diff --git a/go-gost/x/handler/forward/local/handler.go b/go-gost/x/handler/forward/local/handler.go
index 4f7881b..b1e47bf 100644
--- a/go-gost/x/handler/forward/local/handler.go
+++ b/go-gost/x/handler/forward/local/handler.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (h *forwardHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn, opts ...hand
 	for attempt := 0; attempt < maxRetries; attempt++ {
 		// Select a target node, excluding previously tried nodes
 		selectCtx := ctxvalue.ContextWithExcludeNodes(ctx, triedNodes)
-		target := &chain.Node{}
+		var target *chain.Node
 		if h.hop != nil {
 			target = h.hop.Select(selectCtx,
 				hop.ProtocolSelectOption(proto),
diff --git a/go-gost/x/handler/forward/remote/handler.go b/go-gost/x/handler/forward/remote/handler.go
index 35f604a..bad9d2e 100644
--- a/go-gost/x/handler/forward/remote/handler.go
+++ b/go-gost/x/handler/forward/remote/handler.go
@@ -225,9 +225,7 @@ func (h *forwardHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn, opts ...hand
 		selectCtx := ctxvalue.ContextWithExcludeNodes(ctx, triedNodes)
 		var target *chain.Node
 		if host != "" {
-			target = &chain.Node{
-				Addr: host,
-			}
+			target = chain.NewNode("", host)
 		}
 		if h.hop != nil {
 			target = h.hop.Select(selectCtx,
diff --git a/go-gost/x/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer.go b/go-gost/x/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer.go
index 4d9c153..8623c2e 100644
--- a/go-gost/x/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer.go
+++ b/go-gost/x/internal/util/forwarder/sniffer.go
@@ -263,9 +263,7 @@ func (h *Sniffer) dial(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn, req *http.Request, ho
 		// Select a node, excluding previously tried nodes
 		selectCtx := ctxvalue.ContextWithExcludeNodes(ctx, triedNodes)
 
-		node = &chain.Node{
-			Addr: host,
-		}
+		node = chain.NewNode("", host)
 		if ho.Hop != nil {
 			node = ho.Hop.Select(selectCtx,
 				hop.ClientIPSelectOption(net.ParseIP(ro.ClientIP)),
@@ -903,9 +901,7 @@ func (h *Sniffer) dialTLS(ctx context.Context, host string, ho *HandleOptions) (
 
 		node = nil
 		if host != "" {
-			node = &chain.Node{
-				Addr: host,
-			}
+			node = chain.NewNode("", host)
 		}
 		if ho.Hop != nil {
 			node = ho.Hop.Select(selectCtx,