diff --git a/lua/gemini/http.lua b/lua/gemini/http.lua
index 9310c46..112c6d6 100644
--- a/lua/gemini/http.lua
+++ b/lua/gemini/http.lua
@@ -24,52 +24,72 @@ function Request:execute(callback)
     }, "\r\n")
 
     local response_data = ""
-    
-    client:connect("generativelanguage.googleapis.com", 443, function(err)
+
+    vim.loop.getaddrinfo("generativelanguage.googleapis.com", "443", {
+        family = "inet",
+        socktype = "stream",
+        protocol = "tcp"
+    }, function(err, res)
         if err then
             vim.schedule(function()
-                callback(nil, "Connection failed: " .. err)
+                callback(nil, "DNS resolution failed: " .. err)
             end)
-            client:close()
             return
         end
 
-        client:write(headers)
-        
-        client:read_start(function(err, chunk)
+        if not res or #res == 0 then
+            vim.schedule(function()
+                callback(nil, "Could not resolve hostname")
+            end)
+            return
+        end
+
+        client:connect(res[1].addr, res[1].port, function(err)
             if err then
                 vim.schedule(function()
-                    callback(nil, "Read error: " .. err)
+                    callback(nil, "Connection failed: " .. err)
                 end)
                 client:close()
                 return
             end
 
-            if chunk then
-                response_data = response_data .. chunk
-            else
-                -- End of response
-                client:close()
-                
-                -- Parse response
-                local headers_end = response_data:find("\r\n\r\n")
-                if headers_end then
-                    local body = response_data:sub(headers_end + 4)
-                    local success, decoded = pcall(vim.json.decode, body)
-                    
+            client:write(headers)
+            
+            client:read_start(function(err, chunk)
+                if err then
                     vim.schedule(function()
-                        if success then
-                            callback(decoded)
-                        else
-                            callback(nil, "JSON decode error: " .. body)
-                        end
-                    end)
-                else
-                    vim.schedule(function()
-                        callback(nil, "Invalid response format")
+                        callback(nil, "Read error: " .. err)
                     end)
+                    client:close()
+                    return
                 end
-            end
+
+                if chunk then
+                    response_data = response_data .. chunk
+                else
+                    -- End of response
+                    client:close()
+                    
+                    -- Parse response
+                    local headers_end = response_data:find("\r\n\r\n")
+                    if headers_end then
+                        local body = response_data:sub(headers_end + 4)
+                        local success, decoded = pcall(vim.json.decode, body)
+                        
+                        vim.schedule(function()
+                            if success then
+                                callback(decoded)
+                            else
+                                callback(nil, "JSON decode error: " .. body)
+                            end
+                        end)
+                    else
+                        vim.schedule(function()
+                            callback(nil, "Invalid response format")
+                        end)
+                    end
+                end
+            end)
         end)
     end)
 end