diff --git a/monitoring/check_gemini.sh b/monitoring/check_gemini.sh
index afeac2a..9f629af 100755
--- a/monitoring/check_gemini.sh
+++ b/monitoring/check_gemini.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-TLS_CLIENT="/usr/local/bin/gnutls-cli -p 1965"
+TLS_CLIENT="/usr/local/bin/gnutls-cli --port 1965 --no-ca-verification --crlf"
 
 if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]
 then
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ then
   return 0
 fi
 
-errorOutput=$(echo -n  "gemini://$1/\r\n" | ${TLS_CLIENT} $1 2>&1 > /dev/null)
+errorOutput=$(echo "gemini://$1/" | ${TLS_CLIENT} $1 2>&1 > /dev/null)
 errorCode=$?
 
 if [ $errorCode -gt 0 ]