diff --git a/hoodselector/luasrc/usr/sbin/hoodselector b/hoodselector/luasrc/usr/sbin/hoodselector
index 5b135af9999070396fe14a86f2fa26dd01f41f2e..7691163113f82c701e740743143f432b2501d390 100755
--- a/hoodselector/luasrc/usr/sbin/hoodselector
+++ b/hoodselector/luasrc/usr/sbin/hoodselector
@@ -929,16 +929,16 @@ local function molw_get_bssid(iface)
   -- differentiate between VPN and mesh only routers
   local vpn_router_neigbour_bssids = {}
   local mesh_router_neigbour_bssids = {}
+  local own_mac = uci:get('network', 'client', 'macaddr')
   for _,respondd_if in ipairs(iface) do
     local respondd = string.format("gluon-neighbour-info -i " .. respondd_if .. " -p 1001 -d ff02::2 -r hoodselector -t 0.5")
     print(respondd)
-    local drop_first = false -- first one is node it selfe!
     for line in io.popen(respondd, 'r'):lines() do
       local obj, _, err = json.parse (line, 1, nil)
       if err then
 	io.stdout:write("json parse error!\n")
       else
-	if drop_first then
+	if obj["mac"] ~= own_mac then
 	  if obj["hoodinfo"] ~= nil then
 	    if obj["hoodinfo"]["vpnrouter"]:match("true") then
 	      if obj["selectedbssid"] ~= nil then
@@ -963,7 +963,6 @@ local function molw_get_bssid(iface)
 	    end
 	  end
 	end
-	drop_first = true
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/hoodselector/src/respondd.c b/hoodselector/src/respondd.c
index eb975fe9fcdfa0c5c1125254bd408b0c341950f4..4e54cb411d0b05047abbedfd990d16807cba2671 100644
--- a/hoodselector/src/respondd.c
+++ b/hoodselector/src/respondd.c
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ static struct json_object * respondd_provider_hoodselector(void) {
 	if(mesh_on_lan_wan)
 		 json_object_object_add(ret, "mesh", mesh_on_lan_wan);
 
+	json_object_object_add(ret, "mac", gluonutil_wrap_and_free_string(gluonutil_get_sysconfig("primary_mac")));
+
 	return ret;
 }