diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/jython/JythonDebugInterface.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/jython/JythonDebugInterface.java
index 6f44b3d060a510afab7fc116f93f99e3c17c1893..49f1692d6bf5406643b64b9db3b9574baecf7f1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/jython/JythonDebugInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/jython/JythonDebugInterface.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import net.floodlightcontroller.core.FloodlightProvider;
 import net.floodlightcontroller.core.module.FloodlightModuleContext;
 import net.floodlightcontroller.core.module.FloodlightModuleException;
 import net.floodlightcontroller.core.module.IFloodlightModule;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import net.floodlightcontroller.core.module.IFloodlightService;
 public class JythonDebugInterface implements IFloodlightModule {
     protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JythonDebugInterface.class);
     protected JythonServer debug_server;
+    protected String jythonHost = null;
     protected int jythonPort = 6655;
     
     @Override
@@ -72,13 +74,22 @@ public class JythonDebugInterface implements IFloodlightModule {
         
         // read our config options
         Map<String, String> configOptions = context.getConfigParams(this);
+        jythonHost = configOptions.get("host");
+        if (jythonHost == null) {
+        	Map<String, String> providerConfigOptions = context.getConfigParams(
+            		FloodlightProvider.class);
+            jythonHost = providerConfigOptions.get("openflowhost");
+        }
+        if (jythonHost != null) {
+        	log.debug("Jython host set to {}", jythonHost);
+        }
         String port = configOptions.get("port");
         if (port != null) {
             jythonPort = Integer.parseInt(port);
         }
         log.debug("Jython port set to {}", jythonPort);
         
-        JythonServer debug_server = new JythonServer(port, locals);
+        JythonServer debug_server = new JythonServer(jythonHost, jythonPort, locals);
         debug_server.start();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/jython/JythonServer.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/jython/JythonServer.java
index 98ee956b3fd722b4611e09042567884e974250eb..2eb28e817c44de4e0d7a15b07375252e002c8c03 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/jython/JythonServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/jython/JythonServer.java
@@ -34,15 +34,18 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 public class JythonServer extends Thread {
     protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JythonServer.class);
 
+    String host;
 	int port;
 	Map<String, Object> locals;
 	
 	/**
+	 * @param host_ Host to use for jython server
 	 * @param port_ Port to use for jython server
 	 * @param locals_ Locals to add to the interpreters top level name space
 	 */
-	public JythonServer(int port_, Map<String, Object> locals_) {
-		this.port = port_ ;
+	public JythonServer(String host_, int port_, Map<String, Object> locals_) {
+		this.host = host_;
+		this.port = port_;
 		this.locals = locals_;
 		if (this.locals == null) {
 			this.locals = new HashMap<String, Object>();
@@ -73,7 +76,10 @@ public class JythonServer extends Thread {
         p.exec("import sys");
         p.exec("sys.path.append('" + jarPath + "')");
         p.exec("from debugserver import run_server");
-        p.exec("run_server(" + this.port + ", '0.0.0.0', locals())");
+        if (this.host == null) {
+        	p.exec("run_server(port=" + this.port + ", locals=locals())");
+        } else {
+        	p.exec("run_server(port=" + this.port + ", host='" + this.host + "', locals=locals())");
+        }
     }
-
 }