diff --git a/core/controllers/ConnectionController.py b/core/controllers/ConnectionController.py
index 2eec43a..92c657c 100644
--- a/core/controllers/ConnectionController.py
+++ b/core/controllers/ConnectionController.py
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 from typing import Union, Optional, Any
 import os
+import random
 import re
-import requests
 import shutil
 import socket
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 
@@ -430,14 +431,11 @@ class ConnectionController:
         return task_output
 
     @staticmethod
-    def __test_connection(port_number: Optional[int] = None, timeout: float = 10.0):
+    def __test_connection(port_number: Optional[int] = None, timeout: float = 4.0):
 
-        proxies = None
         request_urls = [Constants.PING_URL]
-        timeout = float(timeout)
-
-        if port_number is not None:
-            proxies = ConnectionController.get_proxies(port_number)
+        command_name = os.path.basename(sys.executable)
+        proxies = None
 
         if os.environ.get('PING_URL') is None:
 
@@ -447,14 +445,28 @@ class ConnectionController:
                 'https://hc3.hydraveil.net'
             ])
 
+            random.shuffle(request_urls)
+
+        if port_number is not None:
+            proxies = ConnectionController.get_proxies(port_number)
+
         for request_url in request_urls:
 
+            command = [
+                sys.executable, '-u', '-c', 'import sys; from requests import get\n'
+                f'response = get(\'{request_url}\', timeout={timeout}, proxies={proxies})\n'
+                'if response.status_code == 200:\n'
+                '    print((response.text or \'\')[:15])\n'
+                'else:\n'
+                f'    raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, {command_name})\n'
+            ]
+
             try:
 
-                requests.get(request_url, timeout=timeout, proxies=proxies)
+                _response = subprocess.check_output(command, text=True, timeout=timeout)
                 return None
 
-            except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
+            except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
                 pass
 
         raise ConnectionError('The connection could not be established.')