diff --git a/PolyChat/Controller.cs b/PolyChat/Controller.cs
index 850c213..1f9dc34 100644
--- a/PolyChat/Controller.cs
+++ b/PolyChat/Controller.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace PolyChat
 {
     public class Controller
     {
-        public static IPAddress ip;
+        public static string ip;
         private MainPage UIController;
 
         private ClientHandler clientHandler;
@@ -93,11 +93,16 @@ namespace PolyChat
             Console.WriteLine($"Message received from {socket.GetHashCode()}:{message.Data[0]}");
         }
 
-        static IPAddress[] GetIPs()
+        static string[] GetIPs()
         {
             IPHostEntry ipEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
             IPAddress[] addr = ipEntry.AddressList;
-            return addr;
+            string[] ips = new string[addr.Length];
+            for (int i=0; i<addr.Length; i++)
+            {
+                ips[i] = addr.ToString();
+            }
+            return ips;
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/PolyChat/Models/MSG.cs b/PolyChat/Models/MSG.cs
index ac75306..95dae94 100644
--- a/PolyChat/Models/MSG.cs
+++ b/PolyChat/Models/MSG.cs
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ namespace PolyChat.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class MSG 
     {
-        public String sender = "unknown";
+        public string sender = "unknown";
         public DateTime timestamp = new DateTime(2000, 01, 01);
-        public String msg = "empty";
-        public IPAddress ip = new IPAddress(new byte[] { 49,48,46,49,46,50,49,49,46,50,54 });
+        public string msg = "empty";
+        public string ip;
 
 
-        public MSG(String sender, IPAddress ip, String msg, DateTime timestamp)
+        public MSG(string sender, string ip, String msg, DateTime timestamp)
         {
             this.sender = sender;
             this.ip = ip;