diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/BridgeSettings.java b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/BridgeSettings.java
index 5e9ce8d..78bbe88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/BridgeSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/BridgeSettings.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.bwssystems.HABridge.util.BackupHandler;
 import com.bwssystems.HABridge.util.JsonTransformer;
+import com.bwssystems.HABridge.util.ParseRoute;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 
 public class BridgeSettings extends BackupHandler {
@@ -166,8 +167,9 @@ public class BridgeSettings extends BackupHandler {
 	        theBridgeSettings.setNestpwd(System.getProperty("nest.pwd"));
         }
 
+		ParseRoute aDefaultRoute = ParseRoute.getInstance();
         if(theBridgeSettings.getUpnpConfigAddress() == null || theBridgeSettings.getUpnpConfigAddress().trim().equals("") || theBridgeSettings.getUpnpConfigAddress().trim().equals("0.0.0.0")) {
-        	addressString = checkIpAddress(null, true);
+        	addressString = aDefaultRoute.getLocalIPAddress();
         	if(addressString != null) {
         		theBridgeSettings.setUpnpConfigAddress(addressString);
         		log.info("Adding " + addressString + " as our default upnp config address.");
@@ -177,8 +179,10 @@ public class BridgeSettings extends BackupHandler {
         }
         else {
         	addressString = checkIpAddress(theBridgeSettings.getUpnpConfigAddress(), false);
-        	if(addressString == null)
-        		log.warn("The upnp config address, " + theBridgeSettings.getUpnpConfigAddress() + ", does not match any known IP's on this host.");
+        	if(addressString == null) {
+				addressString = aDefaultRoute.getLocalIPAddress();
+				log.warn("The upnp config address, " + theBridgeSettings.getUpnpConfigAddress() + ", does not match any known IP's on this host. Using default address: " + addressString);
+			}
         }
         
         if(theBridgeSettings.getUpnpResponsePort() == null)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/upnp/UpnpSettingsResource.java b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/upnp/UpnpSettingsResource.java
index f6e644f..c053ae0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/upnp/UpnpSettingsResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/upnp/UpnpSettingsResource.java
@@ -119,14 +119,19 @@ public class UpnpSettingsResource {
 	// Ruthlessly stolen from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22045165/java-datagrampacket-receive-how-to-determine-local-ip-interface
 	// Try to get a source IP that makes sense for the requester to contact for use in the LOCATION header in replies
 	private InetAddress getOutboundAddress(String remoteAddress, int remotePort) throws SocketException {
+		InetAddress localAddress = null;
+		try {
 		DatagramSocket sock = new DatagramSocket();
 		// connect is needed to bind the socket and retrieve the local address
 		// later (it would return 0.0.0.0 otherwise)
 		sock.connect(InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(remoteAddress, remotePort));
-		final InetAddress localAddress = sock.getLocalAddress();
+		localAddress = sock.getLocalAddress();
 		sock.disconnect();
 		sock.close();
 		sock = null;
+		} catch(Exception e)  {
+
+		}
 		return localAddress;
 	}
 }