diff --git a/scripts/check-uninsane b/scripts/check-uninsane
index c3adae51..963800e7 100755
--- a/scripts/check-uninsane
+++ b/scripts/check-uninsane
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ lftpgetIntoTmp() {
     rm -f "$localName"
     lftpget "$url"
   )
+  local contents=$(cat "/tmp/$localName")
+  test "$contents" = "automated tests read this file to probe connectivity"
 }
-check "ftp://uninsane.org" lftpgetIntoTmp ftp://uninsane.org/README.md README.md
+check "ftps://ftp.uninsane.org" lftpgetIntoTmp ftps://ftp.uninsane.org/pub/test test
 
 echo ""
 echo "systemctl --failed:"