diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/pinger.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/pinger.pm
index 4a8088661..c20ecb5d4 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/pinger.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/pinger.pm
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ sub ping {
 			# will still be avoided.
 			next if $url=~/^\Q$config{cgiurl}\E/;
 			
-			$ua->head($url);
+			$ua->get($url);
 		}
 		
 		exit 0;
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 13ef9afed..6772aded9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ikiwiki (3.02) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     that take a page name parameter. Previously, match_created_before(),
     match_created_after(), match_sourcepage(), and match_destpage()
     did not support that, and the docs were not clear.
+  * pinger: Get whole url, don't just head.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:02:52 -0500