diff --git a/tests/test_env/deploy.sh b/tests/test_env/deploy.sh
index 35405bf..996460c 100755
--- a/tests/test_env/deploy.sh
+++ b/tests/test_env/deploy.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@ chown -R openldap:openldap /etc/ldap/
 rm /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn\=config/*mdb*
 /etc/init.d/slapd restart
 ldapadd -c -H ldap://localhost:390  -x -D "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org" -f /etc/ldap/content.ldif -w password
-sed -i "s/\(127.0.0.1.*\)/\1 ldap.ldapcherry.org ad.ldapcherry.org ldap.dnscherry.org/" /etc/hosts
+if grep -q '127.0.0.1' /etc/hosts
+then
+    sed -i "s/\(127.0.0.1.*\)/\1 ldap.ldapcherry.org ad.ldapcherry.org ldap.dnscherry.org/" /etc/hosts
+else
+    echo '127.0.0.1 ldap.ldapcherry.org ad.ldapcherry.org ldap.dnscherry.org' >> /etc/hosts
+fi 
+cat /etc/hosts
+
 
 df -h