diff --git a/bin/sde-download b/bin/sde-download
index 0bb32a9..e41ee18 100755
--- a/bin/sde-download
+++ b/bin/sde-download
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ detect_mirror() {
 	echo_warning "Auto-detecting best mirror ..."
 
 	echo_info "Downloading mirror-list from opensde.net."
-	curl -s -S $curl_options -o tmp/Download-Mirror-List \
+	curl -Ls -S $curl_options -o tmp/Download-Mirror-List \
 		"http://opensde.net/opensde-download-mirrors/$pkgver"
 
 	if [ -r tmp/Download-Mirror-List ]; then