diff --git a/wally/ssh_utils.py b/wally/ssh_utils.py
index efb67b3..9b3c074 100644
--- a/wally/ssh_utils.py
+++ b/wally/ssh_utils.py
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import re
 import yaml
 import getpass
+import logging
 from typing import List, Dict, Any
 
 
+from . import utils
 from .common_types import IPAddr
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("wally")
+
+
 class URIsNamespace:
     class ReParts:
         user_rr = "[^:]*?"
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@
         if rrm is not None:
             params = {"user": getpass.getuser()}  # type: Dict[str, str]
             params.update(rrm.groupdict())
+            params['host'] = utils.to_ip(params['host'])
             return ConnCreds(**params)  # type: ignore
 
     raise ValueError("Can't parse {0!r} as ssh uri value".format(uri))