diff --git a/scripting/TrueSkillLoggingMain.sp b/scripting/TrueSkillLoggingMain.sp
index d2e793e..a676018 100644
--- a/scripting/TrueSkillLoggingMain.sp
+++ b/scripting/TrueSkillLoggingMain.sp
@@ -70,10 +70,13 @@ public APLRes:AskPluginLoad2(Handle:myself, bool:late, String:error[], err_max){
 
 public OnPluginStart(){
     
+    /* get and verify server name for output file */
     char server[SNAME_LEN];
     ServerName(server, sizeof(server));
     logfile = OpenFile(server,"at",false,NULL_STRING);
-   
+    if strlen(server) < 1:
+        return ThrowNativeError(SP_ERROR_NATIVE, "Computed Invalid Servername '%s'", server)
+
     /* inial line */
     LogToOpenFile(logfile,"0x42,start");
      
diff --git a/scripting/utils.sp b/scripting/utils.sp
index c3902dc..639a9dd 100644
--- a/scripting/utils.sp
+++ b/scripting/utils.sp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public void MapName(char[] prefix, char[] buf, int buflen){
 public void ServerName(char[] buf,int buflen){
     new String:sname[SNAME_LEN];
     ConVar servername = FindConVar("hostname");
-    servername.GetString("sname",SNAME_LEN);
+    servername.GetString(sname,SNAME_LEN);
     ReplaceString(sname,SNAME_LEN," ","");
     ReplaceString(sname,SNAME_LEN,"[","");
     ReplaceString(sname,SNAME_LEN,"]","");