diff --git a/apps/checker/checker/update.go b/apps/checker/checker/update.go
index 6a0f3e62..8f530e80 100644
--- a/apps/checker/checker/update.go
+++ b/apps/checker/checker/update.go
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
-	"cloud.google.com/go/auth"
-	cloudtasks "cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2"
-	taskspb "cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2/cloudtaskspb"
 )
 
 type UpdateData struct {
@@ -24,67 +22,24 @@ type UpdateData struct {
 	Latency       int64  `json:"latency,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func UpdateStatus(ctx context.Context, updateData UpdateData) error {
-
+func UpdateStatus(ctx context.Context, updateData UpdateData) {
 	url := "https://openstatus-workflows.fly.dev/updateStatus"
 	basic := "Basic " + os.Getenv("CRON_SECRET")
 	payloadBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 
-	opts := &auth.Options2LO{
-		Email:        os.Getenv("GCP_CLIENT_EMAIL"),
-		PrivateKey:   []byte(os.Getenv("GCP_PRIVATE_KEY")),
-		PrivateKeyID: os.Getenv("GCP_PRIVATE_KEY_ID"),
-		Scopes: []string{
-			"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform",
-		},
-		TokenURL: "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
-	}
-
-	tp, err := auth.New2LOTokenProvider(opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Ctx(ctx).Error().Err(err).Msg("error while creating token provider")
-		return err
-	}
-
-	creds := auth.NewCredentials(&auth.CredentialsOptions{
-		TokenProvider: tp,
-	})
-
-	client, err := cloudtasks.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAuthCredentials(creds))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Ctx(ctx).Error().Err(err).Msg("error while creating cloud tasks client")
-
-	}
-	defer client.Close()
-
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(payloadBuf).Encode(updateData); err != nil {
 		log.Ctx(ctx).Error().Err(err).Msg("error while updating status")
-		return err
+		return
 	}
-	projectID := os.Getenv("GCP_PROJECT_ID")
-	queuePath := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/europe-west1/queues/alerting", projectID)
-	req := &taskspb.CreateTaskRequest{
-		Parent: queuePath,
-		Task: &taskspb.Task{
-			// https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/tasks/v2#HttpRequest
-			MessageType: &taskspb.Task_HttpRequest{
-				HttpRequest: &taskspb.HttpRequest{
-					HttpMethod: taskspb.HttpMethod_POST,
-					Url:        url,
-					Headers:    map[string]string{"Authorization": basic, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	// Add a payload message if one is present.
-	req.Task.GetHttpRequest().Body = payloadBuf.Bytes()
+	req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, url, payloadBuf)
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", basic)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
-	_, err = client.CreateTask(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Ctx(ctx).Error().Err(err).Msg("error while creating the cloud task")
-		return fmt.Errorf("cloudtasks.CreateTask: %w", err)
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: time.Second * 10}
+	if _, err := client.Do(req); err != nil {
+		log.Ctx(ctx).Error().Err(err).Msg("error while updating status")
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	defer req.Body.Close()
+	// Should we add a retry mechanism here?
 }