diff --git a/cmd/crusoe-csi-driver/main.go b/cmd/crusoe-csi-driver/main.go
index bcae318..1662c97 100644
--- a/cmd/crusoe-csi-driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crusoe-csi-driver/main.go
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ func setFlags() {
 	replacer := strings.NewReplacer("-", "_")
 	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(replacer)
 
-	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.CrusoeAPIEndpointFlag, internal.CrusoeAPIEndpointDefault, "help for api endpoint")
-	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.CrusoeAccessKeyFlag, "", "help for access key")
-	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.CrusoeSecretKeyFlag, "", "help for secret key")
-	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.CrusoeProjectIDFlag, "", "help for project id")
+	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.CrusoeAPIEndpointFlag, internal.CrusoeAPIEndpointDefault, "Crusoe API endpoint")
+	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.CrusoeAccessKeyFlag, "", "Crusoe Access Key")
+	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.CrusoeSecretKeyFlag, "", "Crusoe Secret Key")
+	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.CrusoeProjectIDFlag, "", "Cluster Project ID")
 	rootCmd.Flags().Var(
 		enumflag.New(&internal.SelectedCSIDriverType,
 			internal.CSIDriverTypeFlag,
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ func setFlags() {
 			true),
 		internal.ServicesFlag,
 		"help for services")
-	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.NodeNameFlag, "", "help for kubernetes node name")
-	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.SocketAddressFlag, internal.SocketAddressDefault, "help for socket address")
+	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.NodeNameFlag, "", "Kubernetes Node Name")
+	rootCmd.Flags().String(internal.SocketAddressFlag, internal.SocketAddressDefault, "CSI Socket Address")
 
 	err = viper.BindPFlags(rootCmd.Flags())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/server.go b/internal/server.go
index d267fb3..fd7889f 100644
--- a/internal/server.go
+++ b/internal/server.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	projectIDEnvKey   = "CRUSOE_PROJECT_ID"
 	projectIDLabelKey = "crusoe.ai/project.id"
+
+	numExpectedComponents = 2
 )
 
 var (
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ var (
 	errMultipleInstances = errors.New("multiple instances found")
 	errProjectIDNotFound = fmt.Errorf("project ID not found in %s env var or %s node label",
 		projectIDEnvKey, projectIDLabelKey)
+	errInvalidNodeName = errors.New("invalid node name")
 )
 
 func interruptHandler() (*sync.WaitGroup, context.Context) {
@@ -80,7 +84,12 @@ func getHostInstance(ctx context.Context) (*crusoeapi.InstanceV1Alpha5, error) {
 		"crusoe-csi-driver/0.0.1",
 	)
 
-	nodeName := viper.GetString(NodeNameFlag)
+	fullNodeName := viper.GetString(NodeNameFlag)
+	nodeNameSplit := strings.SplitN(fullNodeName, ".", numExpectedComponents)
+	if len(nodeNameSplit) < 1 {
+		return nil, errInvalidNodeName
+	}
+	shortNodeName := nodeNameSplit[0]
 
 	var projectID string
 
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ func getHostInstance(ctx context.Context) (*crusoeapi.InstanceV1Alpha5, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get kube client: %w", err)
 		}
-		hostNode, nodeFetchErr := kubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(ctx, nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		hostNode, nodeFetchErr := kubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(ctx, fullNodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if nodeFetchErr != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not fetch current node with kube client: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -109,16 +118,16 @@ func getHostInstance(ctx context.Context) (*crusoeapi.InstanceV1Alpha5, error) {
 
 	instances, _, err := crusoeClient.VMsApi.ListInstances(ctx, projectID,
 		&crusoeapi.VMsApiListInstancesOpts{
-			Names: optional.NewString(nodeName),
+			Names: optional.NewString(shortNodeName),
 		})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list instances: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if len(instances.Items) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errInstanceNotFound, nodeName)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errInstanceNotFound, shortNodeName)
 	} else if len(instances.Items) > 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errMultipleInstances, nodeName)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errMultipleInstances, shortNodeName)
 	}
 
 	return &instances.Items[0], nil