diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_cx.sh b/dnsapi/dns_cx.sh
index 33e05e4b..b0cf36d0 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_cx.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_cx.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ _get_root() {
     fi
 
     if printf "$response" | grep "$h." >/dev/null ; then
-      seg=$(printf "$response" | grep -o "{[^{]*$h\.[^}]*\}" )
+      seg=$(printf "$response" | grep -o "{[^{]*\"$h\.\"[^}]*\}" )
       _debug seg "$seg"
       _domain_id=$(printf "$seg" | grep -o \"id\":\"[^\"]*\" | cut -d : -f 2 | tr -d \")
       _debug _domain_id "$_domain_id"