diff --git a/lib/format_data.js b/lib/format_data.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/format_data.js
+++ b/lib/format_data.js
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ HipChatFormatter.prototype.formatData = function(data) {
 
 HipChatFormatter.prototype.formatRecepient = function(recepient) {
   var robot_name = env.HUBOT_HIPCHAT_JID.split("_")[0];
-  var hipchat_domain = env.HUBOT_HIPCHAT_JID.split("@")[1];
+  // harcode for now. This most likely requires some investiagtion.
+  var hipchat_domain = 'conf.hipchat.com';
   return util.format('%s_%s@%s', robot_name, recepient, hipchat_domain);
 };
Hardcode the right hipchat domain. Using a different value leads to failure.