diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 48b96d21..4f6295cc 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ get_title() {
 
     case $title_fqdn in
         on) hostname=$(hostname -f) ;;
-        *)  hostname=${HOSTNAME:-$(hostname)} ;;
+        *)  hostname=$(hostname | cut -d. -f1);;
     esac
 
     title=${title_color}${bold}${user}${at_color}@${title_color}${bold}${hostname}