diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 3b01412..1a333a4 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkdir -p /app/data/storage
 first_time_setup() {
     sleep 10
 
-    while ! curl --fail http://localhost:9000/; do
+    while ! curl --silent --output /dev/null --fail http://localhost:9000/; do
         echo "==> (reset root password) Waiting for peertube to initialize..."
         sleep 5
     done