diff --git a/tools/start b/tools/start
index 887ec8ab1d229ae9c8f08152b9f6755877299d21..0c9a6068cfe4073eb5f5ba8f67691546ccf164ad 100755
--- a/tools/start
+++ b/tools/start
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ docker-compose -f ./compose/nova-compute-network.yml up -d
 IMAGE_URL=http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.3.3/
 IMAGE=cirros-0.3.3-x86_64-disk.img
 if ! [ -f "$IMAGE" ]; then
-    curl -o ./$IMAGE $IMAGE_URL/$IMAGE
+    curl -L -o ./$IMAGE $IMAGE_URL/$IMAGE
 fi
 
 until keystone user-list | grep glance