diff --git a/cassandra-3.9-scripts.patch b/cassandra-3.9-scripts.patch
index b90dc1c..9ad87c6 100644
--- a/cassandra-3.9-scripts.patch
+++ b/cassandra-3.9-scripts.patch
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ diff -urN cassandra-3.9/bin/cassandra cassandra-3.9new/bin/cassandra
  
 +wait_for_service_available()
 +{
-+  host=$(head -1 /etc/hosts | cut -f1)
++  host=$(head -1 /etc/hosts | cut -d' ' -f1)
 +  port=$(cat $CASSANDRA_CONF/cassandra.yaml | grep native_transport_port | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
 +  if ! nc -z $host $port; then
 +    # echo "Waiting for Cassandra to start..."