diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e9f87b1f2..903579350 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@
 [Unreleased](https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/tree/master) (latest)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-[//]: # (list changes here, using '-' for each new entry, remove this when items are added)
+## Fixes:
+- Scripts: fix [`check-instance-ready`](birdhouse/scripts/check-instance-ready) script.
+  
+  Previously employed `/canarie/node/service/stats` endpoint could be unreliable for some services under the node that
+  produced log collection errors to populate stats. Instead, use `/canarie/node/service/status` that check only if the
+  services are responsive according to configured endpoints under CanarieAPI. This status endpoint is the same one that
+  is employed by the CI test suite to check that the instance is ready before starting notebook tests.
 
 [1.23.0](https://github.com/bird-house/birdhouse-deploy/tree/1.23.0) (2023-02-10)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/birdhouse/scripts/check-instance-ready b/birdhouse/scripts/check-instance-ready
index b4504725b..e568bc9de 100755
--- a/birdhouse/scripts/check-instance-ready
+++ b/birdhouse/scripts/check-instance-ready
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ COMPOSE_DIR="`dirname "$THIS_DIR"`"
 
 if [ -f "$COMPOSE_DIR/env.local" ]; then
     # Get PAVICS_FQDN
-    . $COMPOSE_DIR/env.local
+    . "${COMPOSE_DIR}/env.local"
 fi
 
+MONITOR_URL="https://${PAVICS_FQDN}/canarie/node/service/status"
+
 set -x
-curl --include --silent https://$PAVICS_FQDN/canarie/node/service/stats | head
+curl --include --silent "${MONITOR_URL}" | head
 
 set +x
 echo "
@@ -25,11 +27,11 @@ The curl above should return the HTTP response code 200 to confirm instance is r
 "
 set -x
 
-HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE="`curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --output /dev/null --silent https://$PAVICS_FQDN/canarie/node/service/stats`"
-if [ $HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE -ne 200 ]; then
+HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE=$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --output /dev/null --silent "${MONITOR_URL}")
+if [ "${HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE}" -ne 200 ]; then
     set +x
     echo "
-HTTP response code received: $HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE (expected 200).
+HTTP response code received: ${HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE} (expected 200).
 
 Will sleep for about 1 minute and try again since the canarie-api refresh every minute.
 
@@ -37,5 +39,5 @@ Will retry only once more and exit immediately.
 "
 set -x
     sleep 65
-    curl --include --silent https://$PAVICS_FQDN/canarie/node/service/stats | head
+    curl --include --silent "${MONITOR_URL}" | head
 fi