diff --git a/src/mirror.rs b/src/mirror.rs
index b04b8d4..cb05356 100644
--- a/src/mirror.rs
+++ b/src/mirror.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use governor::Quota;
 use poem::{
     Body, Endpoint, EndpointExt, Error, IntoResponse, Request, Response, Result, Route, Server,
     get, handler,
-    http::{StatusCode, header::HOST, header::USER_AGENT},
+    http::{StatusCode, header::USER_AGENT},
     listener::{Listener, TcpListener, acme::AutoCert},
     middleware::{AddData, CatchPanic, Compression, Cors, Tracing},
     web::{Data, Json, Path},
@@ -235,13 +235,7 @@ async fn forward_create_op_upstream(
     body: Body,
 ) -> Result<Response> {
     if let Some(expected_domain) = &experimental.acme_domain {
-        let Some(found_host) = req.header(HOST) else {
-            log::debug!(
-                "expected experimental domain but missing host header. {:?}; {:?}",
-                req.header(HOST),
-                req.headers()
-            );
-            log::debug!("does it get put into uri??? {:?}", req.uri());
+        let Some(found_host) = req.uri().host() else {
             return Ok(bad_create_op(&format!(
                 "missing `Host` header, expected {expected_domain:?} for experimental requests."
             )));