diff --git a/server/hosts.sh b/server/hosts.sh
index 8e6b1179c..ccaec18c5 100755
--- a/server/hosts.sh
+++ b/server/hosts.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ ip=$(hostname -i)
 
 cp /etc/hosts ~/hosts
 
-sed -i 's/127\.0\.0\.1  /127\.0\.0\.1   localhost.localdomain /' ~/hosts
-sed -i "s/${ip} /${ip}  ${hostname}.localdomain /" ~/hosts
+sed -i 's/127\.0\.0\.1\s+/127\.0\.0\.1	localhost.localdomain /' ~/hosts
+sed -i "s/${ip}\s+/${ip}	${hostname}.localdomain /" ~/hosts
 
 cp ~/hosts /etc/hosts
 rm ~/hosts