8426532 100755
--- a/scripts/website-verify.sh
+++ b/scripts/website-verify.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ URL="https://sharedinbox.de/"
 
 echo "Checking that version ${VERSION} is live at ${URL} ..."
 for i in $(seq 1 6); do
-    if curl -sf "${URL}" | grep -q "x-version.*${VERSION}"; then
-        echo "OK: version ${VERSION} is live."
+    HTTP=$(curl -so /tmp/website-verify.html -w "%{http_code}" "${URL}" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [ "${HTTP}" != "200" ]; then
+        echo "HTTP ${HTTP} (attempt ${i}/6); waiting 10s ..."
+    elif grep -q "x-version.*${VERSION}" /tmp/website-verify.html; then
+        echo "OK: version ${VERSION} is live (HTTP ${HTTP})."
         exit 0
+    else
+        echo "HTTP 200 but version ${VERSION} not found (attempt ${i}/6); waiting 10s ..."
     fi
-    echo "Not yet (attempt ${i}/6); waiting 10s ..."
     sleep 10
 done
 
-echo "FAIL: version ${VERSION} not found at ${URL}"
+echo "FAIL: version ${VERSION} not live at ${URL} after 60s"
 exit 1