diff --git a/alpine/packages/gcp/etc/init.d/gcp-startup b/alpine/packages/gcp/etc/init.d/gcp-startup
index 813716a87..11d20045d 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/gcp/etc/init.d/gcp-startup
+++ b/alpine/packages/gcp/etc/init.d/gcp-startup
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ depend()
 }
 
 metadata() {
-  curl -sH 'Metadata-Flavor: Google' http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/${1}
+  curl -sfH 'Metadata-Flavor: Google' http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/${1}
 }
 
 start()