diff --git a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
index 0ff4104a0e..ff7c3a7edd 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CronHelper {
       'user-agent' => 'MailPoet (www.mailpoet.com) Cron'
     );
     $result = wp_remote_get($url, $args);
-    return wp_remote_retrieve_body($result) === 'pong';
+    return wp_remote_retrieve_body($result);
   }
 
   static function accessDaemon($token, $timeout = self::DAEMON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php b/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
index eb9bf4f8ee..91f668e963 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends \MailPoetTest {
 
   function testItPingsDaemon() {
     if(getenv('WP_TEST_ENABLE_NETWORK_TESTS') !== 'true') return;
-    expect(CronHelper::pingDaemon())->true();
+    expect(CronHelper::pingDaemon())->equals('pong');
   }
 
   function _after() {