diff --git a/internal/nsupdate/nsupdate.go b/internal/nsupdate/nsupdate.go
index 1fdbbb5..f503bf8 100644
--- a/internal/nsupdate/nsupdate.go
+++ b/internal/nsupdate/nsupdate.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package nsupdate
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"net"
 	"strings"
 
 	"os/exec"
@@ -32,22 +31,27 @@ var (
 )
 
 func (c NsUpdateStruct) UpdateTXT(record, recordType, value string) error {
+	var (
+		stdout bytes.Buffer
+		stderr bytes.Buffer
+	)
+
 	for _, v := range specialChars {
 		value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, v, fmt.Sprintf("\\%s", v))
 	}
 
 	value = sanitizeTXT(value)
 
-	r, err := net.LookupTXT(record)
-	if err != nil {
-		config.Cfg.Log.Info("unable to get existing record", "record", record, "error", err)
+	command := fmt.Sprintf("dig +shord TXT %s", record)
+	cmd := exec.Command("/usr/bin/env", "sh", "-c", command)
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		config.Cfg.Log.Error("error adding record", "error", err, "stderr", stderr.String(), "stdout", stdout.String())
 		return err
 	}
 
-	var oldTXT string
-	for _, v := range r {
-		oldTXT += v
-	}
+	oldTXT := stdout.String()
 
 	if strings.ReplaceAll(oldTXT, `" "`, ``) != strings.ReplaceAll(value, `" "`, ``) {
 		config.Cfg.Log.Debug("deleting record", "record", record)