diff --git a/client-delete.go b/client-delete.go
index 7d131fd..98c6b25 100644
--- a/client-delete.go
+++ b/client-delete.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ func (p *Provider) deleteCloudDNSRecord(ctx context.Context, zone, name, recordT
 	if err := p.newService(ctx); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	fullName := libdns.AbsoluteName(name, zone)
 	gcdZone, err := p.getCloudDNSZone(zone)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/client-get.go b/client-get.go
index c8fb91e..153ffdf 100644
--- a/client-get.go
+++ b/client-get.go
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ func (p *Provider) getCloudDNSRecord(ctx context.Context, zone, name, recordType
 	if err := p.newService(ctx); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	gcdZone, err := p.getCloudDNSZone(zone)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	fullName := libdns.AbsoluteName(name, zone)
+	fullName := normalizeHost(libdns.AbsoluteName(name, zone))
 	rrs, err := p.service.ResourceRecordSets.Get(p.Project, gcdZone, fullName, recordType).Context(ctx).Do()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/client-post.go b/client-post.go
index 4c78d87..1798c82 100644
--- a/client-post.go
+++ b/client-post.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ func (p *Provider) postCloudDNSRecord(ctx context.Context, zone string, recordsT
 	if err := p.newService(ctx); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	zone = normalizeZone(zone)
 	gcdZone, err := p.getCloudDNSZone(zone)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 907415c..a8d6373 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func (p *Provider) newService(ctx context.Context) error {
 // getCloudDNSZone will return the Google Cloud DNS zone name for the specified zone. The data is cached
 // for five minutes to avoid repeated calls to the GCP API servers.
 func (p *Provider) getCloudDNSZone(zone string) (string, error) {
+	zone = normalizeZone(zone)
 	if p.zoneMap == nil || time.Since(p.zoneMapLastUpdated) > zoneMapTTL {
 		p.zoneMap = make(map[string]string)
 		zonesLister := p.service.ManagedZones.List(p.Project)
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 986f601..cc32d83 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ func (l libdnsRecords) hasRecord(record libdns.Record) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
-
+func contains(arr []string, value string) bool {
+    for _, v := range arr {
+        if v == value {
+            return true
+        }
+    }
+    return false
+}
 // doesNotHaveRecords returns true if this set of records does not contain the specified
 // record. Only the name, type, and value are compared; the TTL is ignored.
 func (l libdnsRecords) doesNotHaveRecord(record libdns.Record) bool {
@@ -64,7 +71,9 @@ func (l libdnsRecords) prepValuesForCloudDNS() []string {
 			//ensure we quote a value with spaces but do not double quote
 			value = fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, strings.Trim(value, `"`))
 		}
-		values = append(values, value)
+		if !contains(values, value) {
+			values = append(values, value)
+		}
 
 	}
 	return values
@@ -87,3 +96,15 @@ func convertToLibDNS(googleRecord *dns.ResourceRecordSet, zone string) libdnsRec
 	}
 	return records
 }
+func normalizeZone(zone string) string {
+	if zone[len(zone)-1:len(zone)] == "." {
+		return zone
+	}
+	return zone + "."
+}
+func normalizeHost(host string) string {
+	if host[len(host)-1:len(host)] == "." {
+		return host[:len(host)-1]
+	}
+	return host
+}
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