diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df10a51..79376fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ indicatif = "0.18.4"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", features = ["blocking"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.52.3", features = ["full"] }
 trust-dns-resolver = "0.23.2"
-urlencoding = "2.1.3"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 685bea1..5b918cd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, fs};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::{channel, Sender};
 use trust_dns_resolver::{config::*, TokioAsyncResolver};
-use urlencoding::encode;
 
 enum OutputMessage {
     UrlResult(String),
@@ -102,20 +101,20 @@ async fn try_sub(
 }
 
 async fn try_dir(url: String, tx: Sender<OutputMessage>, output: bool, pb: Arc<ProgressBar>) {
-    let resp_stat = reqwest::get(&encode(&url).to_string()).await;
+    let resp_stat = reqwest::get(&url).await;
     if resp_stat.is_ok() {
         let resp = resp_stat.unwrap().status();
         match resp {
             StatusCode::OK => {
                 if output {
                     if let Err(e) = tx
-                        .send(OutputMessage::UrlResult(format!("{} {}", resp, url)))
+                        .send(OutputMessage::UrlResult(format!("{} {}", resp, &url)))
                         .await
                     {
                         eprintln!("error sending output! {}", e);
                     }
                 }
-                pb.println(&format!("{} {}", resp, url));
+                pb.println(&format!("{} {}", resp, &url));
             }
             StatusCode::ACCEPTED => {
                 if output {
@@ -170,7 +169,10 @@ async fn try_dir(url: String, tx: Sender<OutputMessage>, output: bool, pb: Arc<P
                         eprintln!("error sending output! {}", e);
                     }
                 }
-                pb.println(&format!("{} {}", resp, url));
+                pb.println(&format!(
+                    "{} {} - and what a beautiful teapot you are!",
+                    resp, url
+                ));
             }
             StatusCode::MOVED_PERMANENTLY => {
                 if output {
@@ -354,7 +356,11 @@ async fn main() {
         for dir in dirwordlist.split("\n").collect::<Vec<&str>>() {
             for target in &targets {
                 if target.contains("http") {
-                    dirs_to_try.push(format!("{}/{}", target, dir.trim()));
+                    if dir.starts_with("/") || target.ends_with("/") {
+                        dirs_to_try.push(format!("{}{}", target, dir.trim()));
+                    } else {
+                        dirs_to_try.push(format!("{}/{}", target, dir.trim()));
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }