diff --git a/graphite_api/carbonlink.py b/graphite_api/carbonlink.py
index e040a0e..fe7a0c0 100644
--- a/graphite_api/carbonlink.py
+++ b/graphite_api/carbonlink.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def remove_node(self, key):
     def get_node(self, key):
         assert self.ring
         position = self.compute_ring_position(key)
-        search_entry = position, None
+        search_entry = (position, )
         index = bisect.bisect_left(self.ring, search_entry) % self.ring_len
         entry = self.ring[index]
         return entry[1]
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def get_node(self, key):
     def get_nodes(self, key):
         nodes = []
         position = self.compute_ring_position(key)
-        search_entry = position, None
+        search_entry = (position, )
         index = bisect.bisect_left(self.ring, search_entry) % self.ring_len
         last_index = (index - 1) % self.ring_len
         nodes_len = len(nodes)
diff --git a/tests/test_carbonlink.py b/tests/test_carbonlink.py
index b4789e4..80c2114 100644
--- a/tests/test_carbonlink.py
+++ b/tests/test_carbonlink.py
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ def test_chr_get_nodes(self):
         ]
         self.assertEqual(node, expected)
 
+    def test_chr_break_get_node(self):
+        hosts = [
+            ("127.0.0.1",None)
+        ]
+        carbonlink = ConsistentHashRing(hosts)
+        node = carbonlink.get_node('hosts.worker44.cpu')
+        self.assertEqual(node, ('127.0.0.1', None))
+
 
 class ConsistentHashRingTestFNV1A(TestCase):
     def test_chr_compute_ring_position_fnv1a(self):