diff --git a/cgi-bin/pgstatus.pl b/cgi-bin/pgstatus.pl
index 08f3477..6adde66 100755
--- a/cgi-bin/pgstatus.pl
+++ b/cgi-bin/pgstatus.pl
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
 
 my $query = CGI->new;
 
-# don't let people play games with GET requests - this should be called via POST
+# don't let people play games with GET (or other) requests - this should be called via POST
 # the URL should only contain the signature
-if ($query->request_method eq 'GET')
+if ($query->request_method ne 'POST')
 {
 	print
-	  "Status: 496 wrong request method\nContent-Type: text/plain\n\n",
+	  "Status: 405 Method Not Allowed\nContent-Type: text/plain\n\n",
 	  "wrong request method\n";
 	exit;
 }