diff --git a/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Encoding.hs b/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Encoding.hs
index 8d40d03..2027916 100644
--- a/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Encoding.hs
+++ b/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Encoding.hs
@@ -30,15 +30,21 @@ module Network.Gemini.Capsule.Encoding (
   encodeGemURL,
   decodeGemURL,
   escapeString,
-  unescapeString
+  unescapeString,
+  encodeGemResponse
 ) where
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
-import Data.ByteString.Builder (charUtf8, stringUtf8, toLazyByteString)
+import Data.ByteString.Builder (
+  charUtf8,
+  lazyByteString,
+  stringUtf8,
+  toLazyByteString,
+  word8Dec)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BSL
 import Data.Char (chr, ord, toLower)
 import Data.List (find, intercalate)
-import Data.Maybe (fromJust)
+import Data.Maybe (fromJust, fromMaybe)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8')
 
@@ -137,6 +143,25 @@ unescapeString str = case decodeUtf8' $ BS.pack $ toBytes str of
     toNum ch = fst $ fromJust $
       find (\x -> snd x == ch) $ zip [0..] hexDigits
 
+-- | encodes a 'GemResponse' into a lazy ByteString
+encodeGemResponse :: GemResponse -> BSL.ByteString
+encodeGemResponse resp = let
+  code = respStatus resp
+  high = code `div` 10
+  low  = code `mod` 10
+  meta = respMeta resp
+  body = fromMaybe "" $ respBody resp
+
+  builder
+    =  word8Dec high
+    <> word8Dec low
+    <> charUtf8 ' '
+    <> stringUtf8 meta
+    <> stringUtf8 "\r\n"
+    <> lazyByteString body
+
+  in toLazyByteString builder
+
 hexDigits :: String
 hexDigits = ['0'..'9'] ++ ['a'..'f']
 
diff --git a/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Internal.hs b/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Internal.hs
index a69820a..7b8b9c6 100644
--- a/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Internal.hs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ time.
 module Network.Gemini.Capsule.Internal (
   runConnection,
   readURL,
-  sendResponse,
   strFromConn,
   readMax,
   stripCRLF
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ import Control.Monad.Trans.Maybe (MaybeT (..))
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
 import Data.ByteString.Builder (Builder, byteString, toLazyByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BSL
-import Data.Connection (Connection, source)
+import Data.Connection (Connection, send, source)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8')
 import Data.X509 (Certificate)
@@ -87,15 +86,6 @@ readURL conn =
     Nothing  -> Nothing
     Just str -> decodeGemURL str
 
--- | Sends a 'GemResponse' to a 'Connection'
-sendResponse
-  :: Connection a
-  -- ^ the connection
-  -> GemResponse
-  -- ^ the response being sent
-  -> IO ()
-sendResponse = undefined
-
 -- | Reads up to a maxumum number of bytes from a 'Connection', UTF-8
 -- decodes it, and returns the resulting string (if possible) without
 -- the trailing CR/LF
@@ -150,4 +140,12 @@ readLoop maxLen src = lift (S.read src) >>= \case
       then return b
       else (b <>) <$> readLoop (maxLen - len) src
 
+sendResponse
+  :: Connection a
+  -- ^ the connection
+  -> GemResponse
+  -- ^ the response being sent
+  -> IO ()
+sendResponse conn resp = send conn $ encodeGemResponse resp
+
 --jl
diff --git a/test/Network/Gemini/Capsule/EncodingSpec.hs b/test/Network/Gemini/Capsule/EncodingSpec.hs
index 02f816d..d5ece5d 100644
--- a/test/Network/Gemini/Capsule/EncodingSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Network/Gemini/Capsule/EncodingSpec.hs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ License along with this program.  If not, see
 
 -}
 
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
 module Network.Gemini.Capsule.EncodingSpec (spec) where
 
 import Test.Hspec (Spec, context, describe, it, shouldBe)
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ spec = describe "Encoding" $ do
   decodeGemURLSpec
   escapeStringSpec
   unescapeStringSpec
+  encodeGemResponseSpec
 
 encodeGemURLSpec :: Spec
 encodeGemURLSpec = describe "encodeGemURL" $ mapM_
@@ -143,4 +146,12 @@ unescapeStringSpec = describe "unescapeString" $ mapM_
   , ( "foo%ff",    Nothing        )
   ]
 
+encodeGemResponseSpec :: Spec
+encodeGemResponseSpec = describe "encodeGemResponse" $
+  it ("should be " ++ show expect) $
+    encodeGemResponse resp `shouldBe` expect
+  where
+    resp   = newGemResponse { respBody = Just "Success!\r\n" }
+    expect = "20 text/gemini\r\nSuccess!\r\n"
+
 --jl
diff --git a/test/Network/Gemini/Capsule/InternalSpec.hs b/test/Network/Gemini/Capsule/InternalSpec.hs
index 54de843..9a83234 100644
--- a/test/Network/Gemini/Capsule/InternalSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Network/Gemini/Capsule/InternalSpec.hs
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ import Test.Hspec (
   describe,
   it,
   shouldBe,
-  shouldReturn,
-  xit)
+  shouldReturn)
 
 import Network.Gemini.Capsule.Types
 import Network.Gemini.Capsule.Internal
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ spec :: Spec
 spec = describe "Internal" $ do
   runConnectionSpec
   readURLSpec
-  sendResponseSpec
   strFromConnSpec
   readMaxSpec
   stripCRLFSpec
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ spec = describe "Internal" $ do
 runConnectionSpec :: Spec
 runConnectionSpec = describe "runConnection" $ mapM_
   ( \(desc, ioConnRef, handler, mCert, expect) -> context desc $
-    xit ("should return " ++ show expect) $ do
+    it ("should return " ++ show expect) $ do
       (conn, outRef) <- ioConnRef
       runConnection conn handler mCert
       readIORef outRef `shouldReturn` expect
@@ -116,9 +114,6 @@ readURLSpec = describe "readURL" $ mapM_
     longDir     = replicate (1024 - BS.length prefix) 'A'
     prefix      = "gemini://example.com/"
 
-sendResponseSpec :: Spec
-sendResponseSpec = describe "sendResponse" $ return ()
-
 strFromConnSpec :: Spec
 strFromConnSpec = describe "strFromConn" $ mapM_
   ( \(desc, maxLen, ioConn, expect) -> context desc $