diff --git a/include/WHISPER/InternalUDPListener.hpp b/include/WHISPER/InternalUDPListener.hpp
index d5f1a00..cc9004d 100644
--- a/include/WHISPER/InternalUDPListener.hpp
+++ b/include/WHISPER/InternalUDPListener.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace WHISPER {
 
 
         public:
-            InternalUDPListener(std::uint16_t port);
+            InternalUDPListener(std::uint16_t port, std::string address = "*");
             ~InternalUDPListener();
             void connect(std::shared_ptr<threadSafeQueue<WHISPER::Message>> receiver);
             void start();
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ namespace WHISPER {
 
 
         private:
+            /// @brief the address to listen to (default: "*")
+            std::string address_;
+            /// @brief  the port to listen to 
             std::uint16_t port_;
             //zeromq io contex 
             zmq::context_t ctx;
diff --git a/src/WHISPER/InternalUDPListener.cpp b/src/WHISPER/InternalUDPListener.cpp
index 08250b4..ed3d197 100644
--- a/src/WHISPER/InternalUDPListener.cpp
+++ b/src/WHISPER/InternalUDPListener.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace WHISPER {
 
-InternalUDPListener::InternalUDPListener(std::uint16_t port)
+InternalUDPListener::InternalUDPListener(std::uint16_t port, std::string address):address_(address)
 {
     port_ = checkPort(port);
 }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void InternalUDPListener::connect(std::shared_ptr<threadSafeQueue<WHISPER::Messa
         receiverSocket_ = std::make_shared<zmq::socket_t>(ctx,zmq::socket_type::dish);
 
         std::string portAsString = std::to_string(port_);
-        receiverSocket_->bind("udp://*:"+portAsString);  
+        receiverSocket_->bind("udp://"+address_+":"+portAsString);  
           ///used to set a custom time out to the socket 
         receiverSocket_->set(zmq::sockopt::rcvtimeo,100); 
     }