diff --git a/bbb-lti/grails-app/services/org/bigbluebutton/LtiService.groovy b/bbb-lti/grails-app/services/org/bigbluebutton/LtiService.groovy
index 71b5538e14a3abdcbac41b142ecfb8c180384151..1c2c229524ff7fd09a3f4c564477fe2f7cbc37c6 100644
--- a/bbb-lti/grails-app/services/org/bigbluebutton/LtiService.groovy
+++ b/bbb-lti/grails-app/services/org/bigbluebutton/LtiService.groovy
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ class LtiService {
             HttpURLConnection httpConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection()
             httpConnection.setUseCaches(false)
             httpConnection.setDoOutput(true)
-            httpConnection.setRequestMethod("GET")
+            httpConnection.setRequestMethod("HEAD")
+            httpConnection.setConnectTimeout(5000)
             httpConnection.connect()
 
             int responseCode = httpConnection.getResponseCode()