diff --git a/internal/provider/config_hostname.go b/internal/provider/config_hostname.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08e9909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/provider/config_hostname.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package provider
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/tfsdk"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/types"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go/tftypes"
+)
+
+func hostnameFromConfig(config tfsdk.Config) (types.String, error) {
+	if !config.Raw.IsKnown() {
+		return types.StringUnknown(), nil
+	}
+	if config.Raw.IsNull() {
+		return types.StringNull(), nil
+	}
+
+	attributes := map[string]tftypes.Value{}
+	if err := config.Raw.As(&attributes); err != nil {
+		return types.StringNull(), fmt.Errorf("decode data source config object: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	hostnameValue, ok := attributes["hostname"]
+	if !ok {
+		return types.StringNull(), fmt.Errorf("hostname is missing from data source config")
+	}
+	if !hostnameValue.IsKnown() {
+		return types.StringUnknown(), nil
+	}
+	if hostnameValue.IsNull() {
+		return types.StringNull(), nil
+	}
+
+	var hostname string
+	if err := hostnameValue.As(&hostname); err != nil {
+		return types.StringNull(), fmt.Errorf("decode hostname: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return types.StringValue(hostname), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_dns_records.go b/internal/provider/data_source_dns_records.go
index a9342f9..cf43121 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_dns_records.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_dns_records.go
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ func (d *dnsRecordsDataSource) Configure(_ context.Context, req datasource.Confi
 }
 
 func (d *dnsRecordsDataSource) Read(ctx context.Context, req datasource.ReadRequest, resp *datasource.ReadResponse) {
-	var hostname types.String
-	resp.Diagnostics.Append(req.Config.GetAttribute(ctx, path.Root("hostname"), &hostname)...)
-	if resp.Diagnostics.HasError() {
+	hostname, err := hostnameFromConfig(req.Config)
+	if err != nil {
+		resp.Diagnostics.AddError("Unable to parse data source configuration", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_domain.go b/internal/provider/data_source_domain.go
index a84b666..5e225bb 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_domain.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_domain.go
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ func (d *domainDataSource) Configure(_ context.Context, req datasource.Configure
 }
 
 func (d *domainDataSource) Read(ctx context.Context, req datasource.ReadRequest, resp *datasource.ReadResponse) {
-	var hostname types.String
-	resp.Diagnostics.Append(req.Config.GetAttribute(ctx, path.Root("hostname"), &hostname)...)
-	if resp.Diagnostics.HasError() {
+	hostname, err := hostnameFromConfig(req.Config)
+	if err != nil {
+		resp.Diagnostics.AddError("Unable to parse data source configuration", err.Error())
 		return
 	}