diff --git a/cmd/meshnamed/main.go b/cmd/meshnamed/main.go
index 590dacd..9ee4a57 100644
--- a/cmd/meshnamed/main.go
+++ b/cmd/meshnamed/main.go
@@ -71,14 +71,12 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	s := meshname.New(logger, listenAddr)
-
-	if networks, err := parseNetworks(networksconf); err == nil {
-		s.ConfigureNetworks(networks)
-	} else {
+	networks, err := parseNetworks(networksconf)
+	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 
+	s := meshname.New(logger, listenAddr, networks)
 	if useconffile != "" {
 		if err := loadConfig(s, useconffile); err != nil {
 			logger.Fatalln(err)
diff --git a/pkg/meshname/server.go b/pkg/meshname/server.go
index 82c8ea1..669c91c 100644
--- a/pkg/meshname/server.go
+++ b/pkg/meshname/server.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type MeshnameServer struct {
 }
 
 // New is a constructor for MeshnameServer
-func New(log *log.Logger, listenAddr string) *MeshnameServer {
+func New(log *log.Logger, listenAddr string, networks map[string]*net.IPNet) *MeshnameServer {
 	dnsClient := new(dns.Client)
 	dnsClient.Timeout = 5000000000 // increased 5 seconds timeout
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func New(log *log.Logger, listenAddr string) *MeshnameServer {
 		log:        log,
 		listenAddr: listenAddr,
 		dnsRecords: make(map[string][]dns.RR),
-		networks:   make(map[string]*net.IPNet),
+		networks:   networks,
 		dnsClient:  dnsClient,
 	}
 }
@@ -55,12 +55,19 @@ func (s *MeshnameServer) Start() error {
 	defer s.startedLock.Unlock()
 
 	if !s.started {
-		s.dnsServer = &dns.Server{Addr: s.listenAddr, Net: "udp"}
+		waitStarted := make(chan struct{})
+		s.dnsServer = &dns.Server{
+			Addr: s.listenAddr,
+			Net: "udp",
+			NotifyStartedFunc: func(){ close(waitStarted) },
+		}
 		for tld, subnet := range s.networks {
 			dns.HandleFunc(tld, s.handleRequest)
 			s.log.Debugln("Handling:", tld, subnet)
 		}
 		go s.dnsServer.ListenAndServe()
+		<-waitStarted
+
 		s.log.Debugln("MeshnameServer started")
 		s.started = true
 		return nil
@@ -75,10 +82,6 @@ func (s *MeshnameServer) ConfigureDNSRecords(dnsRecords map[string][]dns.RR) {
 	s.dnsRecordsLock.Unlock()
 }
 
-func (s *MeshnameServer) ConfigureNetworks(networks map[string]*net.IPNet) {
-	s.networks = networks
-}
-
 func (s *MeshnameServer) handleRequest(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 	var remoteLookups = make(map[string][]dns.Question)
 	m := new(dns.Msg)
diff --git a/pkg/meshname/server_test.go b/pkg/meshname/server_test.go
index 7179f8d..7bc5cc4 100644
--- a/pkg/meshname/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/meshname/server_test.go
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ import (
 func TestServerLocalDomain(t *testing.T) {
 	bindAddr := "[::1]:54545"
 	log := log.New(os.Stdout, "", log.Flags())
-
-	ts := meshname.New(log, bindAddr)
 	yggIPNet := &net.IPNet{IP: net.ParseIP("200::"), Mask: net.CIDRMask(7, 128)}
-	ts.ConfigureNetworks(map[string]*net.IPNet{"ygg": yggIPNet, "meshname": yggIPNet})
+	networks := map[string]*net.IPNet{"meshname": yggIPNet}
+
+	ts := meshname.New(log, bindAddr, networks)
 
 	exampleConfig := make(map[string][]string)
 	exampleConfig["aiarnf2wpqjxkp6rhivuxbondy"] = append(exampleConfig["aiarnf2wpqjxkp6rhivuxbondy"],