diff --git a/man/systemd-journal-remote.xml b/man/systemd-journal-remote.xml
index ebaca2657f..3899f175d4 100644
--- a/man/systemd-journal-remote.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-journal-remote.xml
@@ -293,15 +293,24 @@ journalctl -o export | systemd-journal-remote -o /tmp/dir -
     </programlisting>
     </para>
 
-    <para>Retrieve events from a remote
+    <para>Retrieve all available events from a remote
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journal-gatewayd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     instance and store them in
-    <filename>/var/log/journal/some.host/remote-some~host.journal</filename>:
+    <filename>/var/log/journal/remote/remote-some.host.journal</filename>:
     <programlisting>
 systemd-journal-remote --url http://some.host:19531/
     </programlisting>
     </para>
-  </refsect1>
+
+    <para>Retrieve current boot events and wait for new events from a remote
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journal-gatewayd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    instance, and store them in
+    <filename>/var/log/journal/remote/remote-some.host.journal</filename>:
+    <programlisting>
+systemd-journal-remote --url http://some.host:19531/entries?boot&amp;follow
+    </programlisting>
+    </para>
+</refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
     <title>See Also</title>
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
index e7003da9c1..cfe111fd91 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int spawn_curl(const char* url) {
         return r;
 }
 
-static int spawn_getter(const char *getter, const char *url) {
+static int spawn_getter(const char *getter) {
         int r;
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **words = NULL;
 
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ static int spawn_getter(const char *getter, const char *url) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to split getter option: %m");
 
-        r = strv_extend(&words, url);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create command line: %m");
-
         r = spawn_child(words[0], words);
         if (r < 0)
                 log_error_errno(r, "Failed to spawn getter %s: %m", getter);
@@ -897,18 +893,32 @@ static int remoteserver_init(RemoteServer *s,
                                                fd);
         }
 
+        if (arg_getter) {
+                log_info("Spawning getter %s...", arg_getter);
+                fd = spawn_getter(arg_getter);
+                if (fd < 0)
+                        return fd;
+
+                r = add_source(s, fd, (char*) arg_output, false);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
+
         if (arg_url) {
-                const char *url, *hostname;
+                const char *url;
+                char *hostname, *p;
 
-                url = strjoina(arg_url, "/entries");
-
-                if (arg_getter) {
-                        log_info("Spawning getter %s...", url);
-                        fd = spawn_getter(arg_getter, url);
-                } else {
-                        log_info("Spawning curl %s...", url);
-                        fd = spawn_curl(url);
+                if (!strstr(arg_url, "/entries")) {
+                        if (endswith(arg_url, "/"))
+                                url = strjoina(arg_url, "entries");
+                        else
+                                url = strjoina(arg_url, "/entries");
                 }
+                else
+                        url = strdupa(arg_url);
+
+                log_info("Spawning curl %s...", url);
+                fd = spawn_curl(url);
                 if (fd < 0)
                         return fd;
 
@@ -917,7 +927,13 @@ static int remoteserver_init(RemoteServer *s,
                         startswith(arg_url, "http://") ?:
                         arg_url;
 
-                r = add_source(s, fd, (char*) hostname, false);
+                hostname = strdupa(hostname);
+                if ((p = strchr(hostname, '/')))
+                        *p = '\0';
+                if ((p = strchr(hostname, ':')))
+                        *p = '\0';
+
+                r = add_source(s, fd, hostname, false);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }