diff --git a/lib/utils.sh b/lib/utils.sh
index 9f3e3bf..60345fe 100644
--- a/lib/utils.sh
+++ b/lib/utils.sh
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ print_index_tab(){
   delete_on_exit "$temp_headers_file"
 
   if [ -r "$etag_file" ]; then
-    curl_opts=(--location --header "If-None-Match: $(cat "$etag_file")")
+    curl_opts=(--header "If-None-Match: $(cat "$etag_file")")
   fi
 
-  index=$(curl --fail --silent --dump-header "$temp_headers_file" ${curl_opts+"${curl_opts[@]}"}  "${NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR}index.tab")
+  index=$(curl --fail --silent --location --dump-header "$temp_headers_file" ${curl_opts+"${curl_opts[@]}"}  "${NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR}index.tab")
 
   if [ "$index" ]; then
     awk 'tolower($1) == "etag:" { print $2 }' < "$temp_headers_file" > "$etag_file"