diff --git a/resources/prosody-plugins/mod_jiconop.lua b/resources/prosody-plugins/mod_jiconop.lua
index 0e0bcadf96..1a93e7301d 100644
--- a/resources/prosody-plugins/mod_jiconop.lua
+++ b/resources/prosody-plugins/mod_jiconop.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ local services_xml = ext_services.services_xml;
 -- gathers needed information and pushes it with a message to clients
 -- this way we skip 4 request responses during every client setup
 
+local main_virtual_host = module:get_option_string('muc_mapper_domain_base');
+if not main_virtual_host then
+    module:log('warn', 'No muc_mapper_domain_base option set.');
+    return;
+end
+
 local shard_name_config = module:get_option_string('shard_name');
 if shard_name_config then
     module:add_identity("server", "shard", shard_name_config);
@@ -33,7 +39,8 @@ module:hook("resource-bind", function (event)
         -- disco info data / all identity and features
         local query = st.stanza("query", { xmlns = "http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info" });
         local done = {};
-        for _,identity in ipairs(module:get_host_items("identity")) do
+        -- to lod this module in different virtual hosts than the main, make sure we query here for main
+        for _,identity in ipairs(module:context(main_virtual_host):get_host_items("identity")) do
             local identity_s = identity.category.."\0"..identity.type;
             if not done[identity_s] then
                 query:tag("identity", identity):up();