diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adbf9eacb..bc3c2fdce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## [master](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/master) (N/A)
 - (Bugfix) Fix make manifests-crd-file command
+- (Improvement) Allow tcp:// and ssl:// protocols in endpoints for members
  
 ## [1.2.33](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.33) (2023-09-27)
 - (Maintenance) Bump golang.org/x/net to v0.13.0
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/monitor.go b/pkg/exporter/monitor.go
index 6373c16f5..773628443 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/monitor.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/monitor.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/arangodb/go-driver"
+	"github.com/arangodb/go-driver/util"
 
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/shared"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/logging"
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ var logger = logging.Global().RegisterAndGetLogger("monitor", logging.Info)
 var currentMembersStatus atomic.Value
 
 func NewMonitor(arangodbEndpoint string, auth Authentication, sslVerify bool, timeout time.Duration) *monitor {
-	uri, err := setPath(arangodbEndpoint, shared.ArangoExporterClusterHealthEndpoint)
+	uri, err := prepareEndpointURL(arangodbEndpoint, shared.ArangoExporterClusterHealthEndpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Err(err).Error("Fatal")
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -75,14 +76,14 @@ func (m monitor) UpdateMonitorStatus(ctx context.Context) {
 
 		health, err := m.GetClusterHealth()
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Err(err).Error("GetClusterHealth error")
+			logger.Err(err).Info("GetClusterHealth error")
 			sleep = failRefreshInterval
 		} else {
 			var output strings.Builder
 			for key, value := range health.Health {
 				entry, err := m.GetMemberStatus(key, value)
 				if err != nil {
-					logger.Err(err).Error("GetMemberStatus error")
+					logger.Err(err).Info("GetMemberStatus error")
 					sleep = failRefreshInterval
 				}
 				output.WriteString(entry)
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func (m monitor) GetMemberStatus(id driver.ServerID, member driver.ServerHealth)
 		return result, err
 	}
 
-	req.URL, err = setPath(member.Endpoint, shared.ArangoExporterStatusEndpoint)
+	req.URL, err = prepareEndpointURL(member.Endpoint, shared.ArangoExporterStatusEndpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
 	}
@@ -155,7 +156,9 @@ func (m monitor) GetMemberStatus(id driver.ServerID, member driver.ServerHealth)
 	return fmt.Sprintf(monitorMetricTemplate, member.Role, id, 1), nil
 }
 
-func setPath(uri, uriPath string) (*url.URL, error) {
+func prepareEndpointURL(uri, uriPath string) (*url.URL, error) {
+	uri = util.FixupEndpointURLScheme(uri)
+
 	u, err := url.Parse(uri)
 	if err != nil {
 		return u, err
diff --git a/pkg/util/arangod/endpoint.go b/pkg/exporter/monitor_test.go
similarity index 50%
rename from pkg/util/arangod/endpoint.go
rename to pkg/exporter/monitor_test.go
index 41af9a752..c919a6bac 100644
--- a/pkg/util/arangod/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/monitor_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // DISCLAIMER
 //
-// Copyright 2016-2022 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+// Copyright 2023 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,23 +18,27 @@
 // Copyright holder is ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 //
 
-package arangod
+package exporter
 
-import "net/url"
+import (
+	"testing"
 
-// IsSameEndpoint returns true when the 2 given endpoints
-// refer to the same server.
-func IsSameEndpoint_(a, b string) bool {
-	if a == b {
-		return true
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func Test_prepareEndpointURL(t *testing.T) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		url, path, expected string
+	}{
+		{"http://some-host", "health", "http://some-host/health"},
+		{"https://some-host", "health", "https://some-host/health"},
+		{"tcp://some-host", "health", "http://some-host/health"},
+		{"ssl://some-host", "health", "https://some-host/health"},
 	}
-	ua, err := url.Parse(a)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
+
+	for i, tc := range tcs {
+		u, err := prepareEndpointURL(tc.url, tc.path)
+		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "case %d", i)
+		require.Equalf(t, tc.expected, u.String(), "case %d", i)
 	}
-	ub, err := url.Parse(b)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return ua.Hostname() == ub.Hostname()
 }