diff --git a/plugins/dnsbl b/plugins/dnsbl
index 19d1459..a9e0bca 100644
--- a/plugins/dnsbl
+++ b/plugins/dnsbl
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ sub connect_handler {
   # results in the first rcpt handler ... oh well.
 
   my $res = new Net::DNS::Resolver;
-  my $sockets = [];
+  my $sel = IO::Select->new();
 
   for my $dnsbl (keys %dnsbl_zones) {
-    $self->log(5, "Checking $reversed_ip.$dnsbl");
-    push @{$sockets}, [$dnsbl, $res->bgsend("$reversed_ip.$dnsbl", "TXT")];
+    $self->log(5, "Checking $reversed_ip.$dnsbl in the background");
+    $sel->add($res->bgsend("$reversed_ip.$dnsbl", "TXT"));
   }
 
-  $self->qp->connection->notes('dnsbl_sockets', $sockets);
+  $self->qp->connection->notes('dnsbl_sockets', $sel);
 
   return DECLINED;
 }
@@ -41,19 +41,31 @@ sub process_sockets {
     if $conn->notes('dnsbl');
 
   my $res = new Net::DNS::Resolver;
-  my $sockets = $conn->notes('dnsbl_sockets') or return "";
+  my $sel = $conn->notes('dnsbl_sockets') or return "";
 
   my $result; 
 
-  for my $socket (@{$sockets}) {
-    my $query = $res->bgread($socket->[1]);
-    my $dnsbl = $socket->[0];
+  $self->log(6, "waiting for dnsbl dns");
+
+  # don't wait more than 5 seconds here
+  my @ready = $sel->can_read(5);
+
+  $self->log(6, "DONE waiting for dnsbl dns");
+
+  for my $socket (@ready) {
+    my $query = $res->bgread($socket);
     undef $socket;
 
+    my $dnsbl;
+
     if ($query) {
       my $a_record = 0;
       foreach my $rr ($query->answer) {
 	$a_record = 1 if $rr->type eq "A";
+	my $name = $rr->name;
+	($dnsbl) = ($name =~ m/(?:\d+\.){4}(.*)/) unless $dnsbl;
+	$dnsbl = $name unless $dnsbl;
+	$self->log(9, "name ", $rr->name);
 	next unless $rr->type eq "TXT";
 	$self->log(10, "got txt record");
 	$result = $rr->txtdata and last;
@@ -64,10 +76,13 @@ sub process_sockets {
       $self->log(4, "$dnsbl query failed: ", $res->errorstring)
 	unless $res->errorstring eq "NXDOMAIN";
     }
+
+    last if $result;
+
   }
 
-  # if there were more to read; then forget about them again ...
-  undef $_ for (@{$sockets});
+  # if there was more to read; then forget it
+  $conn->notes('dnsbl_sockets', undef);
 
   return $conn->notes('dnsbl', $result);