diff --git a/ddclient b/ddclient
index e666ab4..293a9ce 100755
--- a/ddclient
+++ b/ddclient
@@ -3552,16 +3552,27 @@ sub nic_freedns_update {
 	info("setting IP address to %s for %s", $ip, $h);
 	verbose("UPDATE:","updating %s", $h);
 
-	if($ip ne $freedns_hosts{$h}->[1]) {
+	if($ip eq $freedns_hosts{$h}->[1]) { 
+	    $config{$h}{'ip'}     = $ip; 
+	    $config{$h}{'mtime'}  = $now; 
+	    $config{$h}{'status'} = 'good'; 
+	    success("update not necessary %s: good: IP address already set to %s", $h, $ip); 
+	} else {
 	    my $reply = geturl(opt('proxy'), $freedns_hosts{$h}->[2]);
 	    if (!defined($reply) || !$reply) {
 	        failed("updating %s: Could not connect to %s.", $h, $freedns_hosts{$h}->[2]);
 		last;
 	    }
-	    last if !header_ok($h, $reply);
+	    if(!header_ok($h, $reply)) { 
+		$config{$h}{'status'} = 'failed'; 
+		last; 
+	    }
 
-	    if($reply =~ /Updated.*host/) {
-	        success("updating %s: good: IP address set to %s", $h, $ip);
+	    if($reply =~ /Updated.*$h.*to.*$ip/) { 
+		$config{$h}{'ip'}     = $ip; 
+		$config{$h}{'mtime'}  = $now; 
+		$config{$h}{'status'} = 'good'; 
+		success("updating %s: good: IP address set to %s", $h, $ip); 
 	    } else {
 	        $config{$h}{'status'} = 'failed';
 		warning("SENT: %s", $freedns_hosts{$h}->[2]) unless opt('verbose');