diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index b376ea3ac7..1fac810783 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ jobs:
 
             # Wait for TALAWA API to be healthy 
             timeout=60
-          until docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml exec -T talawa-api-dev curl -sf "http://localhost:4000/graphql" 2>&1 || [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; do
+          until docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml exec -T talawa-api-dev curl -v -X OPTIONS "http://talawa-api-dev:4000/graphql" 2>&1 || [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; do
             echo "Waiting for API to start... ($timeout seconds remaining)"
             sleep 1
             ((timeout--))
diff --git a/Accept: b/Accept:
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/GET b/GET
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/Host: b/Host:
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/User-Agent: b/User-Agent:
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2