diff --git a/lib/infobox/node.js b/lib/infobox/node.js
index 4ce939e..9e1f623 100644
--- a/lib/infobox/node.js
+++ b/lib/infobox/node.js
@@ -299,16 +299,18 @@ define(["moment", "numeral", "tablesort", "tablesort.numeric"],
   }
 
   function createLink(target, router) {
-    var link = document.createElement("a")
-    if (!target) return link
+    if (!target) return document.createTextNode("unknown")
     var unknown = !(target.node)
-    link.classList.add("hostname")
-    link.textContent = unknown ? (target.id ? target.id : target) : target.node.nodeinfo.hostname
+    var text = unknown ? (target.id ? target.id : target) : target.node.nodeinfo.hostname
     if (!unknown) {
+      var link = document.createElement("a")
+      link.classList.add("hostname-link")
       link.href = "#"
       link.onclick = router.node(target.node)
+      link.textContent = text
+      return link
     }
-    return link
+    return document.createTextNode(text)
   }
 
   function lookupNode(d, nodeDict) {