diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 18fe17b2..9eb6e6fc 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -1604,7 +1604,10 @@ get_title() {
 
     case $title_fqdn in
         on) hostname=$(hostname -f) ;;
-        *)  hostname=$(hostname | cut -d. -f1);;
+        *)  
+            hostname=${HOSTNAME:-$(hostname)}
+            hostname=${hostname%.*}
+        ;;
     esac
 
     title=${title_color}${bold}${user}${at_color}@${title_color}${bold}${hostname}