diff --git a/apps/monitoring/noc-monitoring.yaml b/apps/monitoring/noc-monitoring.yaml
index 335f583..24a9bb2 100644
--- a/apps/monitoring/noc-monitoring.yaml
+++ b/apps/monitoring/noc-monitoring.yaml
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ data:
     from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
     from urllib.error import URLError
 
-    IRC_HOST = "unrealircd.irc.svc.cluster.local"
+    IRC_HOST = "unrealircd.irc.svc"  # short name: CoreDNS ndots:5 + iamworkin.lan template hijacks full .cluster.local (see memory)
     IRC_PORT = 6667
     IRC_NICK = "grafana-bot"
     IRC_CHANNEL = "#alerts"