diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Network/Heartbeat/ClassiCube.cs b/MCGalaxy/Network/Heartbeat/ClassiCube.cs
index 05e511613..73432ea33 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Network/Heartbeat/ClassiCube.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Network/Heartbeat/ClassiCube.cs
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ void CheckAddress() {
             
             try {
                 hostUrl = GetHost();
-                IPAddress[] addresses = Dns.GetHostAddresses(hostUrl);
-                EnsureIPv4Url(addresses);
+                proxyUrl = EnsureIPv4Url(hostUrl);
             } catch (Exception ex) {
                 Logger.LogError("Error retrieving DNS information for " + hostUrl, ex);
             }
@@ -49,27 +48,6 @@ void CheckAddress() {
             hostUrl = hostUrl.Replace("www.", "");
             Logger.Log(LogType.SystemActivity, "Finding " + hostUrl + " url..");
         }
-        
-        // classicube.net only supports ipv4 servers, so we need to make
-        // sure we are using its ipv4 address when POSTing heartbeats
-        void EnsureIPv4Url(IPAddress[] addresses) {
-            bool hasIPv6 = false;
-            IPAddress firstIPv4 = null;
-            
-            // proxying doesn't work properly with https:// URLs
-            if (URL.CaselessStarts("https://")) return;
-            
-            foreach (IPAddress ip in addresses) {
-                AddressFamily family = ip.AddressFamily;
-                if (family == AddressFamily.InterNetworkV6)
-                    hasIPv6 = true;
-                if (family == AddressFamily.InterNetwork && firstIPv4 == null)
-                    firstIPv4 = ip;
-            }
-            
-            if (!hasIPv6 || firstIPv4 == null) return;
-            proxyUrl = "http://"  + firstIPv4 + ":80";
-        }
 
         protected override string GetHeartbeatData()  {
             string name = Server.Config.Name;
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Network/Heartbeat/Heartbeat.cs b/MCGalaxy/Network/Heartbeat/Heartbeat.cs
index 25159c730..7e2ade58f 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Network/Heartbeat/Heartbeat.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Network/Heartbeat/Heartbeat.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ permissions and limitations under the Licenses.
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Cache;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Text;
 using MCGalaxy.Authentication;
 using MCGalaxy.Tasks;
@@ -133,5 +134,28 @@ internal static void ReloadDefault() {
                 Register(beat);
             }
         }
+        
+
+        // e.g. classicube.net only supports ipv4 servers, so we need to make
+        // sure we are using its ipv4 address when POSTing heartbeats there
+        protected string EnsureIPv4Url(string hostUrl) {
+            bool hasIPv6 = false;
+            IPAddress firstIPv4 = null;
+            
+            // proxying doesn't work properly with https:// URLs
+            if (URL.CaselessStarts("https://")) return null;
+            IPAddress[] addresses = Dns.GetHostAddresses(hostUrl);
+            
+            foreach (IPAddress ip in addresses) {
+                AddressFamily family = ip.AddressFamily;
+                if (family == AddressFamily.InterNetworkV6)
+                    hasIPv6 = true;
+                if (family == AddressFamily.InterNetwork && firstIPv4 == null)
+                    firstIPv4 = ip;
+            }
+            
+            if (!hasIPv6 || firstIPv4 == null) return null;
+            return "http://"  + firstIPv4 + ":80";
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Network/Utils/HttpUtil.cs b/MCGalaxy/Network/Utils/HttpUtil.cs
index 6d4c38fab..2d261715d 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Network/Utils/HttpUtil.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Network/Utils/HttpUtil.cs
@@ -213,5 +213,15 @@ static string DescribeError(Exception ex) {
                 return null;
             }
         }
+        
+        
+        public static string LookupExternalIP() {
+           HttpWebRequest req = CreateRequest("http://classicube.net/api/myip/");
+           
+           using (WebResponse response = req.GetResponse())
+           {
+               return GetResponseText(response);
+           }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Server/Authentication/LoginAuthenticator.cs b/MCGalaxy/Server/Authentication/LoginAuthenticator.cs
index 43a245342..a04d89ed2 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Server/Authentication/LoginAuthenticator.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Server/Authentication/LoginAuthenticator.cs
@@ -126,12 +126,7 @@ static void UpdateExternalIP() {
             if (externalIP != null) return;
 
             try {
-                HttpWebRequest req = HttpUtil.CreateRequest("http://classicube.net/api/myip/");
-                
-                using (WebResponse response = req.GetResponse())
-                {
-                    externalIP = HttpUtil.GetResponseText(response);
-                }
+                externalIP = HttpUtil.LookupExternalIP();
             } catch (Exception ex) {
                 Logger.LogError("Retrieving external IP", ex);
             }