diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index c0a3d10..694e6a5 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -7979,7 +7979,7 @@ get_local_aaaa() {
      local etchosts="/etc/hosts /c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts"
 
      # for security testing sometimes we have local entries. Getent is BS under Linux for localhost: No network, no resolution
-     ip6=$(grep -wh "$NODE" $etchosts 2>/dev/null | grep ':' | grep -v '^#' |  egrep  "[[:space:]]$NODE" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+     ip6=$(grep -wh "$1" $etchosts 2>/dev/null | grep ':' | egrep -v '^#|\.local' | egrep "[[:space:]]$1" | awk '{ print $1 }')
      if is_ipv6addr "$ip6"; then
           echo "$ip6"
      else
@@ -7992,7 +7992,7 @@ get_local_a() {
      local etchosts="/etc/hosts /c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts"
 
      # for security testing sometimes we have local entries. Getent is BS under Linux for localhost: No network, no resolution
-     ip4=$(grep -wh "$1[^\.]" $etchosts 2>/dev/null | egrep -v ':|^#' |  egrep  "[[:space:]]$1" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+     ip4=$(grep -wh "$1" $etchosts 2>/dev/null | egrep -v ':|^#|\.local' |  egrep "[[:space:]]$1" | awk '{ print $1 }')
      if is_ipv4addr "$ip4"; then
           echo "$ip4"
      else
@@ -9075,4 +9075,4 @@ fi
 exit $?
 
 
-#  $Id: testssl.sh,v 1.562 2016/11/05 13:55:29 dirkw Exp $
+#  $Id: testssl.sh,v 1.564 2016/12/11 17:21:40 dirkw Exp $