diff --git a/zen/tools/nodename b/zen/tools/nodename
index 2948648..a965d52 100755
--- a/zen/tools/nodename
+++ b/zen/tools/nodename
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ export myRouter=$(sudo route -n | head -n 3 | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
 [[ $isLAN ]] && export NODENAME=$(sudo nslookup $myIP $myRouter | head -n 1 | awk -F ' = ' '{print $2}' | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//') \
 || export NODENAME=$(sudo nslookup $myIP | head -n 1 | awk -F ' = ' '{print $2}' | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
 
+[[ $NODENAME == "" ]] && [[ $isLAN ]] && export NODENAME=$(sudo nslookup $myIP | head -n 1 | awk -F ' = ' '{print $2}' | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
+[[ $NODENAME == "" ]] && NODENAME=$(cat /etc/hostname)
+
 # I can tell
 echo "$NODENAME"