diff --git a/postfix-policyd-spf-perl b/postfix-policyd-spf-perl
index 0e2da49..cb1c47f 100755
--- a/postfix-policyd-spf-perl
+++ b/postfix-policyd-spf-perl
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ sub exempt_localhost {
 sub get_exempt_address {
     my ( $file ) = @_;
 
-    my $list = {};
+    my $list = [];
 
     # Return nothing if file not found
     if ( ! -r $file ) {
@@ -270,16 +270,8 @@ sub get_exempt_address {
     }
     close( FILE );
 
-    #$list => map(
-    #    NetAddr::IP->new($_),
-    #    qw( $text )
-    #); # add addresses to qw (  ) above separated by spaces using CIDR notation.
-
     foreach my $addr ( split( /[\s,]+/, $text ) ) {
-        map(
-        NetAddr::IP->new($list),
-        qw( $addr )
-        );
+        push( @$list, NetAddr::IP->new($addr) );
     }
     return $list;
 }
@@ -290,7 +282,7 @@ sub exempt_relay {
     if ($attr->{client_address} ne '') {
         my $client_address = NetAddr::IP->new($attr->{client_address});
         return "PREPEND Authentication-Results: $host; none (SPF not checked for whitelisted relay)"
-            if grep($_->contains($client_address), relay_addresses);
+            if grep($_->contains($client_address), @$relay_addresses);
     };
     return 'DUNNO';
 }