diff --git a/pupy/pupylib/utils/network.py b/pupy/pupylib/utils/network.py
index 830f9be0..889af943 100644
--- a/pupy/pupylib/utils/network.py
+++ b/pupy/pupylib/utils/network.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-# -*- coding: UTF8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import netifaces
+import urllib2
+import netaddr
+
 def get_local_ip(iface = None):
     '''
     Returns local ip address (no 127.0.0.1) or None
@@ -8,11 +11,21 @@ def get_local_ip(iface = None):
         if iface != None:
             ifaces = [iface]
         else:
-            ifaces = netifaces.interfaces()
+            proxy = urllib2.ProxyHandler()
+            opener = urllib2.build_opener(proxy)
+            opener.addheaders = [('User-agent', 'curl/7.50.0')]
+            try:
+                response = opener.open('http://ifconfig.co', timeout=5)
+                if response.code == 200:
+                    return str(netaddr.IPAddress(response.read()))
+            except:
+                pass
+
         for anInt in ifaces:
             addr = netifaces.ifaddresses(anInt)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['addr']
             if addr != "127.0.0.1":
                 return addr
+
         return None
     except Exception:
         return None