diff --git a/auto_install/install.sh b/auto_install/install.sh
index 4cd6730..dac2fea 100755
--- a/auto_install/install.sh
+++ b/auto_install/install.sh
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ setCustomDomain() {
 
 confOpenVPN() {
     # Grab the existing Hostname
-	HOST_NAME=$(hostname)
+	HOST_NAME=$(hostname -s)
 	# Generate a random, alphanumeric identifier of 16 characters for this server so that we can use verify-x509-name later that is unique for this server installation. Source: Earthgecko (https://gist.github.com/earthgecko/3089509)
     NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 16 | head -n 1)
     # Create a unique server name using the host name and UUID