diff --git a/jc/parsers/hosts.py b/jc/parsers/hosts.py
index 3d3a6776..ba42cf31 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/hosts.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/hosts.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import jc.utils
 
 
 class info():
-    version = '1.0'
+    version = '1.1'
     description = '/etc/hosts file parser'
     author = 'Kelly Brazil'
     author_email = 'kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com'
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False):
         for line in cleandata:
             output_line = {}
             # ignore commented lines
-            if line.strip().find('#') == 0:
+            if line.strip().startswith('#'):
                 continue
 
             line_list = line.split(maxsplit=1)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False):
 
             comment_found = False
             for i, item in enumerate(hosts_list):
-                if item.find('#') != -1:
+                if '#' in item:
                     comment_found = True
                     comment_item = i
                     break