diff --git a/includes/general.php b/includes/general.php
index db30314..cedf444 100644
--- a/includes/general.php
+++ b/includes/general.php
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
 						continue;
 					}
 
-					fputs($fp, "EHLO www.cacert.org\r\n");
+					fputs($fp, "EHLO ping.cacert.org\r\n");
 					do {
 						$line = fgets($fp, 4096);
 						$has_starttls |= substr(trim($line),4) == "STARTTLS";
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 
 						stream_socket_enable_crypto($fp, true, STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLSv1_0_CLIENT|STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLSv1_1_CLIENT|STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLSv1_2_CLIENT);
 
-						fputs($fp, "EHLO www.cacert.org\r\n");
+						fputs($fp, "EHLO ping.cacert.org\r\n");
 						do {
 							$line = fgets($fp, 4096);
 						} while(substr($line, 0, 4) == "250-");