diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/automation/__tests__/automation.validation.test.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/automation/__tests__/automation.validation.test.ts
index bf3edbf4d..cc636fc04 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/automation/__tests__/automation.validation.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/automation/__tests__/automation.validation.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('parseOutput', () => {
     it('parses a valid payload', () => {
       const payload = {
         type: 'osc',
-        targetIP: 'localhost',
+        targetIP: 'qlab',
         targetPort: 1234,
         address: '/test',
         args: 'test',
diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/automation/automation.validation.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/automation/automation.validation.ts
index f16571d29..3c902e1f4 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/automation/automation.validation.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/automation/automation.validation.ts
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ function parseOSCOutput(maybeOSCOutput: object): OSCOutput {
   assert.isString(maybeOSCOutput.args);
 
   const target = replaceAutomationTemplates(maybeOSCOutput.targetIP.trim(), 'template.local');
-  const isHostname =
-    target === 'localhost' ||
-    /^(?=.{1,253}$)(?:[a-z\d](?:[a-z\d-]{0,61}[a-z\d])?\.)+[a-z\d](?:[a-z\d-]{0,61}[a-z\d])?$/i.test(target);
+  const isHostname = /^(?=.{1,253}$)[a-z\d](?:[a-z\d-]{0,61}[a-z\d])?(?:\.[a-z\d](?:[a-z\d-]{0,61}[a-z\d])?)*$/i.test(
+    target,
+  );
   if (isIP(target) === 0 && !isHostname) {
     throw new Error('Invalid OSC target');
   }