diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/SessionController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/SessionController.java
index edd5df3cffdbd2c3b01da64876d774ba2807aba2..b617a3c96156e728db720a545ce7cfb91ba8e84a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/SessionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/SessionController.java
@@ -90,4 +90,15 @@ public class SessionController {
 		response.setStatus(HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.value());
 		return null;
 	}
+	
+	@RequestMapping(value="/socketurl", method=RequestMethod.GET)
+	@ResponseBody
+	public String getSocketUrl() {
+		StringBuilder url = new StringBuilder();
+		
+		url.append(server.isUseSSL() ? "https://" : "http://");
+		url.append(server.getHostIp() + ":" + server.getPortNumber());
+		
+		return url.toString();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
index d37b11ea2aca1f8d60b828c257d81c60d80dfd57..9725988323e790ae7ef19fe3e4e94c5ac37afde6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ public class ARSnovaSocketIOServer {
 	private final ConcurrentHashMap<UUID, User> socketid2user = new ConcurrentHashMap<UUID, User>();
 	
 	private int portNumber;
+	private String hostIp;
 	private boolean useSSL = false;
 	private String keystore;
 	private String storepass;
 	private final Configuration config;
 	private SocketIOServer server;
-
-
+	
 	public ARSnovaSocketIOServer() {
 		config = new Configuration();
 	}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class ARSnovaSocketIOServer {
 		System.setProperty("java.net.preferIPv4Stack" , "true");
 		
 		config.setPort(portNumber);
-		config.setHostname("0.0.0.0");
+		config.setHostname(hostIp);
 		if(useSSL) {
 			try {
 				InputStream stream = new FileInputStream(keystore);
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ public class ARSnovaSocketIOServer {
 		this.portNumber = portNumber;
 	}
 
+	public String getHostIp() {
+		return hostIp;
+	}
+
+	public void setHostIp(String hostIp) {
+		this.hostIp = hostIp;
+	}
+	
 	public String getStorepass() {
 		return storepass;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-main.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-main.xml
index 8f11efeb740cd5cd0a770ac82213869d6943d29e..dfd1f88677fb5809b6a3a517c14a320724997f41 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-main.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/spring-main.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="socketServer" class="de.thm.arsnova.socket.ARSnovaSocketIOServer"
 		init-method="startServer" destroy-method="stopServer" scope="singleton"
-		p:portNumber="10443" p:useSSL="${security.ssl}" p:keystore="${security.keystore}"
+		p:portNumber="${socketio.port}" p:hostIp="${socketio.ip}" p:useSSL="${security.ssl}" p:keystore="${security.keystore}"
 		p:storepass="${security.storepass}" />
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/arsnova.properties.example b/src/main/webapp/arsnova.properties.example
index 9133b8352291e8fbb63804c3c61b7d469cdff06f..f62f81f0f6df3693b48854cba5a11f8ec278dda5 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/arsnova.properties.example
+++ b/src/main/webapp/arsnova.properties.example
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ feedback.cleanup=10
 
 couchdb.host=localhost
 couchdb.port=5984
-couchdb.name=arsnova
\ No newline at end of file
+couchdb.name=arsnova
+
+socketio.ip=0.0.0.0
+socketio.port=10443
\ No newline at end of file