diff --git a/src/hostname.php b/src/hostname.php
index 30f4a21..842a416 100644
--- a/src/hostname.php
+++ b/src/hostname.php
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ function gethost($ip)
 	$ires = array();
 
 	$host = `host -s -W 5 $ip`;
-	$host = ($host ? end( explode(' ', trim(trim($host), '.'))) : $ip);
+	$host = explode(' ', trim(trim($host), '.'));
+	$host = ($host ? end($host) : $ip);
 	$ires = array();
 	if(in_array($host, Array('reached', 'record', '3(NXDOMAIN)')))
 	{