diff --git a/include/Prefs.h b/include/Prefs.h
index 9f02dff1ad..b4933431aa 100644
--- a/include/Prefs.h
+++ b/include/Prefs.h
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ class Prefs {
   void setTraceLevelFromRedis();
   void setAlertsEnabledFromRedis();
   void parseHTTPPort(char *arg);
-  void bind_http_to_loopback()  { http_binding_address  = strdup((char*)CONST_LOOPBACK_ADDRESS); };
-  void bind_https_to_loopback() { https_binding_address = strdup((char*)CONST_LOOPBACK_ADDRESS); };
+  void bind_http_to_loopback()  { bind_http_to_address((char*)CONST_LOOPBACK_ADDRESS);  };
+  void bind_https_to_loopback() { bind_https_to_address((char*)CONST_LOOPBACK_ADDRESS); };
+
   bool getDefaultBoolPrefsValue(const char *pref_key, const bool default_value);
 
  public:
@@ -117,6 +118,9 @@ class Prefs {
   bool is_pro_edition();
   bool is_enterprise_edition();
 
+  void bind_http_to_address(char *addr)  { if(http_binding_address)  free(http_binding_address);  http_binding_address  = strdup(addr); };
+  void bind_https_to_address(char *addr) { if(https_binding_address) free(https_binding_address); https_binding_address = strdup(addr); };
+  
   inline bool is_embedded_edition() {
 #ifdef NTOPNG_EMBEDDED_EDITION
     return(true);
diff --git a/src/HTTPserver.cpp b/src/HTTPserver.cpp
index 9b7f234d9a..5d8ca96bc9 100644
--- a/src/HTTPserver.cpp
+++ b/src/HTTPserver.cpp
@@ -720,7 +720,10 @@ HTTPserver::HTTPserver(const char *_docs_dir, const char *_scripts_dir) {
     char tmp[16];
 
     if(ntop->getPrefs()->get_alt_http_port() != 0)
-      snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), ",%d", ntop->getPrefs()->get_alt_http_port());
+      snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), ",%s%s%d",
+	       http_binding_addr,
+               (http_binding_addr[0] == '\0') ? "" : ":",
+	       ntop->getPrefs()->get_alt_http_port());
     else
       tmp[0] = '\0';
 
diff --git a/src/Ntop.cpp b/src/Ntop.cpp
index 43faaba61e..edf0aaffe1 100644
--- a/src/Ntop.cpp
+++ b/src/Ntop.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ void Ntop::start() {
     iface[i]->startPacketPolling();
   }
 
+  registerHTTPserver(new HTTPserver(prefs->get_docs_dir(), prefs->get_scripts_dir()));
   sleep(2);
   address->startResolveAddressLoop();
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 0a55867c0c..28d60e0c2a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -270,8 +270,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   ntop->loadGeolocation(prefs->get_docs_dir());
   ntop->loadMacManufacturers(prefs->get_docs_dir());
-  ntop->registerHTTPserver(new HTTPserver(prefs->get_docs_dir(),
-					  prefs->get_scripts_dir()));
 
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