diff --git a/devstack-vm-launch.py b/devstack-vm-launch.py
index c034a327..a2b56dcf 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-launch.py
+++ b/devstack-vm-launch.py
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ def check_machine(client, machine, error_counts):
         return
     
     if server.status == 'ACTIVE':
-        if 'os-floating-ips' in utils.get_extensions(client):
-            utils.add_public_ip(server)
         ip = utils.get_public_ip(server)
+        if not ip and 'os-floating-ips' in utils.get_extensions(client):
+            utils.add_public_ip(server)
+            ip = utils.get_public_ip(server)
         if not ip:
             raise Exception("Unable to find public ip of server")
+
         machine.ip = ip
         print "Machine %s is running, testing ssh" % machine.id
         if utils.ssh_connect(ip, 'jenkins'):
diff --git a/devstack-vm-update-image.py b/devstack-vm-update-image.py
index 0180ff33..a00fbf86 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-update-image.py
+++ b/devstack-vm-update-image.py
@@ -121,9 +121,10 @@ def local_prep(distribution):
 
 def bootstrap_server(provider, server, admin_pass, key):
     client = server.manager.api
-    if 'os-floating-ips' in utils.get_extensions(client):
-        utils.add_public_ip(server)
     ip = utils.get_public_ip(server)
+    if not ip and 'os-floating-ips' in utils.get_extensions(client):
+        utils.add_public_ip(server)
+        ip = utils.get_public_ip(server)
     if not ip:
         raise Exception("Unable to find public ip of server")
 
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 5d1216c7..42456054 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -87,14 +87,16 @@ def get_public_ip(server, version=4):
             if addr.instance_id == server.id:
                 print 'found addr', addr
                 return addr.ip
-    else:
-        print 'no floating ips, addresses:'
-        print server.addresses
-        for addr in server.addresses.get('public', []):
-            if type(addr) == type(u''): # Rackspace/openstack 1.0
-                return addr
-            if addr['version'] == version: #Rackspace/openstack 1.1
-                return addr['addr']
+    print 'no floating ip, addresses:'
+    print server.addresses
+    for addr in server.addresses.get('public', []):
+        if type(addr) == type(u''): # Rackspace/openstack 1.0
+            return addr
+        if addr['version'] == version: #Rackspace/openstack 1.1
+            return addr['addr']
+    for addr in server.addresses.get('private', []):
+        if addr['version'] == version and not addr['addr'].startswith('10.'): #HPcloud
+            return addr['addr']
     return None
 
 def add_public_ip(server):