diff --git a/decision-task.py b/decision-task.py
index cdb7746b365..5b347aa995f 100644
--- a/decision-task.py
+++ b/decision-task.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ payload = {
 }
 # https://docs.taskcluster.net/docs/reference/workers/docker-worker/docs/features#feature-taskclusterproxy
 queue = taskcluster.Queue(options={"baseUrl": "http://taskcluster/queue/"})
+queue.ping()
 try:
     result = queue.createTask(task_id, payload)
     print("task %s created…? %r" % (task_id, result))