diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/config/accountconfigdialog.c b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/config/accountconfigdialog.c
index 8ced5a8759a137ba2448dea3a87fff80bd649ba3..8567d3bfdb72234085c8d2bca4248933ccd4159f 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/config/accountconfigdialog.c
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/config/accountconfigdialog.c
@@ -811,18 +811,30 @@ GtkWidget * create_advanced_tab(account_t **a)
 	iface_list = (gchar**) dbus_get_all_ip_interface();
 	gchar ** iface = NULL;
     
+	// flag to determine if local_address is found 
+	gboolean iface_found = FALSE;
+
 	if (iface_list != NULL) {
+
+	  // fill the iterface combo box
 	  for (iface = iface_list; *iface; iface++) {         
             DEBUG("Interface %s", *iface);            
             gtk_list_store_append(ipInterfaceListStore, &iter );
             gtk_list_store_set(ipInterfaceListStore, &iter, 0, *iface, -1 );
 
-	    current_local_address_iter = iter;
-	    if (g_strcmp0(*iface, local_address) == 0) {
+	    // set the current local address
+	    if (!iface_found && (g_strcmp0(*iface, local_address) == 0)) {
                 DEBUG("Setting active local address combo box");
                 current_local_address_iter = iter;
+		iface_found = TRUE;
             }
 	  }
+	  
+	  if(!iface_found) {
+	      DEBUG("Did not find local ip address, take fisrt in the list");
+	      gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first(GTK_TREE_MODEL(ipInterfaceListStore), &current_local_address_iter);
+	  }
+
 	}
     
 	localAddressCombo = gtk_combo_box_new_with_model(GTK_TREE_MODEL(ipInterfaceListStore));
diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/config/preferencesdialog.c b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/config/preferencesdialog.c
index bf8ba55b0f5ccce30a582aa67a15167b2b60a063..595210f4ca36f345b2848f8314b1e4aa83565670 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/config/preferencesdialog.c
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/config/preferencesdialog.c
@@ -241,22 +241,36 @@ GtkWidget* create_direct_ip_calls_tab()
     gchar ** iface_list = NULL;
     iface_list = (gchar**) dbus_get_all_ip_interface();
     gchar ** iface = NULL;
+
+    gboolean iface_found = FALSE;
     
     if (iface_list != NULL) {
+
+      // init interface list with first one
+      // iface = iface_list;
+      // g_hash_table_replace(directIpCallsProperties, g_strdup(LOCAL_ADDRESS), g_strdup((gchar *)gtk_combo_box_get_active_text(GTK_COMBO_BOX(localAddressCombo)))); 
+
       for (iface = iface_list; *iface; iface++) {         
 	DEBUG("Interface %s", *iface);            
 	gtk_list_store_append(ipInterfaceListStore, &iter );
 	gtk_list_store_set(ipInterfaceListStore, &iter, 0, *iface, -1 );
 
-	current_local_address_iter = iter;
-	if (g_strcmp0(*iface, local_address) == 0) {
+	if (!iface_found && (g_strcmp0(*iface, local_address) == 0)) {
 	    DEBUG("Setting active local address combo box");
 	    current_local_address_iter = iter;
+	    iface_found = TRUE;
 	}
       }
+
+      if(!iface_found) {
+	      DEBUG("Did not find local ip address, take fisrt in the list");
+	      gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first(GTK_TREE_MODEL(ipInterfaceListStore), &current_local_address_iter);
+      }
     }
 
     
+
+    
     localAddressCombo = gtk_combo_box_new_with_model(GTK_TREE_MODEL(ipInterfaceListStore));
     gtk_label_set_mnemonic_widget(GTK_LABEL(localAddressLabel), localAddressCombo);
     gtk_table_attach ( GTK_TABLE( table ), localAddressCombo, 1, 2, 0, 1, GTK_EXPAND | GTK_FILL, GTK_EXPAND | GTK_FILL, 0, 0);
diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
index 4cd91db08037968747aeca10ebe74c9a0ae971f1..3f1d30a3851948017898fc22f5fae9042f452393 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/dbus/dbus.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ conference_changed_cb (DBusGProxy *proxy UNUSED,
         const gchar* state,
         void * foo  UNUSED )
 {
-    DEBUG ("-------------------- Conference changed ---------------------\n");
+    
     // sflphone_display_transfer_status("Transfer successfull");
     conference_obj_t* changed_conf = conferencelist_get(confID);
     gchar** participants;
@@ -1630,6 +1630,7 @@ dbus_get_dialpad()
     void
 dbus_set_dialpad(  )
 {
+    
     GError* error = NULL;
     org_sflphone_SFLphone_ConfigurationManager_set_dialpad(
             configurationManagerProxy,
@@ -2359,7 +2360,7 @@ GHashTable* dbus_get_tls_settings_default(void)
 gchar ** dbus_get_all_ip_interface(void)
 {
     GError *error = NULL;
-    char ** array;
+    gchar ** array;
 
     if(!org_sflphone_SFLphone_ConfigurationManager_get_all_ip_interface ( configurationManagerProxy, &array, &error))
     {