diff --git a/tasks/configure_processing_user.yml b/tasks/configure_processing_user.yml
index 3400f4dffda5279125f10c9bc833b05dec6463b3..a4295762ed58d83ee5fb5006dfee8298f1bf477c 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_processing_user.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_processing_user.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       # custom aliases
       alias disapp='/usr/bin/perl -I /usr/local/perl/ /usr/local/bin/disapp_rosetta.pl --config-file {{ vault_subapp_vars.files.disapp.path }}'    # DisApp Alias
       alias disapp_log='tail -f /var/log/disapp/disapp.log'        # show last log entries in disapp.log
-      alias disapp_monitor='curl localhost:9003'
+      alias disapp_monitor='nc localhost 9003'
 
 - name: Add aliases for SubApp user
   ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@
     marker: "# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK - SUBAPP SPECIFIC"
     block: |
       # custom aliases - user processing
-      alias subapp='/usr/bin/perl -I /usr/local/perl/ /usr/local/bin/subapp_bagit.pl --config-file {{ vault_subapp_vars.files.subapp.path }}'    # SubApp alias
+      alias subapp='/usr/bin/perl -I /usr/local/perl/ /usr/local/bin/subapp_rosetta.pl --config-file {{ vault_subapp_vars.files.subapp.path }}'    # SubApp alias
       alias sips_number='find /mnt/import/ -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l'        # count directories in /mnt/import/
       alias sips_log='tail -f /var/log/subapp//sips.log | grep "what:.*,"'            # show last log entries in sips.log
       alias subapp_log='tail -f /var/log/subapp/subapp.log'        # show last log entries in subapp.log
-      alias subapp_monitor='curl localhost:9001'
+      alias subapp_monitor='nc localhost 9001'
       alias verify_bag='perl -e '\''use Archive::BagIt; my $bag = Archive::BagIt->new(".")->verify_bag( {report_all_errors => 1} );'\''; echo $?'
       alias block_subapp='echo "SubApp must not run, startup is blocked manually by an administrator. This file is here for a reason! Only remove it after consultation!" > ~/.subapp/BLOCKFILE'
       alias unblock_subapp='rm -f ~/.subapp/BLOCKFILE'
diff --git a/tasks/install_packages.yml b/tasks/install_packages.yml
index e2c4af02456bc3c2bc579bfd3df8a183aeac6bf6..11200240d1456214f724b91032f58b397fa3dc62 100644
--- a/tasks/install_packages.yml
+++ b/tasks/install_packages.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       'libxalan-c112',
       'libxerces-c-dev',
       'libxml2-utils',
+      'netcat-openbsd',
       'p7zip-full',
       'rsync',
       'sqlite3',