diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/lib/check_collector.py b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/lib/check_collector.py
index 907801c8379..4b458fc5ce5 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/lib/check_collector.py
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/lib/check_collector.py
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ def check(request):
                     "%s/%s/health_check" % (host["url"].rstrip("/"), c2c_base.strip("/")),
                     request
                 )
-                r = requests.get(params={"max_level": str(host.get("max_level", max_level))}, **url_headers)
+                r = requests.get(
+                    params={"max_level": str(host.get("max_level", max_level))},
+                    timeout=120,
+                    **url_headers
+                )
                 r.raise_for_status()
                 return r.json()
 
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/lib/checker.py b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/lib/checker.py
index aaaf4da2d78..f01a6384f7d 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/lib/checker.py
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/lib/checker.py
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ def check(request):
         url_headers = build_url("Check the printproxy request (create)", url, request)
 
         session = requests.session()
-        resp = session.post(json=print_settings["spec"], **url_headers)
+        resp = session.post(
+            json=print_settings["spec"],
+            timeout=30,
+            **url_headers
+        )
         resp.raise_for_status()
 
         job = resp.json()
@@ -97,7 +101,10 @@ def check(request):
         done = False
         while not done:
             sleep(1)
-            resp = session.get(**url_headers)
+            resp = session.get(
+                timeout=30,
+                **url_headers
+            )
             resp.raise_for_status()
 
             status = resp.json()
@@ -107,7 +114,10 @@ def check(request):
 
         url = request.route_url("printproxy_report_get", ref=job["ref"])
         url_headers = build_url("Check the printproxy pdf retrieve", url, request)
-        resp = session.get(**url_headers)
+        resp = session.get(
+            timeout=30,
+            **url_headers
+        )
         resp.raise_for_status()
 
     health_check.add_custom_check(name="checker_print", check_cb=check, level=print_settings["level"])
@@ -152,7 +162,11 @@ def check(request):
 
             interface_url_headers = build_url("checker_themes " + interface, url, request)
 
-            response = session.get(params=params, **interface_url_headers)
+            response = session.get(
+                params=params,
+                timeout=120,
+                **interface_url_headers
+            )
             response.raise_for_status()
 
             result = response.json()
diff --git a/travis/create-new-project.sh b/travis/create-new-project.sh
index 00c72b542b5..ac6c4fd3838 100755
--- a/travis/create-new-project.sh
+++ b/travis/create-new-project.sh
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ git clean -fX
 
 # Build
 ./docker-run make --makefile=travis.mk build docker-build-testdb
+./docker-compose-run bash -c 'wait-for-db; PGHOST=external-db; wait-for-db;'
 ./docker-compose-run make --makefile=travis.mk update-po
 ./docker-compose-run make --makefile=travis.mk theme2fts
diff --git a/travis/test-new-project b/travis/test-new-project
index 985df30be73..6a259372fcb 100755
--- a/travis/test-new-project
+++ b/travis/test-new-project
@@ -30,33 +30,20 @@
 
 import sys
 import json
-import subprocess
+import urllib.request
 
 initial_error_length = 0
 initial_access_length = 0
 
-curl_args = ["--connect-timeout", "1", "--max-time", "400", "--retry", "1"]
-
 url = sys.argv[1]
 
-try:
-    status_code = subprocess.check_output(
-        ["curl", "--write-out", "%{http_code}"] + curl_args + ["--silent", "--output", "/dev/null", url]
-    ).decode("utf-8")
-except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-    print("Exception on curl call: {}".format(e))
-
-    print("RESULT:")
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    subprocess.call(["curl"] + curl_args + ["--verbose", url])
-    exit(2)
+result = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=300)
 
-if status_code == "200":
+if result.status == 200:
     if len(sys.argv) == 3 and sys.argv[2] == "enum":
-        result = subprocess.check_output(
-            ["curl"] + curl_args + [url]
-        ).decode("utf-8")
-        if json.loads(result) == {
+        result = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=600)
+        data = result.read().decode('urf-8')
+        if result.status == 200 and json.loads(data) == {
             "items": [{
                 "label": "car",
                 "value": "car"
@@ -68,15 +55,14 @@ if status_code == "200":
             print("enum OK")
             exit()
         else:
-            print("Incorrect result:")
-            print(result)
+            print("Incorrect result ({}):".format(result.status))
+            print(data)
             exit(2)
     print("OK")
     exit()
 else:
-    print("Bad status code {}".format(status_code))
+    print("Bad status code {}".format(result.status))
 
     print("RESULT:")
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    subprocess.call(["curl"] + curl_args + ["--verbose", url])
+    print(result.read().decode('urf-8'))
     exit(2)