diff --git a/lib/DnsResolver.js b/lib/DnsResolver.js
index 7cfdd22..33aa041 100644
--- a/lib/DnsResolver.js
+++ b/lib/DnsResolver.js
@@ -62,7 +62,15 @@ class DnsResolver {
         }
 
         this.logger.debug("Standard Resolve: " + host);
-        const {address,family} = await dnsLookupAsync(host);
+        const dnsResult = await dnsLookupAsync(host);
+        // For some reason, this sometimes returns a string address rather than an object.
+        // I haven't been able to reproduce, but it's been reported on the issue tracker.
+        let address;
+        if (typeof dnsResult === 'string') {
+            address = dnsResult;
+        } else {
+            address = dnsResult.address;
+        }
         this.logger.debug("Found address: " + address);
         return {address: address};
     }