diff --git a/piflow/PiFlow.py b/piflow/PiFlow.py
index 6738da0..2e77044 100644
--- a/piflow/PiFlow.py
+++ b/piflow/PiFlow.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class start(threading.Thread, deviceBase):
                             mqtt=mqtt, Nodes=Nodes)
 
         self.daemon = True
-        self.version = "25"
+        self.version = "26"
         self.finished = threading.Event()
         self.force_send = False
         self.public_ip_address = ""
diff --git a/piflow/config.txt b/piflow/config.txt
index be442e9..d4d0443 100644
--- a/piflow/config.txt
+++ b/piflow/config.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 "driverFileName":"PiFlow.py",
 "deviceName":"piflow",
 "driverId":"0280",
-"releaseVersion":"25",
+"releaseVersion":"26",
 "files": {
 	"file1":"PiFlow.py",
 	"file2":"Channel.py",
diff --git a/piflow/utilities.py b/piflow/utilities.py
index f9b2081..fbf6f58 100644
--- a/piflow/utilities.py
+++ b/piflow/utilities.py
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ def get_private_ip_address():
 def get_public_ip_address():
     ip_address = "0.0.0.0"
     try:
-        with contextlib.closing(urllib.urlopen("httpd://checkip.amazonaws.com")) as url:
+        with contextlib.closing(urllib.urlopen("http://checkip.amazonaws.com")) as url:
             ip_address = url.read()
     except Exception as e:
         print("Could not resolve address: {}".format(e))
         return ip_address
-    return ip_address[:-1]
+    return ip_address
     
 
 def int_to_float16(int_to_convert):
@@ -60,12 +60,4 @@ def degf_to_degc(temp_f):
 
 def degc_to_degf(temp_c):
     """Convert deg C to deg F."""
-    return temp_c * 1.8 + 32.0
-
-def get_public_ip_address():
-    try:
-        url = urllib.urlopen("http://checkip.amazonaws.com")
-        ip_address = url.read()
-    except Exception as e:
-        return e
-    return ip_address
+    return temp_c * 1.8 + 32.0
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