diff --git a/elements/cache-url/bin/cache-url b/elements/cache-url/bin/cache-url
index 1429c40f..8f29cc03 100755
--- a/elements/cache-url/bin/cache-url
+++ b/elements/cache-url/bin/cache-url
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ else
     success="Downloaded and cached $url for the first time"
 fi
 
-rcode=$(curl -o $tmp -w '%{http_code}' $url $time_cond)
+rcode=$(curl -L -o $tmp -w '%{http_code}' $url $time_cond)
 if [ "$rcode" = "200" ] ; then
     echo $success
     mv $tmp $dest