diff --git a/resources/providers/config.rb b/resources/providers/config.rb
index 3558ba0..9e7a4b6 100644
--- a/resources/providers/config.rb
+++ b/resources/providers/config.rb
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@
   end
 end
 action :register do
+  ipaddress = new_resource.ipaddress
+
   begin
     consul_servers = system('serf members -tag consul=ready | grep consul=ready &> /dev/null')
     if consul_servers and !node["minio"]["registered"]
       query = {}
       query["ID"] = "s3-#{node["hostname"]}"
       query["Name"] = "s3"
-      query["Address"] = "#{node["ipaddress"]}"
+      query["Address"] = ipaddress
       query["Port"] = node["minio"]["port"]
       json_query = Chef::JSONCompat.to_json(query)
 
diff --git a/resources/resources/config.rb b/resources/resources/config.rb
index 8d33662..30b5972 100644
--- a/resources/resources/config.rb
+++ b/resources/resources/config.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 
 attribute :user, :kind_of => String, :default => "minio"
 attribute :group, :kind_of => String, :default => "minio"
-attribute :port, :kind_of => Fixnum, :default => 9000
\ No newline at end of file
+attribute :port, :kind_of => Fixnum, :default => 9000
+
+attribute :ipaddress, :kind_of => String, :default => "127.0.0.1"
\ No newline at end of file