diff --git a/smartmirror.py b/smartmirror.py
index 3d938b77..b50ed284 100644
--- a/smartmirror.py
+++ b/smartmirror.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 time_format = 12 # 12 or 24
 date_format = "%b %d, %Y" # check python doc for strftime() for options
 news_country_code = 'us'
+ip_stack_key = '<KEY>'  # create account at https://ipstack.com/
 weather_api_token = '<TOKEN>' # create account at https://darksky.net/dev/
 weather_lang = 'en' # see https://darksky.net/dev/docs/forecast for full list of language parameters values
 weather_unit = 'us' # see https://darksky.net/dev/docs/forecast for full list of unit parameters values
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ def get_weather(self):
 
             if latitude is None and longitude is None:
                 # get location
-                location_req_url = "http://freegeoip.net/json/%s" % self.get_ip()
+                location_req_url = 'http://api.ipstack.com/%s?access_key=%s&output=json&legacy=1' % (self.get_ip(),
+                                                                                                     ip_stack_key)
                 r = requests.get(location_req_url)
                 location_obj = json.loads(r.text)