diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a467816..3018775 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# Fork Changes
+As I use this script to send telegram alerts when parts of my infrastructure are unavailable it may coincide with the Pihole DNS server to be offline. When this happens there is no DNS resolution of the Telegram host and no message can be send. To alleviate this issue I have introduced a new flag (`-I`) which resolves the host by using the Google DNS `8.8.8.8` instead of using the usual DNS.
+
+---
+
+Original Readme:
+
 # telegram.sh
 
 ## What does it do?
diff --git a/telegram b/telegram
index c0699ca..4830670 100755
--- a/telegram
+++ b/telegram
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ function help {
 	echo "    -C               Sends text as monospace code. Useful when piping command outputs into this tool."
 	echo "    -r               Like -C, but if the first line starts with '+ ', it is specially formatted."
 	echo "    -T <TITLE>       Sets a title for the message. Printed in bold text if -M or -H is used."
+	echo "    -I               Resolves the DNS of the host to be used to mitigate DNS issues."
 	echo "    -l               Fetch known chat_ids."
 	echo "    -R               Receive a file sent via telegram."
 	echo "    -D               Sets disable_web_page_preview parameter to, well, disable the preview for links to webpages."
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ function escapeMarkdown {
 	echo "$res"
 }
 
-while getopts "t:c:i:f:V:MHCrhlvjnRmDNT:" opt; do
+while getopts "t:c:i:f:V:MHCrhlvjnRmDNTI:" opt; do
 	case $opt in
 		t)
 			TOKEN="$OPTARG"
@@ -268,6 +269,11 @@ while getopts "t:c:i:f:V:MHCrhlvjnRmDNT:" opt; do
 		T)
 			TITLE="$OPTARG"
 			;;
+                I)
+                        TELEGRAM_IP=`dig @8.8.8.8 api.telegram.org | grep "ANSWER SECTION" -A 2 | grep -v -e CNAME  -e "ANSWER SECTION" | cut -f5`
+                        CURL_OPTIONS="$CURL_OPTIONS --resolve ${URL%/bot}:$TELEGRAM_IP"
+                        ;;
+
 		?|h)
 			help
 			;;