diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 570d09f..efbe9b8 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 # vi: set ft=ruby :
 
 def get_host_ip
-  # This example uses `ifconfig` and `grep` to find inet interface and host IP address
-  host_ip = `ifconfig | grep "inet " | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`.strip
+  # This uses `route` to find the host's default IP address 
+  # and pipes it through to `awk` and `ifconfig`  
+  # to extract the IP address of the host machine.
+  host_ip = `route -n get default | awk '/interface:/{print $2}' | xargs ifconfig | awk '/inet / {print $2}'`.strip
+
   return host_ip
 end