diff --git a/controllers/hosts.go b/controllers/hosts.go
index a8b565c7..a2b708fc 100644
--- a/controllers/hosts.go
+++ b/controllers/hosts.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func updateHost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 	// publish host update through MQ
-	if mq.HostUpdate(&models.HostUpdate{
+	if err := mq.HostUpdate(&models.HostUpdate{
 		Action: models.UpdateHost,
 		Host:   *newHost,
 	}); err != nil {
diff --git a/models/api_host.go b/models/api_host.go
index cb40c9f8..427e0876 100644
--- a/models/api_host.go
+++ b/models/api_host.go
@@ -4,31 +4,32 @@ import "net"
 
 // ApiHost - the host struct for API usage
 type ApiHost struct {
-	ID              string   `json:"id"`
-	Verbosity       int      `json:"verbosity"`
-	FirewallInUse   string   `json:"firewallinuse"`
-	Version         string   `json:"version"`
-	Name            string   `json:"name"`
-	OS              string   `json:"os"`
-	Debug           bool     `json:"debug"`
-	IsStatic        bool     `json:"isstatic"`
-	ListenPort      int      `json:"listenport"`
-	LocalRange      string   `json:"localrange"`
-	LocalListenPort int      `json:"locallistenport"`
-	ProxyListenPort int      `json:"proxy_listen_port"`
-	MTU             int      `json:"mtu" yaml:"mtu"`
-	Interfaces      []Iface  `json:"interfaces" yaml:"interfaces"`
-	EndpointIP      string   `json:"endpointip" yaml:"endpointip"`
-	PublicKey       string   `json:"publickey"`
-	MacAddress      string   `json:"macaddress"`
-	InternetGateway string   `json:"internetgateway"`
-	Nodes           []string `json:"nodes"`
-	ProxyEnabled    bool     `json:"proxy_enabled" yaml:"proxy_enabled"`
-	IsDefault       bool     `json:"isdefault" yaml:"isdefault"`
-	IsRelayed       bool     `json:"isrelayed" bson:"isrelayed" yaml:"isrelayed"`
-	RelayedBy       string   `json:"relayed_by" bson:"relayed_by" yaml:"relayed_by"`
-	IsRelay         bool     `json:"isrelay" bson:"isrelay" yaml:"isrelay"`
-	RelayedHosts    []string `json:"relay_hosts" bson:"relay_hosts" yaml:"relay_hosts"`
+	ID               string   `json:"id"`
+	Verbosity        int      `json:"verbosity"`
+	FirewallInUse    string   `json:"firewallinuse"`
+	Version          string   `json:"version"`
+	Name             string   `json:"name"`
+	OS               string   `json:"os"`
+	Debug            bool     `json:"debug"`
+	IsStatic         bool     `json:"isstatic"`
+	ListenPort       int      `json:"listenport"`
+	LocalRange       string   `json:"localrange"`
+	LocalListenPort  int      `json:"locallistenport"`
+	ProxyListenPort  int      `json:"proxy_listen_port"`
+	MTU              int      `json:"mtu" yaml:"mtu"`
+	Interfaces       []Iface  `json:"interfaces" yaml:"interfaces"`
+	DefaultInterface string   `json:"defaultinterface" yaml:"defautlinterface"`
+	EndpointIP       string   `json:"endpointip" yaml:"endpointip"`
+	PublicKey        string   `json:"publickey"`
+	MacAddress       string   `json:"macaddress"`
+	InternetGateway  string   `json:"internetgateway"`
+	Nodes            []string `json:"nodes"`
+	ProxyEnabled     bool     `json:"proxy_enabled" yaml:"proxy_enabled"`
+	IsDefault        bool     `json:"isdefault" yaml:"isdefault"`
+	IsRelayed        bool     `json:"isrelayed" bson:"isrelayed" yaml:"isrelayed"`
+	RelayedBy        string   `json:"relayed_by" bson:"relayed_by" yaml:"relayed_by"`
+	IsRelay          bool     `json:"isrelay" bson:"isrelay" yaml:"isrelay"`
+	RelayedHosts     []string `json:"relay_hosts" bson:"relay_hosts" yaml:"relay_hosts"`
 }
 
 // Host.ConvertNMHostToAPI - converts a Netmaker host to an API editable host
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ func (h *Host) ConvertNMHostToAPI() *ApiHost {
 	for i := range a.Interfaces {
 		a.Interfaces[i].AddressString = a.Interfaces[i].Address.String()
 	}
+	a.DefaultInterface = h.DefaultInterface
 	a.InternetGateway = h.InternetGateway.String()
 	if isEmptyAddr(a.InternetGateway) {
 		a.InternetGateway = ""
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ func (a *ApiHost) ConvertAPIHostToNMHost(currentHost *Host) *Host {
 	h.IPForwarding = currentHost.IPForwarding
 	h.Interface = currentHost.Interface
 	h.Interfaces = currentHost.Interfaces
+	h.DefaultInterface = currentHost.DefaultInterface
 	h.InternetGateway = currentHost.InternetGateway
 	h.IsDocker = currentHost.IsDocker
 	h.IsK8S = currentHost.IsK8S
diff --git a/models/api_node.go b/models/api_node.go
index a87c44e1..01a89d7f 100644
--- a/models/api_node.go
+++ b/models/api_node.go
@@ -92,13 +92,15 @@ func (a *ApiNode) ConvertToServerNode(currentNode *Node) *Node {
 	if err == nil {
 		convertedNode.InternetGateway = udpAddr
 	}
-	_, addr, err := net.ParseCIDR(a.Address)
+	ip, addr, err := net.ParseCIDR(a.Address)
 	if err == nil {
 		convertedNode.Address = *addr
+		convertedNode.Address.IP = ip
 	}
-	_, addr6, err := net.ParseCIDR(a.Address6)
+	ip6, addr6, err := net.ParseCIDR(a.Address6)
 	if err == nil {
 		convertedNode.Address = *addr6
+		convertedNode.Address.IP = ip6
 	}
 	convertedNode.FailoverNode, _ = uuid.Parse(a.FailoverNode)
 	convertedNode.LastModified = time.Unix(a.LastModified, 0)
diff --git a/models/host.go b/models/host.go
index 2fac0085..30b0b8fc 100644
--- a/models/host.go
+++ b/models/host.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type Host struct {
 	IsRelay          bool             `json:"isrelay" yaml:"isrelay"`
 	RelayedHosts     []string         `json:"relay_hosts" yaml:"relay_hosts"`
 	Interfaces       []Iface          `json:"interfaces" yaml:"interfaces"`
+	DefaultInterface string           `json:"defaultinterface" yaml:"defautlinterface"`
 	EndpointIP       net.IP           `json:"endpointip" yaml:"endpointip"`
 	ProxyEnabled     bool             `json:"proxy_enabled" yaml:"proxy_enabled"`
 	IsDocker         bool             `json:"isdocker" yaml:"isdocker"`