diff --git a/src/main/java/net/jstom/Config.java b/src/main/java/net/jstom/Config.java
index 5fa2fb1..6e777b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/jstom/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/jstom/Config.java
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ public class Config {
             if (data != null) {
                 if (data.containsKey("port")) PORT = (int) data.get("port");
                 if (data.containsKey("motd")) MOTD = (String) data.get("motd");
-                if (data.containsKey("host")) HOST = (String) data.get("host");
+                if (data.containsKey("host")) {
+                    String rawHost = (String) data.get("host");
+                    if (rawHost.contains(":")) {
+                        HOST = rawHost.split(":")[0];
+                    } else {
+                        HOST = rawHost;
+                    }
+                }
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             System.err.println("Could not load config.yml: " + e.getMessage());