diff --git a/carapace-server/src/main/java/org/carapaceproxy/server/config/SSLCertificateConfiguration.java b/carapace-server/src/main/java/org/carapaceproxy/server/config/SSLCertificateConfiguration.java
index 2df293614..b258b77b2 100644
--- a/carapace-server/src/main/java/org/carapaceproxy/server/config/SSLCertificateConfiguration.java
+++ b/carapace-server/src/main/java/org/carapaceproxy/server/config/SSLCertificateConfiguration.java
@@ -96,21 +96,26 @@ public boolean isMoreSpecific(SSLCertificateConfiguration other) {
 
         final int maxOtherNameLength = other.getNames().stream()
                 .map(CertificatesUtils::removeWildcard)
-                .map(String::length)
-                .max(Integer::compareTo)
+                .mapToInt(String::length)
+                .max()
+                .orElse(0);
+
+        final int maxSubDomainLength = other.getNames().stream()
+                .map(name -> name.split("\\."))
+                .mapToInt(name -> name.length)
+                .max()
                 .orElse(0);
 
         for (var n : getNames()) {
             final var name = CertificatesUtils.removeWildcard(n);
-            if (name.length() > maxOtherNameLength) {
+            final int nameSegmentLength = n.split("\\.").length;
+            if (name.length() >= maxOtherNameLength && nameSegmentLength >= maxSubDomainLength) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
         return false;
     }
 
-
-
     public Collection<String> getNames() {
         return new ArrayList<>() {{
             add(id); // hostname or *.hostname
diff --git a/carapace-server/src/test/java/org/carapaceproxy/listeners/SSLSNITest.java b/carapace-server/src/test/java/org/carapaceproxy/listeners/SSLSNITest.java
index 97db6c779..660eb96b0 100644
--- a/carapace-server/src/test/java/org/carapaceproxy/listeners/SSLSNITest.java
+++ b/carapace-server/src/test/java/org/carapaceproxy/listeners/SSLSNITest.java
@@ -96,16 +96,14 @@ public void testChooseCertificate() throws Exception {
             server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("other", null, "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
             server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("*.example.com", Set.of("example.com", "*.example2.com"), "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
             server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("www.example.com", null, "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
-            server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("*.qapatchweb.peachtest.it", Set.of("qapatchweb.peachtest.it"), "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
-            server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("*.qapatch2web.peachtest.it", Set.of("qapatch2web.peachtest.it"), "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
-            server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("*.peachtest.it", Set.of("gemini.peachtest.it"), "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
+            server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("*.qatest.pexample.it", Set.of("qatest.pexample.it"), "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
+            server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("*.pexample.it", Set.of("qatest2.pexample.it"), "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
 
 
             // client requests bad SNI, bad default in listener
             assertNull(server.getListeners().chooseCertificate("no", "no-default"));
 
-            assertEquals("*.qapatchweb.peachtest.it", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate("test.qapatchweb.peachtest.it", "no-default").getId());
-
+            assertEquals("*.qatest.pexample.it", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate("test2.qatest.pexample.it", "no-default").getId());
             // client requests SNI, bad default in listener
             assertEquals("other", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate("other", "no-default").getId());
 
@@ -136,19 +134,6 @@ public void testChooseCertificate() throws Exception {
             assertEquals("*.example.com", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate("example.com", "no-default").getId());
             assertEquals("*.example.com", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate("test.example2.com", "no-default").getId());
         }
-
-        try (HttpProxyServer server = new HttpProxyServer(mapper, tmpDir.getRoot());) {
-
-            // full wildcard
-            server.addCertificate(new SSLCertificateConfiguration("*", null, "cert", "pwd", STATIC));
-
-            assertEquals("*", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate(null, "www.example.com").getId());
-            assertEquals("*", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate("www.example.com", null).getId());
-            assertEquals("*", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate(null, null).getId());
-            assertEquals("*", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate("", null).getId());
-            assertEquals("*", server.getListeners().chooseCertificate(null, "").getId());
-        }
-
     }
 
     @Test