diff --git a/package/etc/conf.d/conflib/_splunk/fix_dns.conf b/package/etc/conf.d/conflib/_splunk/fix_dns.conf
index 753da04..c956c33 100644
--- a/package/etc/conf.d/conflib/_splunk/fix_dns.conf
+++ b/package/etc/conf.d/conflib/_splunk/fix_dns.conf
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ class FixHostResolver(object):
         try:
             ipaddr = log_message['HOST'].decode('utf-8')    
 
-            resolved = socket.gethostbyaddr(ipaddr)
-            hostname = resolved[0]
-            name, ext = hostname.split('.')[-2:]
+            hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist = socket.gethostbyaddr(ipaddr)
+            name = str(hostname).split('.')[0]
             log_message['HOST'] = name
         except:
             pass