diff --git a/tunnelkeeper b/tunnelkeeper
index 070bce2..1f3ac5d 100755
--- a/tunnelkeeper
+++ b/tunnelkeeper
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ case "$1" in
     [[ -e "$BASEDIR/var/tunnelkeeper.pid" ]] && exit
     genconfig
     echo $$ > "$BASEDIR/var/tunnelkeeper.pid"
-    cat "$SSHCONF" | awk '/^Host / {print $2}' | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKSTART % '#tunnelkeeper' &
+    cat "$SSHCONF" | awk '/^Host / {print $2}' | grep -v \* | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKSTART % '#tunnelkeeper' &
   ;;
   stop )
     rm -f "$BASEDIR/var/tunnelkeeper.pid"