diff --git a/zen/ipfs_P2P_forward.sh b/zen/ipfs_P2P_forward.sh
index 85504ee..d48c231 100755
--- a/zen/ipfs_P2P_forward.sh
+++ b/zen/ipfs_P2P_forward.sh
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ fi
 if [[ "$IPFSNODEID" == "12D3KooWBYme2BsNUrtx4mEdNX6Yioa9AV7opWzQp6nrPs6ZKabN" ]]; then
         # CHECK CONNECTIVITY ipfs --timeout=5s ping /p2p/12D3KooWRstYPJSakosgnvvGpxDdUJd2xAncJB7fbBwLBaTAEJxp
 
-	[[ ! $(ipfs p2p ls | grep '/x/https-taurus') ]] && ipfs p2p forward /x/https-taurus /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/2443 /p2p/12D3KooWRstYPJSakosgnvvGpxDdUJd2xAncJB7fbBwLBaTAEJxp
-	[[ ! $(ipfs p2p ls | grep '/x/ssh-taurus') ]] && ipfs p2p forward /x/ssh-taurus /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/2022 /p2p/12D3KooWRstYPJSakosgnvvGpxDdUJd2xAncJB7fbBwLBaTAEJxp
+	[[ ! $(ipfs p2p ls | grep '/x/https-taurus') ]] && ipfs --timeout=5s ping -n 1 /p2p/12D3KooWRstYPJSakosgnvvGpxDdUJd2xAncJB7fbBwLBaTAEJxp && ipfs p2p forward /x/https-taurus /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/2443 /p2p/12D3KooWRstYPJSakosgnvvGpxDdUJd2xAncJB7fbBwLBaTAEJxp
+	[[ ! $(ipfs p2p ls | grep '/x/ssh-taurus') ]] && ipfs --timeout=5s ping -n 1 /p2p/12D3KooWRstYPJSakosgnvvGpxDdUJd2xAncJB7fbBwLBaTAEJxp && ipfs p2p forward /x/ssh-taurus /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/2022 /p2p/12D3KooWRstYPJSakosgnvvGpxDdUJd2xAncJB7fbBwLBaTAEJxp
 
 fi