diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
index 7b5491409a..36bd4936fe 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/files/restart-mirrorlist-containers
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 # This job handles hourly restarting mirrorlist container(s) and making sure all is well. 
 #
 
+##
+## Docker ports for mirrors
+mirrorlist1="http://localhost:18081/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64"
+mirrorlist2="http://localhost:18081/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64"
+
+##
+
 # Initial expected state is mirrorlist1 running, mirrorlist2 running and new pkl
 
 if [ ! -f /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist2/global_netblocks.txt ];
@@ -27,10 +34,11 @@ if [ `systemctl show mirrorlist1 -p ActiveState` != 'ActiveState=active' ]; then
 fi
 
 # start mirrorlist2 (old pkl and see that it's processing ok)
+
 systemctl start mirrorlist2
 
-sleep 40
-curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org "http://localhost:18082/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64" -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180 | grep "sha512" >/dev/null
+sleep 5
+curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org ${mirrorlist2} -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180 | grep "sha512" >/dev/null
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: mirrorlist2 did not start correctly"
 	exit 1
@@ -47,7 +55,7 @@ sleep 1
 systemctl restart mirrorlist1
 
 sleep 5
-curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org "http://localhost:18082/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64" -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180 | grep "sha512" >/dev/null
+curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org ${mirrorlist1} -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180 | grep "sha512" >/dev/null
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: mirrorlist1 did not restart correctly"
 	exit 1
@@ -70,7 +78,7 @@ sleep 1
 systemctl restart mirrorlist2
 
 sleep 5
-curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org "http://localhost:18082/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64" -o/dev/null -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180
+curl -q -H mirrors.fedoraproject.org ${mirrorlist2} -o/dev/null -s -f --retry 50 --retry-delay 10 --retry-connrefused --retry-max-time 180
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: mirrorlist2 did not restart correctly"
 	exit 1