diff --git a/bopher-ng.sh b/bopher-ng.sh
index 3f4ec68..ea6f193 100755
--- a/bopher-ng.sh
+++ b/bopher-ng.sh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ gmparse() { # args: line, curhost, curport
     if [[ '8' == "$rtype" ]]; then # handle 8-type resources as telnet:// URIs
       local username="${sel}@"
       [[ -z "${sel}" ]] && username=''
-      desc="$desc: telnet://${username}${rhost}:${rport}/"
+      desc="$desc: telnet://${username}${rhost}:${rport}"
     fi
   fi
   [[ '0' == "$rtype" ]] && action='P' # plain text is plain text