diff --git a/start-coding-server.sh b/start-coding-server.sh
index 243da3f..407128b 100755
--- a/start-coding-server.sh
+++ b/start-coding-server.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ for i in {1..150}; do
   HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 \
     -X POST "http://localhost:${HOST_PORT}/v1/chat/completions" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-    -d "{\"model\":\"${MODEL_ALIAS}\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"ping\"}],\"max_tokens\":1,\"temperature\":0.0,\"stream\":false}")
+    -d "{\"model\":\"${MODEL_ALIAS}\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"ping\"}],\"max_tokens\":1,\"temperature\":0.0,\"stream\":false}") || HTTP_CODE="000"
   if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "200" ]; then MODEL_READY=1; break; fi
   echo "  [${i}/150] HTTP ${HTTP_CODE:-000} — Modell lädt noch, warte 2s ..."
   sleep 2