diff --git a/init-cluster.sh b/init-cluster.sh
index 36bcbbcb09..e2717b94b3 100755
--- a/init-cluster.sh
+++ b/init-cluster.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ NAME="meier"
 ETCD="http://127.0.0.1:4001"
 echo "initialising cluster $NAME"
 bin/arangom -a "$ETCD" -p "/$NAME/" init
-curl --silent --dump - -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Plan/DBServers/Pavel" -d "value=none" || exit 1
-curl --silent --dump - -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Plan/DBServers/Perry" -d "value=none" || exit 1
-curl --silent --dump - -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Plan/Coordinators/Claus" -d "value=none" || exit 1
+curl --silent --dump - -L -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Plan/DBServers/Pavel" -d "value=none" || exit 1
+curl --silent --dump - -L -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Plan/DBServers/Perry" -d "value=none" || exit 1
+curl --silent --dump - -L -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Plan/Coordinators/Claus" -d "value=none" || exit 1
 
-curl --silent --dump - -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Target/MapIDToEndpoint/Pavel" -d "value=tcp://127.0.0.1:8530" || exit 1
-curl --silent --dump - -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Target/MapIDToEndpoint/Perry" -d "value=tcp://127.0.0.1:8531" || exit 1
-curl --silent --dump - -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Target/MapIDToEndpoint/Claus" -d "value=tcp://127.0.0.1:8529" || exit 1
+curl --silent --dump - -L -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Target/MapIDToEndpoint/Pavel" -d "value=tcp://127.0.0.1:8530" || exit 1
+curl --silent --dump - -L -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Target/MapIDToEndpoint/Perry" -d "value=tcp://127.0.0.1:8531" || exit 1
+curl --silent --dump - -L -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/Target/MapIDToEndpoint/Claus" -d "value=tcp://127.0.0.1:8529" || exit 1
 
-curl --silent --dump - -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/State/Shards/shardBlubb" -d "value=Pavel" || exit 1
+curl --silent --dump - -L -X PUT "$ETCD/v2/keys/$NAME/State/Shards/shardBlubb" -d "value=Pavel" || exit 1
 
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