diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed6cd45..9a134dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,15 +39,24 @@ to create a release build.
 Starting
 --------
 
-Sheldon Director look for a config file in `/etc/sheldond.conf`. If you want to
-change this, pass an alternative path on startup using the `-c` parameter.
+Sheldon Director looks for a config file in `/etc/sheldond.conf`. If you want
+to change this, pass an alternative path on startup using the `-c` parameter.
 Use `-h` to get a list of all supported command line arguments.
 
+You'll need a TLS certificate, I've chosen not to include an example in this
+repository. Use OpenSSL to quickly generate one:
+
+```sh
+openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout doc/key.pem -out doc/cert.pem -days 365 -nodes
+```
+
 An example config file can be found in this repository in `doc/sheldond.conf`.
 Use it to serve the content of the `doc/` directory on localhost:
-```
+
+```sh
 sudo ./target/debug/sheldond -c ./doc/sheldond.conf
 ```
+
 Try connecting to `gemini://localhost` via your favorite Gemini client!
 
 Note: This sets the user to `nobody` and the group to `nobody` as well. This
diff --git a/doc/cert.pem b/doc/cert.pem
deleted file mode 100644
index 92f7be2..0000000
--- a/doc/cert.pem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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------END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/doc/key.pem b/doc/key.pem
deleted file mode 100644
index e199863..0000000
--- a/doc/key.pem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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------END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/src/server/handler.rs b/src/server/handler.rs
index c15d600..f32a015 100644
--- a/src/server/handler.rs
+++ b/src/server/handler.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ pub fn handle_request(config: &ServerConfig, mut stream: SslStream<TcpStream>) {
     match stream.ssl_read(&mut buffer) {
         Ok(s) => {
             if s == 0 {
+                println!("received empty request buffer");
                 send_header(&mut stream, &response::bad_request());
                 return;
             }
         }
         Err(_) => {
+            println!("received broken request");
             send_header(&mut stream, &response::bad_request());
             return;
         }
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ pub fn handle_request(config: &ServerConfig, mut stream: SslStream<TcpStream>) {
     let request = match String::from_utf8(buffer.to_vec()) {
         Ok(request) => request,
         Err(_) => {
+            println!("received empty request string");
             send_header(&mut stream, &response::bad_request());
             return;
         }
@@ -79,8 +82,7 @@ fn handle_response(config: &ServerConfig, url: Url, mut stream: &mut SslStream<T
     let rel_path = match Path::new(url.path()).strip_prefix("/") {
         Ok(path) => path,
         Err(_) => {
-            send_header(&mut stream, &response::bad_request());
-            return;
+            Path::new("")
         }
     };