diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_socket.c b/src/sbbs3/js_socket.c
index 5c6bcb6d28c2c30d2127f199dbdf196645fb2805..efa7d3c9dc37447ac476b4fcd4e718636368570a 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_socket.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_socket.c
@@ -2959,7 +2959,7 @@ handle_addrs(char *host, struct sockaddr_in *addr4, socklen_t *addr4len, struct
 	if (p != NULL)
 		*p = 0;
 
-	ia = inet_addr(host);
+	ia = parseIPv4Address(host);
 	if (ia != INADDR_NONE) {
 		if (*addr4len == 0) {
 			addr4->sin_addr.s_addr = ia;