diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
index a8456c99c..2adf998fe 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
@@ -361,7 +361,10 @@ public class yacyCore {
 	// still no success: ask own NAT or internet responder
 	boolean DI604use = switchboard.getConfig("DI604use", "false").equals("true");
 	String  DI604pw  = switchboard.getConfig("DI604pw", "");
-	String  ip       = natLib.retrieveIP(DI604use, DI604pw, (switchboard.getConfig("yacyDebugMode", "false")=="false" ? false : true));
+	String  ip       = switchboard.getConfig("staticIP", "");
+	if(ip.equals("")){
+		ip       = natLib.retrieveIP(DI604use, DI604pw, (switchboard.getConfig("yacyDebugMode", "false")=="false" ? false : true));
+	}
 	//System.out.println("DEBUG: new IP=" + ip);
 	seedDB.mySeed.put("IP", ip);
 	if (seedDB.mySeed.get("PeerType", "junior").equals("junior")) // ???????????????
diff --git a/source/yacy.java b/source/yacy.java
index 55668804c..8a1f04024 100644
--- a/source/yacy.java
+++ b/source/yacy.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public final class yacy {
 
     // static objects
     private static final String vString = "@REPL_VERSION@";
-    private static final String vDATE   = "20050420";
+    private static final String vDATE   = "@REPL_VERSION@";
     private static final String copyright = "[ YACY Proxy v" + vString + ", build " + vDATE + " by Michael Christen / www.yacy.net ]";
     private static final String hline = "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------";
     
diff --git a/yacy.init b/yacy.init
index 8a2aa99ef..e41244f1d 100644
--- a/yacy.init
+++ b/yacy.init
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ onlineMode=2
 # accepted as peer addresses
 yacyDebugMode=false
 
+#staticIP if you have a static IP, you can use this setting
+staticIP=
+
 # if the process is running behind a NAT or ROUTER, we cannot easily identify
 # the public IP of the process. We can ask a public IP responder, but cannot
 # rely on it. Therefore, AnomicHTTPProxy includes it's own responder.