diff --git a/custom/gatus/config.yaml b/custom/gatus/config.yaml
index 9b67707..867c93f 100644
--- a/custom/gatus/config.yaml
+++ b/custom/gatus/config.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endpoints:
 
   - name: gitlab
     group: devops
-    url: "http://gitlab"
+    url: "tcp://gitlab:80"
     interval: 10m
     conditions:
       - "[CONNECTED] == true" # because i've implemented something in the gitlab container