diff --git a/app/models/deploy_distributed_press.rb b/app/models/deploy_distributed_press.rb
index da8fe209..f80024e8 100644
--- a/app/models/deploy_distributed_press.rb
+++ b/app/models/deploy_distributed_press.rb
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ class DeployDistributedPress < Deploy
   #
   # @return [nil]
   def create_remote_site!
+    self.hostname ||= site.hostname
+
     created_site = site_client.create(create_site)
 
     self.remote_site_id = created_site[:id]