diff --git a/healthz.sh b/healthz.sh
index ee3f647..1cb4af8 100755
--- a/healthz.sh
+++ b/healthz.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+respond () {
+  DATE="$(LC_ALL=C date -u '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')"
+  printf "%s $1\r\nDate: $DATE\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\nConnection: close\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
+}
+
 read -r -a start_line
 start_line[2]="${start_line[2]%$'\r'}"
 case "${start_line[2]}" in
@@ -8,25 +14,31 @@ case "${start_line[2]}" in
         case "${start_line[1]}" in
         "/healthz/startupProbe")
             if pidof -q openconnect && pidof -q tcpproxy; then
-                printf "%s 200 OK\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
+                respond "200 OK"
+#                printf "%s 200 OK\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
             else
-                printf "%s 503 Service Unavailable\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
+                respond "503 Service Unavailable"
+#                printf "%s 503 Service Unavailable\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
             fi
             ;;
         "/healthz/livenessProbe" | "/healthz/readinessProbe")
             if pidof -q openconnect && pidof -q tcpproxy && cmp <(ncat localhost 1234 -c "/usr/bin/printf '\x30\x0c\x02\x01\x01\x60\x07\x02\x01\x03\x04\x00\x80\x00'; timeout --preserve-status 1 cat >&2" 2>&1) <(printf "\x30\x0c\x02\x01\x01\x61\x07\x0a\x01\x00\x04\x00\x04\x00"); then
-                printf "%s 200 OK\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
+                respond "200 OK"
+#                printf "%s 200 OK\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
             else
-                printf "%s 503 Service Unavailable\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
+                respond "503 Service Unavailable"
+#                printf "%s 503 Service Unavailable\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
             fi
             ;;
         *)
-            printf "%s 404 Not Found\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
+            respond "404 Not Found"
+#            printf "%s 404 Not Found\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
             ;;
         esac
         ;;
     *)
-        printf "%s 405 Method Not Allowed\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
+        respond "405 Method Not Allowed"
+#        printf "%s 405 Method Not Allowed\r\n" "${start_line[2]}"
         ;;
     esac
     ;;