diff --git a/cvp_checks/tests/test_etc_hosts.py b/cvp_checks/tests/test_etc_hosts.py
index 72581c0..1db29c8 100644
--- a/cvp_checks/tests/test_etc_hosts.py
+++ b/cvp_checks/tests/test_etc_hosts.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import pytest
 import json
+import os
+from cvp_checks import utils
 
 
 def test_etc_hosts(local_salt_client):
+    active_nodes = utils.get_active_nodes()
     nodes_info = local_salt_client.cmd(
-        '*', 'cmd.run',
-        ['cat /etc/hosts']
-    )
+        utils.list_to_target_string(active_nodes, 'or'), 'cmd.run',
+        ['cat /etc/hosts'],
+        expr_form='compound')
     result = {}
     for node in nodes_info.keys():
         for nd in nodes_info.keys():
diff --git a/cvp_checks/utils/__init__.py b/cvp_checks/utils/__init__.py
index 746b5bf..83b867d 100644
--- a/cvp_checks/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/cvp_checks/utils/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     result = ''
     for node in node_list:
         result += node + ' ' + separator + ' '
-    return result.strip(' ' + separator + ' ')
+    return result[:-(len(separator)+2)]
 
 
 def get_monitoring_ip(param_name):
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
         testname = test.split('.')[0]
         if 'skipped_nodes' in config.get(testname).keys():
             skipped_nodes += config.get(testname)['skipped_nodes'] or []
-
     if skipped_nodes != ['']:
         print "\nNotice: {0} nodes will be skipped".format(skipped_nodes)
         nodes = local_salt_client.cmd(