diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/discovery/IrcDiscovery.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/discovery/IrcDiscovery.java
index 1513e7a4..46a7e259 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/discovery/IrcDiscovery.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/discovery/IrcDiscovery.java
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public class IrcDiscovery implements PeerDiscovery {
         ArrayList<InetSocketAddress> addresses = new ArrayList<InetSocketAddress>();
         connection = null;
         try {
+            InetAddress ip = InetAddress.getByName("irc.lfnet.org");
+            log.info("Connecting to IRC with " + ip);
             connection = new Socket(server, port);
             writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(connection.getOutputStream()));
             BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));