diff --git a/motech/install.sh b/motech/install.sh
index 1c5bca9..38685a5 100755
--- a/motech/install.sh
+++ b/motech/install.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ rc-update -u
 # Populate database and create admin account
 service motech start
 echo `date` '- Waiting for database to be populated. This should take about a minute.'
-MOTECH_IP=$(awk '/ motech/ {print $1}' /etc/hosts)
-until curl -s "http://${MOTECH_IP}:8080/module/server/startup/" | grep -q adminLogin; do
+until curl -s "http://motech:8080/module/server/startup/" | grep -q adminLogin; do
     sleep 1
 done
 export MOTECH_ADMIN_USER="admin"