diff --git a/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Encoding.hs b/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Encoding.hs
index 2027916..808ae3b 100644
--- a/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Encoding.hs
+++ b/src/Network/Gemini/Capsule/Encoding.hs
@@ -147,14 +147,11 @@ unescapeString str = case decodeUtf8' $ BS.pack $ toBytes str of
 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
+    =  word8Dec code
     <> charUtf8 ' '
     <> stringUtf8 meta
     <> stringUtf8 "\r\n"