diff --git a/source/de/anomic/net/natLib.java b/source/de/anomic/net/natLib.java
index 5103a4822..d3fe10f53 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/net/natLib.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/net/natLib.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import de.anomic.http.httpc;
 import de.anomic.server.serverCore;
 import de.anomic.tools.disorderHeap;
 import de.anomic.tools.nxTools;
+import de.anomic.plasma.plasmaSwitchboard;
 
 public class natLib {
 
@@ -122,9 +123,14 @@ public class natLib {
     }
 
     public static boolean isProper(String ip) {
+	plasmaSwitchboard sb=plasmaSwitchboard.getSwitchboard();
+	String yacyDebugMode = sb.getConfig("yacyDebugMode", "false");
+	if(yacyDebugMode.equals("true")){
+		return true;
+	}
 	if (ip == null) return false;
 	if (ip.indexOf(":") >= 0) return false; // ipv6...
-	return ((isNotLocal(ip)) && (isIP(ip)));
+		return ( isNotLocal(ip)) && (isIP(ip) );
     }
 
     private static int retrieveOptions() {
@@ -139,12 +145,12 @@ public class natLib {
 	return null;
     }
 
-    public static String retrieveIP(boolean DI604, String password, boolean yacyDebugMode) {
+    public static String retrieveIP(boolean DI604, String password) {
 	String ip;
 	if (DI604) {
 	    // first try the simple way...
 	    ip = getDI604(password);
-	    if (isProper(ip)||yacyDebugMode) {
+	    if (isProper(ip)) {
 		//System.out.print("{DI604}");
 		return ip;
 	    }
@@ -154,7 +160,7 @@ public class natLib {
 	InetAddress ia = serverCore.publicIP();
 	if (ia != null) {
 	    ip = ia.getHostAddress();
-	    if (isProper(ip)||yacyDebugMode) return ip;
+	    if (isProper(ip)) return ip;
 	}
 
 	// now go the uneasy way and ask some web responder
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
index 0bade23d8..de77596d8 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
     
     private Object  crawlingPausedSync = new Object();
     private boolean crawlingIsPaused = false;  
+	private static plasmaSwitchboard sb;
     
     public plasmaSwitchboard(String rootPath, String initPath, String configPath) throws IOException {
 	super(rootPath, initPath, configPath);
@@ -404,8 +405,13 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
         //plasmaSnippetCache.result scr = snippetCache.retrieve(new URL("http://www.heise.de/security/news/foren/go.shtml?read=1&msg_id=7301419&forum_id=72721"), query, true);
         //plasmaSnippetCache.result scr = snippetCache.retrieve(new URL("http://www.heise.de/kiosk/archiv/ct/2003/4/20"), query, true, 260);
 
+		sb=this;
         log.logSystem("Finished Switchboard Initialization");
     }
+
+	public static plasmaSwitchboard getSwitchboard(){
+		return sb;
+	}
     
     public boolean onlineCaution() {
         try {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
index 7ac640c32..fecb75ba6 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public class yacyCore {
             String  DI604pw  = switchboard.getConfig("DI604pw", "");
             String  ip       = switchboard.getConfig("staticIP", "");
             if(ip.equals("")){
-                ip = natLib.retrieveIP(DI604use, DI604pw, (switchboard.getConfig("yacyDebugMode", "false")=="false" ? false : true));
+                ip = natLib.retrieveIP(DI604use, DI604pw);
             }
             //yacyCore.log.logDebug("DEBUG: new IP=" + ip);
             seedDB.mySeed.put("IP", ip);