diff --git a/nameserver/nameserver.go b/nameserver/nameserver.go
index 5732b8fb..44281163 100644
--- a/nameserver/nameserver.go
+++ b/nameserver/nameserver.go
@@ -176,15 +176,10 @@ func handleRequest(ctx context.Context, w dns.ResponseWriter, query *dns.Msg) er
 	// get connection
 	conn := network.NewConnectionFromDNSRequest(ctx, q.FQDN, remoteAddr.IP, uint16(remoteAddr.Port))
 
-	if conn.Process() == nil {
+	if conn.Process().Profile() == nil {
 		tracer.Infof("nameserver: failed to find process for request %s, returning NXDOMAIN", conn)
 		returnNXDomain(w, query)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if conn.Process().Profile() == nil {
-		tracer.Infof("nameserver: process %s does not have a profile associated, returning NXDOMAIN", conn.Process())
-		returnNXDomain(w, query)
+		conn.Save() // save blocked request
 		return nil
 	}