diff --git a/config.py.example b/config.py.example
index 672e83b3f7e3dd46264ddcf6106425decc43e5e5..0cc9d4e518a4bfe9e338526992e522c340958bdf 100644
--- a/config.py.example
+++ b/config.py.example
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Defaults for development ,do not use in production!
 DEBUG = False
+SERVER_IP = 'localhost'
 VIDEOPREFIX = 'https://videoag.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de'
 VIDEOMOUNT = [{'mountpoint': 'files/protected/', 'prefix':'protected/'},{'mountpoint':'files/pub/','prefix':'pub/' }, {'mountpoint':'files/vpnonline/','prefix':'vpnonline/' }]
 #SECRET_KEY = 'something random'
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 6c64338353d281eebed0fa5114d0d288807f4fbb..0a55cedff8789f9d055a05952cb023df8934fbc8 100755
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 from server import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-	app.run(threaded=True)
+	app.run(threaded=True, host=config['SERVER_IP'])