diff --git a/htroot/Status.java b/htroot/Status.java
index 269ddbcd3..5cea1c217 100644
--- a/htroot/Status.java
+++ b/htroot/Status.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 // javac -classpath .:../Classes Status.java
 // if the shell's current path is HTROOT
 
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.util.Date;
 
 import de.anomic.http.httpRequestHeader;
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ public class Status {
         } else {
             prop.put("extPortFormat", "0");
         }
-        prop.put("host", serverDomains.myPublicLocalIP().getHostAddress());
+        InetAddress hostIP = serverDomains.myPublicLocalIP();
+        prop.put("host", hostIP!=null ? hostIP.getHostAddress() : "Unkown IP");
         
         // ssl support
         prop.put("sslSupport",sb.getConfig("keyStore", "").length() == 0 ? "0" : "1");
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverDomains.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverDomains.java
index a2e8a6a18..20b04f162 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverDomains.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverDomains.java
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ public class serverDomains {
             return ia[0];
         } catch (final java.net.UnknownHostException e) {
             System.err.println("ERROR: (internal) " + e.getMessage());
+            e.printStackTrace();
             return null;
         }
     }