diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
index 19369ceb..ba38dbbf 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
@@ -80,24 +80,7 @@ pub fn get_samp_favorite_list() -> String {
 
 #[tauri::command]
 pub fn resolve_hostname(hostname: String) -> std::result::Result<String, String> {
-    use std::net::{IpAddr, ToSocketAddrs};
-
-    if hostname.is_empty() {
-        return Err("Hostname cannot be empty".to_string());
-    }
-
-    let addr = format!("{}:80", hostname);
-    let addrs = addr
-        .to_socket_addrs()
-        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to resolve hostname '{}': {}", hostname, e))?;
-
-    for ip in addrs {
-        if let IpAddr::V4(ipv4) = ip.ip() {
-            return Ok(ipv4.to_string());
-        }
-    }
-
-    Err(format!("No IPv4 address found for hostname '{}'", hostname))
+    helpers::resolve_hostname_to_ipv4(&hostname)
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/helpers.rs b/src-tauri/src/helpers.rs
index 10a1d906..4aadfd6f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/helpers.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,28 @@ pub fn decode_buffer(buf: Vec<u8>) -> (String, String) {
     (buff_output, actual_encoding.name().to_string())
 }
 
+// resolves a hostname to its first ipv4 address
+pub fn resolve_hostname_to_ipv4(hostname: &str) -> std::result::Result<String, String> {
+    use std::net::{IpAddr, ToSocketAddrs};
+
+    if hostname.is_empty() {
+        return Err("Hostname cannot be empty".to_string());
+    }
+
+    let addr = format!("{}:80", hostname);
+    let addrs = addr
+        .to_socket_addrs()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to resolve hostname '{}': {}", hostname, e))?;
+
+    for ip in addrs {
+        if let IpAddr::V4(ipv4) = ip.ip() {
+            return Ok(ipv4.to_string());
+        }
+    }
+
+    Err(format!("No IPv4 address found for hostname '{}'", hostname))
+}
+
 pub fn copy_files(src: impl AsRef<Path>, dest: impl AsRef<Path>) -> crate::errors::Result<()> {
     let files = fs::read_dir(src).map_err(|e| crate::errors::LauncherError::from(e))?;
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index a0c29f60..def58481 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -130,9 +130,17 @@ async fn handle_cli_args() -> Result<()> {
                     &omp_client_path
                 };
 
+                // resolve hostname to ipv4 so the game does not truncate hyphenated hosts
+                let host = args.host.as_ref().unwrap();
+                let resolved_host =
+                    helpers::resolve_hostname_to_ipv4(host).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                        info!("Failed to resolve hostname '{}', using raw value: {}", host, e);
+                        host.clone()
+                    });
+
                 run_samp(
                     args.name.as_ref().unwrap(),
-                    args.host.as_ref().unwrap(),
+                    &resolved_host,
                     args.port.unwrap(),
                     gamepath,
                     &format!("{}/{}", gamepath, SAMP_DLL),