diff --git a/Containers/nextcloud/entrypoint.sh b/Containers/nextcloud/entrypoint.sh
index 23450c07..e3377995 100644
--- a/Containers/nextcloud/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/Containers/nextcloud/entrypoint.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ if ! [ -f "$NEXTCLOUD_DATA_DIR/skip.update" ]; then
                     APPSTORE_URL="$(grep appstoreurl /var/www/html/config/config.php | grep -oP 'https://.*v[0-9]+')"
                     set +x
                 fi
-                CURL_STATUS="$(curl -LI "$APPSTORE_URL" -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -s)"
+                # Default appstoreurl parameter in config.php defaults to 'https://apps.nextcloud.com/api/v1' so we check for the apps.json file stored in there
+                CURL_STATUS="$(curl -LI "$APPSTORE_URL"/apps.json -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -s)"
                 if [[ "$CURL_STATUS" = "200" ]]
                 then
                     echo "Appstore is reachable"