diff --git a/CONFIGURATION.md b/CONFIGURATION.md
index 8830737..5d28f71 100644
--- a/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -119,16 +119,31 @@ specified address or path.
 
 A `Root` attribute must also be specified to use `FastCGI`.
 
+## End-of-line indicator
+
+The Gemini protocol requires `\r\n` (CRLF) as the end-of-line indicator. This
+convention is carried over from protocol specifications **first written in the
+1970s**. This requirement is antithetic to the spirit of Gemini (to improve
+upon the Finger and Gopher protocols) because it unnecessarily tacks on ancient
+baggage. This baggage has caused (and continues to cause) increased complexity in
+client and server implementations, which naturally gives rise to more bugs.
+
+In anticipation of an improvement to the Gemini specification, administrators
+may configure twins to send standard `\n` (LF) line endings by setting
+`SaneEOL` to `true`.
+
+References:
+[1](https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2019/000131.html)
+[2](https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/000756.html)
+[3](https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/001339.html) 
+[4](https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/003065.html)
+
 # Example config.yaml
 
 ```yaml
 # Address to listen on
 listen: :1965
 
-# TLS certificates
-certificates:
-  -
-
 # Hosts and paths to serve
 hosts:
   gemini.rocks:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d95399e..57217c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This page is also available at [gemini://twins.rocketnine.space](gemini://twins.
 ## Features
 
 - Serve static files
-  - Directory listing (when enabled)
+  - List files and directories (when enabled)
 - Reverse proxy requests
   - TCP
   - [FastCGI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastCGI)
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 38c0665..ca68fc1 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ type serverConfig struct {
 
 	DisableSize bool
 
+	SaneEOL bool
+
 	hostname  string
 	port      int
 	fcgiPools map[string]gofast.ConnFactory
@@ -91,6 +93,12 @@ func readconfig(configPath string) error {
 		log.Fatal("listen address must be specified")
 	}
 
+	if config.SaneEOL {
+		newLine = "\n"
+	} else {
+		newLine = "\r\n"
+	}
+
 	split := strings.Split(config.Listen, ":")
 	if len(split) != 2 {
 		config.hostname = config.Listen
diff --git a/serve_file.go b/serve_file.go
index 8a260af..5fefd85 100644
--- a/serve_file.go
+++ b/serve_file.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func serveDirList(c net.Conn, request *url.URL, dirPath string) {
 
 	writeHeader(c, statusSuccess, "text/gemini; charset=utf-8")
 
-	fmt.Fprintf(c, "# %s\r\n", request.Path)
+	fmt.Fprintf(c, "# %s%s", request.Path, newLine)
 	if numDirs == 1 {
 		c.Write([]byte("1 directory"))
 	} else {
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ func serveDirList(c net.Conn, request *url.URL, dirPath string) {
 	} else {
 		fmt.Fprintf(c, "%d files", numFiles)
 	}
-	c.Write([]byte("\r\n\n"))
+	c.Write([]byte(newLine + newLine))
 
 	if request.Path != "/" {
-		c.Write([]byte("=> ../ ../\r\n\r\n"))
+		c.Write([]byte("=> ../ ../" + newLine + newLine))
 	}
 
 	for _, info := range files {
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ func serveDirList(c net.Conn, request *url.URL, dirPath string) {
 			filePath += "/"
 		}
 
-		c.Write([]byte("=> " + fileName + " " + filePath + "\r\n"))
+		c.Write([]byte("=> " + fileName + " " + filePath + newLine))
 
 		if info.IsDir() || info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
-			c.Write([]byte("\r\n"))
+			c.Write([]byte(newLine))
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func serveDirList(c net.Conn, request *url.URL, dirPath string) {
 		if !info.ModTime().IsZero() {
 			modified = info.ModTime().Format("2006-01-02 3:04 PM")
 		}
-		c.Write([]byte(modified + " - " + formatFileSize(info.Size()) + "\r\n\r\n"))
+		c.Write([]byte(modified + " - " + formatFileSize(info.Size()) + newLine + newLine))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/serve_proxy.go b/serve_proxy.go
index 5d8ab32..8bdae7e 100644
--- a/serve_proxy.go
+++ b/serve_proxy.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func serveProxy(c net.Conn, request *url.URL, proxyURL string) {
 
 	// Forward request
 	proxy.Write([]byte(request.String()))
-	proxy.Write([]byte("\r\n"))
+	proxy.Write([]byte(newLine))
 
 	// Forward response
 	io.Copy(c, proxy)
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 372bc0f..58fe699 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ const (
 
 var slashesRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`[^\\]\/`)
 
+var newLine = "\r\n"
+
 func writeHeader(c net.Conn, code int, meta string) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(c, "%d %s\r\n", code, meta)
+	fmt.Fprintf(c, "%d %s%s", code, meta, newLine)
 
 	if verbose {
 		log.Printf("< %d %s\n", code, meta)
@@ -203,7 +205,9 @@ func servePath(c *tls.Conn, request *url.URL, serve *pathConfig) {
 func serveConn(c *tls.Conn) {
 	var requestData string
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(c)
-	scanner.Split(scanCRLF)
+	if !config.SaneEOL {
+		scanner.Split(scanCRLF)
+	}
 	if scanner.Scan() {
 		requestData = scanner.Text()
 	}