diff --git a/common/HttpClient.php b/common/HttpClient.php
index 7b26302..abfb6a8 100644
--- a/common/HttpClient.php
+++ b/common/HttpClient.php
@@ -237,7 +237,11 @@ class HttpClient
 			$url = str_replace('https://', '', $url);
 		}
 		$explode = explode('/', $url);
-		return System::gethostbyname(array_shift($explode));
+		$first = array_shift($explode);
+		if (preg_match('/\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}/', $first)) {
+			return $first;
+		}
+		return System::gethostbyname($first);
 	}
 
 	/**