diff --git a/localserver.js b/localserver.js
index add3d0c2..ec8723a9 100644
--- a/localserver.js
+++ b/localserver.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ var middlewareLayers = [express.static(fileSystem.resolve('src')),
                         require('./server_modules/cors').middleware,
                         require('./server_modules/cache').middleware,
                         require('./server_modules/body_builder').middleware,
-                        require('./server_modules/log').middleware];
+                        require('./server_modules/log').middleware,
+                        require('./server_modules/address').middleware];
 
 var routers = [views,
                 fileSystem,
diff --git a/server_modules/address.js b/server_modules/address.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c02ed45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server_modules/address.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var os = require('os');
+var args = require('./args')
+
+//shamelessly copied from StackOverflow with only minor changes
+var interfaces = os.networkInterfaces();
+var serverAddress = "";
+for (var i in interfaces) {
+    for (var j in interfaces[i]) {
+        var address = interfaces[i][j];//we basically parse over all the addresses for every network interface
+        if (address.family === 'IPv4' && !address.internal) {//if that address is an IPv4 address, and it is not an internal one, that's the address we are looking for
+            serverAddress = address.address;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+exports.middleware = function (req, res, next) {
+    req.session.serverAddress = serverAddress + ':' + args.port;
+    next();
+};
diff --git a/src/css/elements.css b/src/css/elements.css
index e4f8cbe6..0be9bfa4 100644
--- a/src/css/elements.css
+++ b/src/css/elements.css
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ table {
         box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.26);
     }
     .drawer .drawerLead {
+        text-align: center;
+        color: darkblue;
         /*height: 156px;*/
         height: 64px;
         /*background-color: red;*/
diff --git a/src/js/main.js b/src/js/main.js
index c73daced..bca72216 100644
--- a/src/js/main.js
+++ b/src/js/main.js
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ define([
             $scope.drawerVisible = false;
 
             session.onload(function() {
+                $scope.serverAddress = session.get('serverAddress');
+
                 $scope.user = session.get('user');
                 if($scope.user === 'admin') {
                     $scope.pages = [
diff --git a/src/views/drawer.html b/src/views/drawer.html
index 4135fe3d..c5eafc88 100644
--- a/src/views/drawer.html
+++ b/src/views/drawer.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<div class="drawer" ng-class="{visible:drawerVisible}">
-    <div class="drawerLead">
-    </div>
-    <ul class="nav">
-        <li ng-repeat="page in pages" ng-class="{active: currentPage === page}">
-            <a ng-click="setPage(page)"><i class="material-icons">{{page.icon}}</i> <span>{{page.title}}</span></a>
-        </li>
-    </ul>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+<div class="drawer" ng-class="{visible:drawerVisible}">
+    <div class="drawerLead">
+    address: {{serverAddress}}</div>
+    <ul class="nav">
+        <li ng-repeat="page in pages" ng-class="{active: currentPage === page}">
+            <a ng-click="setPage(page)"><i class="material-icons">{{page.icon}}</i> <span>{{page.title}}</span></a>
+        </li>
+    </ul>
+</div>