diff --git a/pymispwarninglists/api.py b/pymispwarninglists/api.py
index 34489aa..799ddef 100644
--- a/pymispwarninglists/api.py
+++ b/pymispwarninglists/api.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class WarningList():
             parsed_url = urlparse(value)
             if parsed_url.hostname:
                 value = parsed_url.hostname
-            return any(value.endswith(v) for v in self.list)
+            return any(value == v or value.endswith("."+v.lstrip(".")) for v in self.list)
         elif self.type == 'cidr':
             try:
                 value = ip_address(value)
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 71643af..c8d31b2 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -45,4 +45,8 @@ class TestPyMISPWarningLists(unittest.TestCase):
         results = self.warninglists.search('1e100.net')
         self.assertEqual(results[0].name, 'List of known google domains')
         results = self.warninglists.search('something.files.1drv.com')
-        self.assertEqual(results[0].name, 'Top 1,000,000 most-used sites from Tranco')
+        self.assertTrue('List of known microsoft domains' in [r.name for r in results])
+        results = self.warninglists.search('arbitrary-domain-1e100.net')
+        self.assertEqual(results, [])
+        results = self.warninglists.search('phishing.co.uk')
+        self.assertEqual(results, [])