diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f5e8132..afe1306 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         args: [ '-m', 'HANGING_INDENT', '-l', '120','--check-only' ]
-        files: src/client
+        files: src/rpcclient
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: "7.0.0"
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         args: [ '--max-line-length=127' ]
-        files: src/client
\ No newline at end of file
+        files: src/rpcclient
diff --git a/src/rpcclient/rpcclient/network.py b/src/rpcclient/rpcclient/network.py
index 560fef8..df8ec33 100644
--- a/src/rpcclient/rpcclient/network.py
+++ b/src/rpcclient/rpcclient/network.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import socket as pysock
 import typing
 from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import Optional
 
 from rpcclient.allocated import Allocated
 from rpcclient.darwin.structs import timeval
@@ -165,11 +166,14 @@ def unix_connect(self, filename: str) -> Socket:
             self._client.raise_errno_exception(f'failed connecting to: {filename}')
         return Socket(self._client, sockfd)
 
-    def gethostbyname(self, name: str) -> Hostentry:
+    def gethostbyname(self, name: str) -> Optional[Hostentry]:
+        """ Query DNS record. Returns None if not found. """
         aliases = []
         addresses = []
-
-        result = hostent(self._client).parse_stream(self._client.symbols.gethostbyname(name))
+        result = self._client.symbols.gethostbyname(name)
+        if result == 0:
+            return None
+        result = hostent(self._client).parse_stream(result)
         p_aliases = result.h_aliases
 
         i = 0
diff --git a/src/rpcclient/tests/test_network.py b/src/rpcclient/tests/test_network.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de7c43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rpcclient/tests/test_network.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+def test_valid_gethostbyname(client):
+    """
+    :param rpcclient.client.Client client:
+    """
+    assert client.network.gethostbyname('google.com') is not None
+
+
+def test_invalid_gethostbyname(client):
+    """
+    :param rpcclient.client.Client client:
+    """
+    assert client.network.gethostbyname('google.com1') is None