diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
index 49c4eae5..5f3866a6 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ server {
 				-- make a get request to /skynet/registry endpoint with the credentials from text record
 				local registry_res = ngx.location.capture("/skynet/registry?publickey=" .. publickey .. "&datakey=" .. datakey)
 
-				ngx.header.content_type = 'text/plain'
-				ngx.print(registry_res.body)
-
 				-- we want to fail with a generic 404 when /skynet/registry returns anything but 200 OK
 				if registry_res.status ~= ngx.HTTP_OK then
 					ngx.exit(ngx.HTTP_NOT_FOUND)
@@ -183,6 +180,10 @@ server {
 					return string.char(tonumber(cc, 16))
 				end))
 
+				ngx.header.content_type = 'text/plain'
+				ngx.print(data)
+				ngx.exit(ngx.HTTP_OK)
+
 				skylink = data
 			end