diff --git a/htroot/yacy/hello.java b/htroot/yacy/hello.java
index da68859cf..7ecb809b0 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/hello.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/hello.java
@@ -128,11 +128,14 @@ public final class hello {
             }
 
             // we are only allowed to connect to the client IP address if it's not our own address
-            if (!isLocalIP && ! serverCore.useStaticIP) {
+            if (!isLocalIP) {
                 serverCore.checkInterruption();
                 
                 prop.put(yacySeed.YOURIP, clientip);
-                remoteSeed.put(yacySeed.IP, clientip);
+                if(reportedip!=null && !reportedip.equals(""))
+                    remoteSeed.put(yacySeed.IP, reportedip);
+                else
+                    remoteSeed.put(yacySeed.IP, clientip);
                 urls = yacyClient.queryUrlCount(remoteSeed);
             }
         }