diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index b60e9b03..d1fe7947 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
   }
 
   if ($config_hash_real['addresses'] and $config_hash_real['addresses']['http']) {
-    $http_addr = $config_hash_real['addresses']['http']
+    $http_addr = split($config_hash_real['addresses']['http'], ' ')[0]
   } elsif ($config_hash_real['client_addr']) {
     $http_addr = $config_hash_real['client_addr']
   } else {