diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpd.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpd.java
index d3d40f9c6..97d793a53 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpd.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpd.java
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ public final class httpd implements serverHandler {
 //            tp.put("host", serverCore.publicIP().getHostAddress());
 //            tp.put("port", switchboard.getConfig("port", "8080"));        
             tp.put("peerName", yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.getName());
-            tp.put("host", serverCore.publicIP().getHostAddress());
+            tp.put("host", serverCore.publicIP());
             tp.put("port", (serverCore.portForwardingEnabled && (serverCore.portForwarding != null)) 
                            ? Integer.toString(serverCore.portForwarding.getPort()) 
                            : switchboard.getConfig("port", "8080"));
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/net/ftpc.java b/source/de/anomic/net/ftpc.java
index 394bb21e9..48f9e5bed 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/net/ftpc.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/net/ftpc.java
@@ -1549,11 +1549,12 @@ cd ..
     int DataPort = DataSocketActive.getLocalPort();
 
     // client ip
-    InetAddress LocalIp = serverCore.publicIP();
+    //InetAddress LocalIp = serverCore.publicIP();
     //    InetAddress LocalIp = DataSocketActive.getInetAddress().getLocalHost();
       
     // save ip address in high byte order
-    byte[] Bytes = LocalIp.getAddress();
+    //byte[] Bytes = LocalIp.getAddress();
+    byte[] Bytes = serverCore.publicIP().getBytes();
 
     // bytes greater than 127 should not be printed as negative
     short Shorts[] = new short[4];
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/net/natLib.java b/source/de/anomic/net/natLib.java
index d3fe10f53..d7996220d 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/net/natLib.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/net/natLib.java
@@ -157,11 +157,13 @@ public class natLib {
 	}
 
 	// maybe this is a dial-up connection (or LAN and DebugMode) and we can get it from java variables
-	InetAddress ia = serverCore.publicIP();
+	/*InetAddress ia = serverCore.publicIP();
 	if (ia != null) {
 	    ip = ia.getHostAddress();
 	    if (isProper(ip)) return ip;
-	}
+	}*/
+	ip = serverCore.publicIP();
+	if (isProper(ip)) return ip;
 
 	// now go the uneasy way and ask some web responder
 	disorderHeap random = new disorderHeap(retrieveOptions());
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverCore.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverCore.java
index 49ceb1d05..4b1e8efb7 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverCore.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverCore.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ import de.anomic.http.httpc;
 import de.anomic.http.httpd;
 import de.anomic.server.logging.serverLog;
 import de.anomic.yacy.yacyCore;
+import de.anomic.plasma.plasmaSwitchboard;
 
 public final class serverCore extends serverAbstractThread implements serverThread {
     
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ public final class serverCore extends serverAbstractThread implements serverThre
                 serverCore.portForwarding.connect();
                 
                 serverCore.portForwardingEnabled = true;
-                yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.put("IP",publicIP().getHostAddress());
+                yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.put("IP",publicIP());
                 yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.put("Port",Integer.toString(serverCore.portForwarding.getPort()));                               
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 serverCore.portForwardingEnabled = false;
@@ -310,14 +311,22 @@ public final class serverCore extends serverAbstractThread implements serverThre
 	return true;
     }
     
-    public static InetAddress publicIP() {
+    public static String publicIP() {
         try {
             
             // If port forwarding was enabled we need to return the remote IP Address           
+			plasmaSwitchboard sb = plasmaSwitchboard.getSwitchboard();
+			if(sb != null){
+			String staticIP=sb.getConfig("staticIP", "");
+				if( (!staticIP.equals("")) && sb.getConfig("yacyDebugMode", "false").equals("true") ){
+					return staticIP;
+				}
+			}
             if ((serverCore.portForwardingEnabled)&&(serverCore.portForwarding != null)) {
-                return InetAddress.getByName(serverCore.portForwarding.getHost());
+				//does not return serverCore.portForwarding.getHost(), because hostnames are not valid, except in DebugMode
+                return InetAddress.getByName(serverCore.portForwarding.getHost()).getHostAddress();
             } else {
-                return publicLocalIP();
+                return publicLocalIP().getHostAddress();
             }
         } catch (java.net.UnknownHostException e) {
             System.err.println("ERROR: (internal) " + e.getMessage());
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
index 7eff54231..bff7f6771 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class yacyClient {
         if (!serverCore.portForwardingEnabled) {
             yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.put("IP", (String) result.get("yourip"));
         } else {
-            yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.put("IP", serverCore.publicIP().getHostAddress());
+            yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.put("IP", serverCore.publicIP());
         }
         
         /* If we have port forwarding enabled but the other peer uses a too old yacy version
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
index 0e8ddf954..dce81dc96 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class yacyPeerActions {
     public void updateMySeed() {
         if (sb.getConfig("peerName", "nameless").equals("nameless")) {
             // generate new peer name
-            String newPeerName = serverCore.publicIP().getHostName() + yacyCore.speedKey + serverSystem.infoKey() + (System.currentTimeMillis() & 99);
+            String newPeerName = serverCore.publicIP() + yacyCore.speedKey + serverSystem.infoKey() + (System.currentTimeMillis() & 99);
             newPeerName = newPeerName.replace('.', '-');
             newPeerName = newPeerName.replace('_', '-');
             sb.setConfig("peerName", newPeerName);
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeedDB.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeedDB.java
index e0752b228..554b2899f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeedDB.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeedDB.java
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ public class yacySeedDB {
             if (seed == null) return null;
             if ((seed == mySeed) && (!(seed.isOnline()))) {
                 // take local ip instead of external
-                return serverCore.publicIP().getHostAddress() + ":" + sb.getConfig("port", "8080") + ((subdom == null) ? "" : ("/" + subdom));
+                return serverCore.publicIP() + ":" + sb.getConfig("port", "8080") + ((subdom == null) ? "" : ("/" + subdom));
             }
             return seed.getAddress() + ((subdom == null) ? "" : ("/" + subdom));
         } else {