diff --git a/core/startos/src/net/net_controller.rs b/core/startos/src/net/net_controller.rs
index 5fa2a30ec..c9338cdff 100644
--- a/core/startos/src/net/net_controller.rs
+++ b/core/startos/src/net/net_controller.rs
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ impl NetService {
             ))
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn get_ip(&self) -> Ipv4Addr {
+        self.ip.to_owned()
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for NetService {
diff --git a/core/startos/src/service/service_effect_handler.rs b/core/startos/src/service/service_effect_handler.rs
index 65217ecd5..c103d5994 100644
--- a/core/startos/src/service/service_effect_handler.rs
+++ b/core/startos/src/service/service_effect_handler.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::any::Any;
+use std::borrow::Borrow;
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ use crate::db::model::package::{
 use crate::disk::mount::filesystem::idmapped::IdMapped;
 use crate::disk::mount::filesystem::loop_dev::LoopDev;
 use crate::disk::mount::filesystem::overlayfs::OverlayGuard;
-use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::net::net;
+use crate::{net, prelude::*};
 use crate::s9pk::rpc::SKIP_ENV;
 use crate::service::cli::ContainerCliContext;
 use crate::service::ServiceActorSeed;
@@ -337,7 +340,18 @@ async fn get_system_smtp(
     todo!()
 }
 async fn get_container_ip(context: EffectContext, _: Empty) -> Result<Ipv4Addr, Error> {
-    todo!()
+    match context.0.upgrade() {
+        Some(c) => {
+            let net_service = c.persistent_container.net_service.lock().await;
+            Ok(net_service.get_ip())
+        },
+        None => {
+            Err(Error::new(
+                eyre!("Upgrade on Weak<ServiceActorSeed> resulted in a None variant"),
+                crate::ErrorKind::NotFound
+            ))
+        }
+    }
 }
 async fn get_service_port_forward(
     context: EffectContext,