diff --git a/src/input/input_balancer.cpp b/src/input/input_balancer.cpp
index e2ef81e1..5c8cc38e 100644
--- a/src/input/input_balancer.cpp
+++ b/src/input/input_balancer.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ namespace Mist {
       while ((Util::epoch() - startTime < 10) && (balConn || balConn.Received().size())){
         if (balConn.spool() || balConn.Received().size()){
           if (http.Read(balConn.Received().get())){
+            HTTP::URL newUrl(http.body);
+            if (Socket::isLocalhost(newUrl.host)){
+              WARN_MSG("Load balancer returned a local address - ignoring");
+              startTime = 0;
+              break;//break out of while loop, ignore return value - it's local.
+            }
             source = http.body;
             startTime = 0;//note success
             break;//break out of while loop
diff --git a/src/utils/util_load.cpp b/src/utils/util_load.cpp
index d71b0986..b3688cbd 100644
--- a/src/utils/util_load.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/util_load.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ private:
 
 public:
   std::string host;
+  char binHost[16];
   unsigned long long availBandwidth;
   JSON::Value geoDetails;
   double servLati, servLongi;
@@ -498,6 +499,10 @@ int handleRequest(Socket::Connection &conn){
           unsigned int bestScore = 0;
           for (HOSTLOOP){
             HOSTCHECK;
+            if (Socket::matchIPv6Addr(std::string(HOST(i).details->binHost ,16), conn.getBinHost(), 0)){
+              INFO_MSG("Ignoring same-host entry %s", HOST(i).details->host.data());
+              continue;
+            }
             unsigned int score = HOST(i).details->source(source);
             if (score > bestScore){
               bestHost = "dtsc://" + HOST(i).details->host;
@@ -661,6 +666,7 @@ void handleServer(void *hostEntryPointer){
       }else{
         if (down){
           WARN_MSG("Connection established with %s", url.host.c_str());
+          memcpy(entry->details->binHost, DL.getSocket().getBinHost().data(), 16);
           entry->state = STATE_ONLINE;
           down = false;
         }
diff --git a/test/url.cpp b/test/url.cpp
index 04a5ff6c..0cccb7a7 100644
--- a/test/url.cpp
+++ b/test/url.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv){
     }
     std::cout << argv[i] << " -> " << u.getUrl() << std::endl;
     std::cout << "Protocol: " << u.protocol << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "Host: " << u.host << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Host: " << u.host << " (Local: " << (Socket::isLocalhost(u.host)?"Yes":"No") << ")" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "Port: " << u.getPort() << std::endl;
     std::cout << "Path: " << u.path << std::endl;
     std::cout << "Query: " << u.args << std::endl;