diff --git a/herbstluftwm/hl_status_deamon.py b/herbstluftwm/hl_status_deamon.py
index 8841810..83b615c 100755
--- a/herbstluftwm/hl_status_deamon.py
+++ b/herbstluftwm/hl_status_deamon.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def cip_logins():
                     ret = ""
             else:
                 color = hl_utils.get_color(len(l),MAX_LOGINS,0)
-                ret = str(l)
+                ret=''
                 for line in l:
                     if line =='':
                             continue
diff --git a/herbstluftwm/hl_utils.py b/herbstluftwm/hl_utils.py
index 3044172..ac16102 100755
--- a/herbstluftwm/hl_utils.py
+++ b/herbstluftwm/hl_utils.py
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import shlex
 import re
+import socket
 from hl_constants import *
 
-def hlpath(addition=""):
-        return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"),".config/herbstluftwm/"+addition)
+def hlpath(addition="",use_hostname=True):
+        host=""
+        if use_hostname:
+                host=socket.gethostname()+"_" 
+        return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"),".config/herbstluftwm/"+host+addition)
 
 def color_remove(s):
         '''removes colorcodes from inputstring'''