diff --git a/code/ping.sh b/code/ping.sh
index de84062..5da8b16 100755
--- a/code/ping.sh
+++ b/code/ping.sh
@@ -12,14 +12,21 @@ for i in $json; do
 		res="$(ping -c 1 $addr > >(grep icmp_seq | sed -E 's/.*icmp_seq=.//'))"
 		status=$?
 			
-		if [[ "$status" == 0 ]]; then
+		if [[ "$res" == *"time"* ]]; then
+			res_parsed="$(grep -Eoh "time=.*ms" <<< "$res" | sed -E 's/time=//g;s/ms//g' | tr -d ' ')"
+		else
+			res_parsed='#'
+		fi
+
+		# trying to ping for the 2nd time, as the interwebs may be flaky on the other side
+
+		if [[ "$res_parsed" == "#" ]]; then
+			res="$(ping -c 1 $addr > >(grep icmp_seq | sed -E 's/.*icmp_seq=.//'))"
 			if [[ "$res" == *"time"* ]]; then
 				res_parsed="$(grep -Eoh "time=.*ms" <<< "$res" | sed -E 's/time=//g;s/ms//g' | tr -d ' ')"
 			else
 				res_parsed='#'
 			fi
-		else
-			res_parsed='#'
 		fi
 
 		unset json_res