diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/emeraldpay/dshackle/upstream/UpstreamSettingsDetector.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/emeraldpay/dshackle/upstream/UpstreamSettingsDetector.kt
index a634c864..69b6a0e1 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/emeraldpay/dshackle/upstream/UpstreamSettingsDetector.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/emeraldpay/dshackle/upstream/UpstreamSettingsDetector.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ abstract class BasicEthUpstreamSettingsDetector(
         val firstSlash = client.indexOf("/")
         val secondSlash = client.indexOf("/", firstSlash + 1)
         if (firstSlash == -1 || secondSlash == -1 || secondSlash < firstSlash) {
-            return null
+            return node.asText()
         }
         return client.substring(firstSlash + 1, secondSlash)
     }