diff --git a/webif/lib/system.class b/webif/lib/system.class
index ac538f5..4a82058 100644
--- a/webif/lib/system.class
+++ b/webif/lib/system.class
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ proc {system hostname} {} {
 proc {system ip} {} {
 	# try for a usable IP address of the machine (w/o parsing hosts file) 
 	set ip "127.0.0.1"
-	if {![catch {set mysock [socket dgram "[os.gethostname]:0"]]}]} {
+	if {![catch {set mysock [socket dgram "[os.gethostname]:0"]}]} {
 		set myip ""
 		catch { set myip [lindex [split [$mysock sockname] ":"] 0]
 				$mysock close }