diff --git a/speed_tests/validate.py b/speed_tests/validate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38f018f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/speed_tests/validate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import ipaddress
+import re
+import socket
+import timeit
+
+ipv4 = re.compile(r"((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)(\.|$)){4}")
+
+
+def old_validate(ip: str) -> bool:
+    try:
+        if ipv4.match(ip):
+            ipaddress.IPv4Address(ip)
+            return True
+    except (ipaddress.AddressValueError, socket.gaierror):
+        pass
+    return False
+
+
+def new_validate(ip: str) -> bool:
+    try:
+        if ipv4.match(ip):
+            socket.inet_aton(ip)
+            return True
+    except socket.error:
+        pass
+    return False
+
+
+def test_code(fun):
+    assert fun("52.102.136.0") is True
+    # assert not fun("52.102.136.257")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    old_speed = timeit.timeit(lambda: test_code(old_validate), number=100000)
+    print(f"Old speed: {old_speed}")
+    new_speed = timeit.timeit(lambda: test_code(new_validate), number=100000)
+    print(f"New speed: {new_speed}")
+    # More than thrice the speed in positive cases!
+    # Speed is comparable for negative cases
+    # It's already a win, pluswe are more likely to get positive cases
diff --git a/util/DynamicBlacklist.py b/util/DynamicBlacklist.py
index 2a5d769..ee2fe22 100755
--- a/util/DynamicBlacklist.py
+++ b/util/DynamicBlacklist.py
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ def construct_all_cidr_masks():
 
 # To generate all CIDR blocks containing a certain IP, we must zero the right-most bit, append /32, then zero the next
 # right-most bit (move one bit left), append /31, and so on.
-# Probably best manipulated using ipaddress.packed attribute?
 
 
 def parse_azure_ip_ranges_from_url(url_to_json_file):
diff --git a/util/validator.py b/util/validator.py
index 1670998..e44b9ae 100644
--- a/util/validator.py
+++ b/util/validator.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import ipaddress
 import re
 import socket
 
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ class NameInCustom(Validator):
     def validate(self, document):
         global custom_ips
         if custom_ips.has(document.text):
-            # Move cursor to end
             raise ValidationError(
                 message="Name already in list", cursor_position=len(document.text)
             )
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ class NameInBlacklist(Validator):
     def validate(self, document):
         global blacklist
         if blacklist.has(document.text):
-            # Move cursor to end
             raise ValidationError(
                 message="Name already in list", cursor_position=len(document.text)
             )
@@ -34,45 +31,43 @@ def validate(self, document):
 
 class IPValidator(Validator):
     def validate(self, document):
-        # Move cursor to end
         error = ValidationError(
             message="Not a valid IP or URL", cursor_position=len(document.text)
         )
         try:
             ip = document.text
             if ipv4.match(ip):
-                ipaddress.IPv4Address(ip)
+                socket.inet_aton(ip)
             elif not domain.match(ip):
                 raise error
-        except (ipaddress.AddressValueError, socket.gaierror):
+        except socket.error:
             raise error
 
     # TODO: Add an extra validator to check if an IP could be used by R* services (i.e. it's part of Microsoft Azure)
 
     @staticmethod
     def validate_get(text):
-        # Move cursor to end
         error = ValidationError(
             message="Not a valid IP or URL", cursor_position=len(text)
         )
         try:
             ip = text
             if ipv4.match(ip):
-                ipaddress.IPv4Address(ip)
+                socket.inet_aton(ip)
             elif domain.match(ip):
-                ip = socket.gethostbyname(text)
-                ipaddress.IPv4Address(ip)
+                try:
+                    ip = socket.gethostbyname(text)
+                except socket.gaierror:
+                    raise ValidationError(
+                        message=f"URL {text} can't be resolved to IP",
+                        cursor_position=len(text),
+                    )
+                socket.inet_aton(ip)
             else:
                 raise error
             return ip
-        except ipaddress.AddressValueError:
+        except socket.error:
             raise error
-        except socket.gaierror:
-            # Move cursor to end
-            raise ValidationError(
-                message=f"URL {text} can't be resolved to IP",
-                cursor_position=len(text),
-            )
 
 
 class IPInCustom(IPValidator):
@@ -80,7 +75,6 @@ def validate(self, document):
         super().validate(document)
         global custom_ips
         if document.text in custom_ips or custom_ips.has(document.text, "value"):
-            # Move cursor to end
             raise ValidationError(
                 message="IP already in list", cursor_position=len(document.text)
             )
@@ -91,7 +85,6 @@ def validate(self, document):
         super().validate(document)
         global blacklist
         if document.text in blacklist or blacklist.has(document.text, "value"):
-            # Move cursor to end
             raise ValidationError(
                 message="IP already in list", cursor_position=len(document.text)
             )
@@ -101,14 +94,12 @@ class ValidateToken(Validator):
     def validate(self, document):
         conn = networkmanager.Cloud(document.text)
         if not conn.check_connection():
-            # Move cursor to end
             raise ValidationError(
                 message="DigitalArc is unavailable, unable to check token",
                 cursor_position=len(document.text),
             )
 
         if not conn.check_token():
-            # Move cursor to end
             raise ValidationError(
                 message="Token invalid", cursor_position=len(document.text)
             )