diff --git a/archiver/archive_methods.py b/archiver/archive_methods.py
index 351e5873..32bc6731 100644
--- a/archiver/archive_methods.py
+++ b/archiver/archive_methods.py
@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ def archive_dot_org(link_dir, link, timeout=TIMEOUT):
         archive_org_url = open(path, 'r').read().strip()
         return {'output': archive_org_url, 'status': 'skipped'}
 
-    submit_url = 'https://web.archive.org/save/{}'.format(link['url'].split('?', 1)[0])
+    submit_url = 'https://web.archive.org/save/{}'.format(link['url'])
 
     success = False
-    CMD = ['curl', '-I', submit_url]
+    CMD = ['curl', '-L', '-I', '-X', 'GET', submit_url]
     end = progress(timeout, prefix='      ')
     try:
         result = run(CMD, stdout=PIPE, stderr=DEVNULL, cwd=link_dir, timeout=timeout + 1)  # archive.org.txt