diff --git a/impacket/examples/ntlmrelayx/servers/socksserver.py b/impacket/examples/ntlmrelayx/servers/socksserver.py
index 22a59204c5..5f7e82f45f 100644
--- a/impacket/examples/ntlmrelayx/servers/socksserver.py
+++ b/impacket/examples/ntlmrelayx/servers/socksserver.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def handle(self):
                 self.targetHost = socket.inet_ntoa(request['PAYLOAD'][:4])
                 self.targetPort = unpack('>H',request['PAYLOAD'][4:])[0]
             elif request['ATYP'] == ATYP.DOMAINNAME.value:
-                hostLength = unpack('!B',request['PAYLOAD'][0])[0]
+                hostLength = unpack('!B',request['PAYLOAD'][:1])[0]
                 self.targetHost = request['PAYLOAD'][1:hostLength+1]
                 self.targetPort = unpack('>H',request['PAYLOAD'][hostLength+1:])[0]
             else: