diff --git a/utils/checkRecords.js b/utils/checkRecords.js
index 41850b6..4145130 100644
--- a/utils/checkRecords.js
+++ b/utils/checkRecords.js
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ const { checkIfValidIP, checkIfValidFQDN } =  require('./utils.js');
 function checkRecords(data) {
     const recordType = Object.keys(data.target)[0]
     if (recordType.toLowerCase() === "a") {
-        return checkIfValidIP(data.target[recordType])
+        return checkIfValidIP(data.target[recordType].value)
     }
     if (recordType.toLowerCase() === "cname") {
-        return checkIfValidFQDN(data.target[recordType])
+        return checkIfValidFQDN(data.target[recordType].value)
     }
     return false;
 }