diff --git a/tornet.yml b/tornet.yml
index c686f97..10431fc 100644
--- a/tornet.yml
+++ b/tornet.yml
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
           cd /etc/dnscrypt-proxy
           
           # get hosts blocklist from https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
-          g_runcmd wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts -O - | grep "^0\.0\.0\.0 " | cut -d" " -f2 | grep "\." >${g_tmp}/blocked-names.txt
+          g_runcmd wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts -O - | grep "^0\.0\.0\.0 " | cut -d" " -f2 | grep "\." | egrep -v '^\.|\.$' >${g_tmp}/blocked-names.txt
           numhosts=$(cat ${g_tmp}/blocked-names.txt | wc -l)
           if [ "$numhosts" -gt 200000 ]
           then