diff --git a/proxy-frontend/entry/lixonet.sh.tmpl b/proxy-frontend/entry/lixonet.sh.tmpl
index 350ec2b..7497e0c 100644
--- a/proxy-frontend/entry/lixonet.sh.tmpl
+++ b/proxy-frontend/entry/lixonet.sh.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-gateway=`nslookup tinc | awk -F': ' 'NR==6 { print \$2 } '`
+gateway=`getent hosts tinc | awk '{ print $1 }'`
 route="${network_address}/${global_prefix:-16}"
 iface="eth0"
 
 echo "Routing \$route to \$gateway via \$iface"
-ip route add \$route via \$gateway dev \$iface
+ip route add \$route via \$gateway dev \$iface || echo "Failed to add route; does it already exist?"