diff --git a/package/gluon-mesh-babel/files/lib/gluon/state/check.d/has_neighbours b/package/gluon-mesh-babel/files/lib/gluon/state/check.d/has_neighbours
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo dump | nc ::1 33123 | grep -qF "add neighbour"