commit - 99b2ef4a07275a0dd3e6fcc15bfc681d3be53b8a
commit + 8d963df80852a8938e8e84b17da773285557eded
blob - 927d6ec28e9215b8404f4807c36e635eb3d570ea
blob + 460e69e2a77a520dc77f68251dd6a9ec1ae2b890
--- java/com/omarpolo/gemini/Response.java
+++ java/com/omarpolo/gemini/Response.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.omarpolo.gemini;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.*;
 import java.io.*;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.security.KeyManagementException;
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ public class Response implements AutoCloseable {
 
     public static class MalformedResponse extends Exception {}
 
+    public Response(String url) throws IOException, MalformedResponse {
+        this(new URL(url));
+    }
+
     public Response(URL url) throws IOException, MalformedResponse {
         this(url.getHost(), url.getPort(), url.toString() + "\r\n");
     }