diff --git a/start-jupyter b/start-jupyter
index 352af22df11bbf5a6ab1643519cc7f3d976472fb..7ef43df0cccef83e272828d6ea0f9a1c2ed059b9 100755
--- a/start-jupyter
+++ b/start-jupyter
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function get_jupyter_node () {
         printf "Waiting for job to start" >&2
         extract_from_logs "NODE:\K\w+" "${logfile}"
     else
-        echo "${SJ_FRONTEND_HOST}"
+        ssh_frontend "hostname"
     fi
 }