diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 061eeba3..f3e27778 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	MQPort                string `yaml:"mqport"`
 	MQServerPort          string `yaml:"mqserverport"`
 	Server                string `yaml:"server"`
+	PublicIPService       string `yaml:"publicIPService"`
 }
 
 // SQLConfig - Generic SQL Config
diff --git a/config/environments/dev.yaml b/config/environments/dev.yaml
index 10d7d54f..b38c6c40 100644
--- a/config/environments/dev.yaml
+++ b/config/environments/dev.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ server:
   disableremoteipcheck: "" # defaults to "false" or DISABLE_REMOTE_IP_CHECK (if set)
   version: "" # version of server
   rce: "" # defaults to "off"
+  publicIpService: "" # defaults to "" or PUBLIC_IP_SERVICE (if set)
diff --git a/servercfg/serverconf.go b/servercfg/serverconf.go
index ea2c8434..b611973d 100644
--- a/servercfg/serverconf.go
+++ b/servercfg/serverconf.go
@@ -430,7 +430,13 @@ func GetPublicIP() (string, error) {
 	iplist := []string{"https://ip.server.gravitl.com", "https://ifconfig.me", "https://api.ipify.org", "https://ipinfo.io/ip"}
 	publicIpService := os.Getenv("PUBLIC_IP_SERVICE")
 	if publicIpService != "" {
-		logger.Log(3, "User provided public IP service is", publicIpService)
+		logger.Log(3, "User (environment variable) provided public IP service is", publicIpService)
+
+		// prepend the user-specified service so it's checked first
+		iplist = append([]string{publicIpService}, iplist...)
+	} else if config.Config.Server.PublicIPService != "" {
+		publicIpService = config.Config.Server.PublicIPService
+		logger.Log(3, "User (config file) provided public IP service is", publicIpService)
 
 		// prepend the user-specified service so it's checked first
 		iplist = append([]string{publicIpService}, iplist...)