diff --git a/htroot/HostBrowser.java b/htroot/HostBrowser.java
index b90b2d8f0..9855d06c0 100644
--- a/htroot/HostBrowser.java
+++ b/htroot/HostBrowser.java
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class HostBrowser {
                 prop.putHTML("outbound_host", host);
                 if (authorized) prop.putHTML("outbound_admin_host", host); //used for WebStructurePicture_p link
                 prop.putHTML("inbound_host", host);
-                String hosthash = ASCII.String(uri.hash(), 6, 6);
+                String hosthash = uri.hosthash();
                 String[] pathparts = uri.getPaths();
                 
                 // get all files for a specific host from the index
diff --git a/htroot/api/webstructure.java b/htroot/api/webstructure.java
index f43418499..7f1fbdd98 100644
--- a/htroot/api/webstructure.java
+++ b/htroot/api/webstructure.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class webstructure {
                 try {
                     url = new DigestURL(about.indexOf("://") >= 0 ? about : "http://" + about); // accept also domains
                     urlhash = url.hash();
-                    hosthash = ASCII.String(urlhash, 6, 6);
+                    hosthash = url.hosthash();
                 } catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
                 }
             }