diff --git a/archlabs-installer b/archlabs-installer
index 874b32d..471820c 100755
--- a/archlabs-installer
+++ b/archlabs-installer
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # check for syntax errors
 # set -n
 
-VER=2.1.13
+VER=2.1.14
 
 # default values {
 
@@ -2497,7 +2497,7 @@ umount_dir()
 chk_connect()
 {
 	msg "Network Connect" "\nVerifying network connection\n" 0
-	curl -sIN --connect-timeout 15 'https://www.archlinux.org/' | sed '1q' | grep -q '200'
+	ping -qc1 'archlinux.org' > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 net_connect()
@@ -2507,9 +2507,9 @@ net_connect()
 	elif hash nmtui > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 		tput civis
 		if [[ $TERM == 'linux' ]]; then
-			printf "%b" "\e]P1191919" "\e]P4191919"
+			printf "%b" "\e]P1191919" "\e]P4191919" # fix up the nasty default colours of nmtui
 			nmtui-connect
-			printf "%b" "\e]P1D15355" "\e]P4255a9b"
+			printf "%b" "\e]P1D15355" "\e]P4255a9b" # restore defaults
 		else
 			nmtui-connect
 		fi
@@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ termcol
 
 # ensure the required packages are installed and that we're running as root on x86_64 architecture
 if ! hash dialog rsync find parted curl arch-chroot >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	printf "One or more of the required packages is missing: dialog, curl, rsync, parted, findutils, arch-install-scripts"
+	printf "One or more required packages are missing: dialog, curl, rsync, parted, findutils, arch-install-scripts"
 	die 1
 elif (( UID != 0 )); then
 	msg "Not Root" "\nThis installer must be run as root or using sudo.\n\nExiting..\n" 2