diff --git a/cmd/start.go b/cmd/start.go
index dde648e..b328120 100644
--- a/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/start.go
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ func setupVnetInterfaceHostSide(jail *Jail) ([]string, error) {
 		bridge := v[1]
 		
 		// Get host side MAC
-		pname := fmt.Sprintf("Config.%s_mac", nic)
+		pname := fmt.Sprintf("Config.%s_mac", strings.Title(nic))
 		var val *reflect.Value
 		val, pname, err = getStructFieldValue(jail, pname)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -853,7 +853,10 @@ func setupVnetInterfaceHostSide(jail *Jail) ([]string, error) {
 				return []string{}, err
 			}
 		} else {
-			hsmac = val.Bytes()
+			hsmac, err = hex.DecodeString(strings.Split(val.String(), " ")[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				return []string{}, fmt.Errorf("Error converting %s to hex\n", strings.Split(val.String(), " ")[0])
+			}
 		}
 		
 		// Get bridge MTU
@@ -934,7 +937,7 @@ func setupVnetInterfaceJailSide(jail *Jail, hostepairs []string) error {
 		jsepair := fmt.Sprintf("%sb", strings.TrimSuffix(hostepairs[i], "a"))
 
 		// Get jail side MAC
-		pname := fmt.Sprintf("Config.%s_mac", nic)
+		pname := fmt.Sprintf("Config.%s_mac", strings.Title(nic))
 		var val *reflect.Value
 		val, pname, err = getStructFieldValue(jail, pname)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -947,7 +950,11 @@ func setupVnetInterfaceJailSide(jail *Jail, hostepairs []string) error {
 				return err
 			}
 		} else {
-			jsmac = val.Bytes()
+			jsmac, err = hex.DecodeString(strings.Split(val.String(), " ")[1])
+                        if err != nil {
+                                return fmt.Errorf("Error converting %s to hex\n", strings.Split(val.String(), " ")[1])
+                        }
+
 		}
 
 		cmd := fmt.Sprintf("/sbin/ifconfig %s vnet %s", jsepair, jail.InternalName)