diff --git a/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname b/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname
index 6fd53e75b..db15dea4a 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname
+++ b/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ start() {
 	opts="docker"
 	if cat /proc/cmdline | grep -q 'com.docker.database'
 	then
-		DATABASE="/Mac$(cat /proc/cmdline | sed -e 's/.*com.docker.database="//' -e 's/".*//')"
+		DATABASE="$(cat /proc/cmdline | sed -e 's/.*com.docker.database="//' -e 's/".*//')"
 		HOSTFILE="/Database/branch/master/ro/${DATABASE}/hostname"
 		[ -s ${HOSTFILE} ] && opts="-F ${HOSTFILE}"
 	fi