lib/PublicInbox/NewsGroup.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NewsGroup.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NewsGroup.pm
index b8aed529a93fd773ed15ec8a11809438df6eb1b9..0c7051db92ce65410641b33da449243c8447441c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NewsGroup.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NewsGroup.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ sub new {
 	my ($class, $name, $git_dir, $address) = @_;
 	my $self = fields::new($class);
 	$self->{name} = $name;
+	$address = $address->[0] if ref($address);
 	$self->{domain} = ($address =~ /\@(\S+)\z/) ? $1 : 'localhost';
 	$self->{git_dir} = $git_dir;
 	$self->{address} = $address;