diff --git a/lib/rails_version/rails_version_mixin.rb b/lib/rails_version/rails_version_mixin.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/rails_version/rails_version_mixin.rb
+++ b/lib/rails_version/rails_version_mixin.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module RailsVersion
       manual_ping = params[:rails_version_ping] == RailsVersion::Config.api_key
       if manual_ping || rand(10000) < RailsVersion::Config.frequency
         pinger = RailsVersion::Pinger.new(request, response)
+        pinger.ping!
         response.body = pinger.body if pinger.modified_body?
       end
     rescue OpenURI::HTTPError
Oops, we still need to call ping!