diff --git a/bin/gatherstats.pl b/bin/gatherstats.pl
index b9070af..3316f1f 100755
--- a/bin/gatherstats.pl
+++ b/bin/gatherstats.pl
@@ -321,11 +321,9 @@ sub HostStats {
       }
     }
 
-    # lowercase
-    $Host = lc($Host);
-
     # count host
     if ($Host) {
+      $Host = lc($Host);
       $Postings{$Host}++;
       $Postings{'ALL'}++;
     } else {