diff --git a/jeannie b/jeannie
index 9c427af..ed24496 100755
--- a/jeannie
+++ b/jeannie
@@ -1487,6 +1487,7 @@ check_pihole_dns_query() {
     if command -v dig >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         output="$(dig @"${rpi_host}" "${query_name}" A +time=3 +tries=1 +short 2>&1)" || {
             printf '%s\n' "${output}" >&2
+            echo "Pi-hole DNS query to ${rpi_host}:53 failed; check RPi firewall and that the Pi-hole container publishes 53/udp on the LAN address." >&2
             return 1
         }
         if [[ -z "${output}" ]]; then
@@ -4662,7 +4663,7 @@ status_gitea_public_repo_ok() {
     local repo_owner="${LAB_GITEA_REPO_OWNER:-jv}"
     local repo_name="${LAB_GITEA_REPO_NAME:-my-homelab-configs}"
 
-    status_http_ok "${root_url%/}/${repo_owner}/${repo_name}"
+    status_http_ok "${root_url%/}/${repo_owner}/${repo_name}/"
 }
 
 status_cascade_check() {