diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/qbittorrent/templates/config-map.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/qbittorrent/templates/config-map.yaml
index 748b6c01f..b009f5f87 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/qbittorrent/templates/config-map.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/qbittorrent/templates/config-map.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ data:
         echo "curl could not be found, installing";
         apk add curl;
     fi;
+    curl -i -X POST --silent --write-out '%{http_code}' -d "json={\"random_port\": \"true\"}" "http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences";
+    sleep 10
     echo "updating port with $1";
-    curl -i -X POST -d "json={\"listen_port\": \"${1}\"}" "http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences";
+    curl -i -X POST --silent --write-out '%{http_code}' -d "json={\"listen_port\": \"${1}\"}" "http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences";
 
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 apiVersion: v1