diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index 5367c54b3a..1fa2566245 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -1254,6 +1254,7 @@ function oxidized_reload_nodes()
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 5000);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
         curl_exec($ch);
         curl_close($ch);