lib/PublicInbox/LeiCurl.pm | 4 ++--
 t/httpd-corner.t           | 8 ++++----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiCurl.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiCurl.pm
index 5ffade9976cb43a194e784c955d4b515d2b8a90f..4e602a488c12b48032a7a514faaba83b169f2102 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiCurl.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiCurl.pm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# Copyright (C) all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
 # License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
 
 # common option and torsocks(1) wrapping for curl(1)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sub new {
 	my ($cls, $lei, $curl) = @_;
 	$curl //= which('curl') // return $lei->fail('curl not found');
 	my $opt = $lei->{opt};
-	my @cmd = ($curl, qw(-Sf));
+	my @cmd = ($curl, qw(-gSf));
 	$cmd[-1] .= 's' if $opt->{quiet}; # already the default for "lei q"
 	$cmd[-1] .= 'v' if $opt->{verbose}; # we use ourselves, too
 	for my $o ($lei->curl_opt) {
diff --git a/t/httpd-corner.t b/t/httpd-corner.t
index 973cc55df1c6b946576fcf0540b5ba16cfc8e3eb..e16e8dc87364db2de975b1edeefc49ed04a96db9 100644
--- a/t/httpd-corner.t
+++ b/t/httpd-corner.t
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ 	my $base = 'http://'.tcp_host_port($sock);
 	my $url = "$base/sha1";
 	my ($r, $w);
 	pipe($r, $w) or die "pipe: $!";
-	my $cmd = [$curl, qw(--tcp-nodelay -T- -HExpect: -sSN), $url];
+	my $cmd = [$curl, qw(--tcp-nodelay -T- -HExpect: -gsSN), $url];
 	open my $cout, '+>', undef or die;
 	open my $cerr, '>', undef or die;
 	my $rdr = { 0 => $r, 1 => $cout, 2 => $cerr };
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ 	is(-s $cerr, 0, 'no errors from curl');
 	seek($cout, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	is(<$cout>, sha1_hex($str), 'read expected body');
 
-	my $fh = popen_rd([$curl, '-sS', "$base/async-big"]);
+	my $fh = popen_rd([$curl, '-gsS', "$base/async-big"]);
 	my $n = 0;
 	my $non_zero = 0;
 	while (1) {
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ 	is($n, 30 * 1024 * 1024, 'got expected output from curl');
 	is($non_zero, 0, 'read all zeros');
 
 	require_mods(@zmods, 4);
-	my $buf = xqx([$curl, '-sS', "$base/psgi-return-gzip"]);
+	my $buf = xqx([$curl, '-gsS', "$base/psgi-return-gzip"]);
 	is($?, 0, 'curl succesful');
 	IO::Uncompress::Gunzip::gunzip(\$buf => \(my $out));
 	is($out, "hello world\n");
 	my $curl_rdr = { 2 => \(my $curl_err = '') };
-	$buf = xqx([$curl, qw(-sSv --compressed),
+	$buf = xqx([$curl, qw(-gsSv --compressed),
 			"$base/psgi-return-compressible"], undef, $curl_rdr);
 	is($?, 0, 'curl --compressed successful');
 	is($buf, "goodbye world\n", 'gzipped response as expected');