diff --git a/install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php b/install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php
index 5a2f7b5f..ad5919ee 100644
--- a/install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php
+++ b/install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ class FroxlorInstall {
 			$this->_data['mysql_access_host'] = $this->_data['serverip'];
 		}
 
+		// check system-hostname to be a FQDN
+		if ($this->_validate_ip($this->_data['servername'], true) !== false) {
+			$this->_data['servername'] = '';
+		}
+
 		if (isset($_POST['installstep'])
 				&& $_POST['installstep'] == '1'
 				&& $this->_data['admin_pass1'] == $this->_data['admin_pass2']
@@ -199,16 +204,9 @@ class FroxlorInstall {
 
 		$content = "<table class=\"noborder\">";
 
-		// check system-hostname to be a FQDN
-		$content .= $this->_status_message('begin', $this->_lng['install']['system_servername']);
-		if ($this->_validate_ip($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], true) !== false) {
-			$content .= $this->_status_message('red', $this->_lng['install']['servername_should_be_fqdn']);
-		} else {
-			$content .= $this->_status_message('green', 'OK');
-		}
-
 		// check for mysql-root-connection
 		$content .= $this->_status_message('begin', $this->_lng['install']['testing_mysql']);
+
 		$db_root = new db(
 				$this->_data['mysql_host'],
 				$this->_data['mysql_root_user'],
@@ -218,7 +216,6 @@ class FroxlorInstall {
 		// ok, if we are here, the database class is build up
 		// (otherwise it would have already die'd this script)
 		$content .= $this->_status_message('green', "OK");
-
 		// check for existing db
 		$content .= $this->_backupExistingDatabase($db_root);
 		// create unprivileged user and the database itself
@@ -512,7 +509,7 @@ class FroxlorInstall {
 
 		// check for existing of former database
 		$tables_exist = false;
-		$sql = "SHOW TABLES FROM `".$this->_data['mysql_database']."`";
+		$sql = "SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = '".$this->_data['mysql_database']."'";
 		$result = $db_root->query($sql);
 
 		// check result
diff --git a/install/lng/english.lng.php b/install/lng/english.lng.php
index 07d23eb7..67481984 100644
--- a/install/lng/english.lng.php
+++ b/install/lng/english.lng.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $lng['install']['admin_user'] = 'Administrator Username';
 $lng['install']['admin_pass1'] = 'Administrator Password';
 $lng['install']['admin_pass2'] = 'Administrator-Password (confirm)';
 $lng['install']['serversettings'] = 'Server settings';
-$lng['install']['servername'] = 'Server name (FQDN)';
+$lng['install']['servername'] = 'Server name (FQDN, no ip-address)';
 $lng['install']['serverip'] = 'Server IP';
 $lng['install']['webserver'] = 'Webserver';
 $lng['install']['apache2'] = 'Apache 2';
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ $lng['install']['nginx'] = 'NGINX';
 $lng['install']['httpuser'] = 'HTTP username';
 $lng['install']['httpgroup'] = 'HTTP groupname';
 
-$lng['install']['system_servername'] = 'System ServerName';
-$lng['install']['servername_should_be_fqdn'] = 'The servername should be a FQDN and not an IP address';
 $lng['install']['testing_mysql'] = 'Checking MySQL-root access...';
 $lng['install']['backup_old_db'] = 'Creating backup of old database...';
 $lng['install']['backup_binary_missing'] = 'Could not find mysqldump';
diff --git a/install/lng/german.lng.php b/install/lng/german.lng.php
index a6b681e0..2ed9c469 100644
--- a/install/lng/german.lng.php
+++ b/install/lng/german.lng.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $lng['install']['admin_user'] = 'Administrator-Benutzername';
 $lng['install']['admin_pass1'] = 'Administrator-Passwort';
 $lng['install']['admin_pass2'] = 'Administrator-Passwort (Bestätigung)';
 $lng['install']['serversettings'] = 'Servereinstellungen';
-$lng['install']['servername'] = 'Servername (FQDN)';
+$lng['install']['servername'] = 'Servername (FQDN, keine IP-Adresse)';
 $lng['install']['serverip'] = 'Server-IP';
 $lng['install']['webserver'] = 'Webserver';
 $lng['install']['apache2'] = 'Apache 2';
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ $lng['install']['nginx'] = 'NGINX';
 $lng['install']['httpuser'] = 'HTTP Username';
 $lng['install']['httpgroup'] = 'HTTP Gruppenname';
 
-$lng['install']['system_servername'] = 'System ServerName';
-$lng['install']['servername_should_be_fqdn'] = 'Der Servername sollte ein vollqualifizierter Domainname sein und keine IP Adresse.';
 $lng['install']['testing_mysql'] = 'Teste MySQL-Root Zugang...';
 $lng['install']['backup_old_db'] = 'Sicherung vorheriger Datenbank...';
 $lng['install']['backup_binary_missing'] = 'Konnte mysqldump nicht finden';