diff --git a/src/aleph/sdk/domain.py b/src/aleph/sdk/domain.py
index 60cf7408..b014f353 100644
--- a/src/aleph/sdk/domain.py
+++ b/src/aleph/sdk/domain.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ class TargetType(str, Enum):
 
 
 def hostname_from_url(url: Union[HttpUrl, str]) -> Hostname:
-    return Hostname(urlparse(url).netloc)
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    if all([parsed.scheme, parsed.netloc]) is True:
+        url = parsed.netloc
+
+    return Hostname(url)
 
 
 class DomainValidator:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_domains.py b/tests/unit/test_domains.py
index 221bd517..ffb1f7ae 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_domains.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_domains.py
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@
 
 from aleph.sdk.domain import DomainValidator
 from aleph.sdk.exceptions import DomainConfigurationError
-
 from src.aleph.sdk.domain import TargetType, hostname_from_url
 
 
+def test_hostname():
+    hostname = hostname_from_url("https://aleph.im")
+    assert hostname == "aleph.im"
+    hostname = hostname_from_url("aleph.im")
+    assert hostname == "aleph.im"
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_query():
     alephdns = DomainValidator()
@@ -55,3 +60,4 @@ async def test_not_configured_domain():
     hostname = hostname_from_url(url)
     with pytest.raises(DomainConfigurationError):
         status = await alephdns.check_domain(hostname, TargetType.IPFS, "0xfakeaddress")
+        assert type(status) is None