diff --git a/pythonrewrite/plugins/network/network.py b/pythonrewrite/plugins/network/network.py
index 05539b3..605072a 100644
--- a/pythonrewrite/plugins/network/network.py
+++ b/pythonrewrite/plugins/network/network.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class network(CryptoBoxPlugin.CryptoBoxPlugin):
 				root_action_plug.IFCONFIG_BIN,
 				root_action_plug.IFACE])
 		proc.wait()
+		(output, error) = proc.communicate()
 		if proc.returncode != 0: return (0,0,0,0)
 		## this regex matches the four numbers of the IP
 		match = re.search(u'inet [\w]+:(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\s',output)
diff --git a/pythonrewrite/plugins/network/root_action.py b/pythonrewrite/plugins/network/root_action.py
index ab28d48..d0ec3b1 100755
--- a/pythonrewrite/plugins/network/root_action.py
+++ b/pythonrewrite/plugins/network/root_action.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 PLUGIN_TYPE = "cryptobox"
 
 IFCONFIG_BIN = "/sbin/ifconfig"
+#TODO: put IFACE in config
 IFACE = "eth0"
 
 import subprocess