diff --git a/lib/utils.sh b/lib/utils.sh
index 8268d2638..2b2dfb5ee 100644
--- a/lib/utils.sh
+++ b/lib/utils.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,22 @@
 
 get_ip()
 {
-    sudo ifconfig | fgrep "inet " | egrep -v "inet (127|192)\." | egrep -o "inet (addr:)?([0-9]+\.?){4}" | awk '{print $2}' | head -n 1
+    IP=$(sudo ifconfig | fgrep "inet " | egrep -v "inet (addr:)?(127|192)\." | egrep -o "inet (addr:)?([0-9]+\.?){4}" | egrep -o "([0-9]+\.?){4}" | head -n 1)
+
+    if [ ! -z "$IP" ]; then
+        echo "$IP"
+    else
+        get_local_ip
+    fi
+}
+
+get_local_ip()
+{
+    IP=$(sudo ifconfig | fgrep "inet " | egrep -v "inet (addr:)?(127)\." | egrep -o "inet (addr:)?([0-9]+\.?){4}" | egrep -o "([0-9]+\.?){4}" | head -n 1)
+
+    if [ ! -z "$IP" ]; then
+        echo "$IP"
+    else
+        echo "127.0.0.1"
+    fi
 }