diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index 7ee8573..9daa3fc 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -9922,7 +9922,7 @@ 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
@@ -9935,7 +9935,7 @@ 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