diff --git a/cli/configure.js b/cli/configure.js
index c1a00ebd..195cf69b 100644
--- a/cli/configure.js
+++ b/cli/configure.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const inquirer = require('inquirer');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const Path = require('path');
 const axios = require('axios');
+const ip = require('ip');
 
 const mysqlQuestions = require(Path.resolve(__dirname, 'questions/mysqlQuestions.js'));
 const siteQuestions = require(Path.resolve(__dirname, 'questions/siteQuestions.js'));
@@ -158,7 +159,11 @@ inquirer
     siteConfig['details']['port'] = results.port;
     siteConfig['details']['title'] = results.title;
     siteConfig['details']['host'] = results.host;
+    siteConfig['details']['ipAddress'] = ip.address();
     siteConfig['publishing']['uploadDirectory'] = results.uploadDirectory;
+  })
+  .then(() => {
+    // create the siteConfig.json file
     const fileLocation = Path.resolve(__dirname, '../config/siteConfig.json');
     const fileContents = JSON.stringify(siteConfig, null, 2);
     fs.writeFileSync(fileLocation, fileContents, 'utf-8');
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ inquirer
   })
   .then(() => {
     console.log('\nYou\'re all done!');
-    console.log('Next step: run "npm run build" to build your server, then "npm run start" to start your server!');
+    console.log('Next step: run "npm run start" to build and start your server!');
     console.log('If you want to change any settings, you can edit the files in the "/config" folder.');
     process.exit(0);
   })
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1e3df17c..8b53e846 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6677,6 +6677,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/invert-kv/-/invert-kv-1.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-EEqOSqym09jNFXqO+L+rLXo//bY="
     },
+    "ip": {
+      "version": "1.1.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip/-/ip-1.1.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-vd7XARQpCCjAoDnnLvJfWq7ENUo="
+    },
     "ip-regex": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip-regex/-/ip-regex-2.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ef67840..9ec72eda 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "helmet": "^3.13.0",
     "image-size": "^0.6.3",
     "inquirer": "^5.2.0",
+    "ip": "^1.1.5",
     "make-dir": "^1.3.0",
     "module-alias": "^2.1.0",
     "mysql2": "^1.6.1",