diff --git a/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/WebSocketBot.cs b/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/WebSocketBot.cs
index 8320e5b4..6ba4395e 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/WebSocketBot.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/WebSocketBot.cs
@@ -291,17 +291,7 @@ public class WebSocketBot : ChatBot
 
     public WebSocketBot()
     {
-        // Lookup the given address
-        try
-        {
-            _ip = Dns.GetHostAddresses(Config.Ip!).First().ToString();
-        }
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
-            // Set Ip to a non-acceptable value to fail the Ip check
-            _ip = "not found";
-        }
-        var match = Regex.Match(_ip, @"\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}");
+        var match = Regex.Match(Config.Ip!, @"\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}");
 
         if (!match.Success)
         {
@@ -315,6 +305,7 @@ public class WebSocketBot : ChatBot
             return;
         }
 
+        _ip = Config.Ip;
         _port = Config.Port;
         _password = Config.Password;
         _authenticatedSessions = new();