diff --git a/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/rewards/calc.go b/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/rewards/calc.go
index 1f27779b77..32f211d14d 100644
--- a/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/rewards/calc.go
+++ b/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/rewards/calc.go
@@ -119,9 +119,13 @@ Fetch uptimes:    skywire-cli ut > ut.txt`,
 		var grrInfos []nodeinfo
 		for _, pk := range res {
 			nodeInfo := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/node-info.json", hwSurveyPath, pk)
-			tpsn, tpsnErr := script.File(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/tp.json", tpsnSurveyPath, pk)).JQ(`.`).String()              //nolint
-			ip, _ := script.File(nodeInfo).JQ(`."ip.skycoin.com".ip_address`).Replace(" ", "").Replace(`"`, "").String() //nolint
+			tpsn, tpsnErr := script.File(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/tp.json", tpsnSurveyPath, pk)).JQ(`.`).String() //nolint
+			ip, _ := script.File(nodeInfo).JQ(`.ip_address`).Replace(" ", "").Replace(`"`, "").String()     //nolint
 			ip = strings.TrimRight(ip, "\n")
+			if ip == "" {
+				ip, _ = script.File(nodeInfo).JQ(`."ip.skycoin.com".ip_address`).Replace(" ", "").Replace(`"`, "").String() //nolint
+				ip = strings.TrimRight(ip, "\n")
+			}
 			sky, _ := script.File(nodeInfo).JQ(".skycoin_address").Replace(" ", "").Replace(`"`, "").String() //nolint
 			sky = strings.TrimRight(sky, "\n")
 			arch, _ := script.File(nodeInfo).JQ(".go_arch").Replace(" ", "").Replace(`"`, "").String() //nolint
diff --git a/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/survey/root.go b/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/survey/root.go
index f8372cbeac..813f20e819 100644
--- a/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/survey/root.go
+++ b/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/survey/root.go
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 package clisurvey
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/skycoin/dmsg/pkg/disc"
+	"github.com/skycoin/dmsg/pkg/dmsg"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"github.com/skycoin/skywire-utilities/pkg/cipher"
+	"github.com/skycoin/skywire-utilities/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/skycoin/skywire-utilities/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/skycoin/skywire-utilities/pkg/skyenv"
 	"github.com/skycoin/skywire/cmd/skywire-cli/internal"
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 func init() {
 	surveyCmd.Flags().SortFlags = false
 	surveyCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&confPath, "config", "c", "", "optionl config file to use (i.e.: "+visorconfig.ConfigName+")")
-	surveyCmd.Flags().StringVar(&dmsgDisc, "dmsg-disc", skyenv.DmsgDiscAddr, "value of dmsg discovery")
+	surveyCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&dmsgDisc, "dmsg-disc", "D", skyenv.DmsgDiscAddr, "value of dmsg discovery")
 	//	surveyCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&confArg, "confarg", "C", "", "supply config as argument")
 	//	surveyCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&stdin, "stdin", "n", false, "read config from stdin")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(visorconfig.SkywirePath + "/" + visorconfig.ConfigJSON); err == nil {
@@ -64,19 +70,8 @@ var surveyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if usr {
 			confPath = visorconfig.HomePath() + "/" + visorconfig.ConfigName
 		}
-		//		if confPath != "" && confArg != "" {
-		//			log.Fatal("cannot specify both --config, -c and --confarg, -C")
-		//		}
-		//		if confPath != "" && stdin {
-		//			log.Fatal("cannot specify both --config, -c and --stdin, -n")
-		//		}
-		//		if stdin && confArg != "" {
-		//			log.Fatal("cannot specify both --confarg, -C and --stdin, -n")
-		//		}
-		//		if stdin || confArg != "" || confPath != "" {
 
 		if confPath != "" {
-			//			conf = initConfig()
 			confJSON, err := os.ReadFile(confPath) //nolint
 			if err != nil {
 				log.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to read config file")
@@ -86,10 +81,10 @@ var surveyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				log.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to unmarshal old config json")
 			}
 		}
-		if conf != nil {
-			dmsgDisc = conf.Dmsg.Discovery
-		}
-		survey, err := visorconfig.SystemSurvey(dmsgDisc)
+		//		if conf != nil {
+		//			dmsgDisc = conf.Dmsg.Discovery
+		//		}
+		survey, err := visorconfig.SystemSurvey()
 		if err != nil {
 			internal.Catch(cmd.Flags(), fmt.Errorf("Failed to generate system survey: %v", err))
 		}
@@ -111,6 +106,13 @@ var surveyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			survey.ServicesURLs.StunServers = conf.StunServers
 			//survey.DmsgServers = v.dmsgC.ConnectedServersPK()
 		}
+		if dmsgDisc != "" {
+			ipAddr, err := FetchIP(dmsgDisc)
+			if err == nil {
+				survey.IPAddr = ipAddr
+			}
+		}
+
 		s, err := json.MarshalIndent(survey, "", "\t")
 		if err != nil {
 			internal.PrintFatalError(cmd.Flags(), fmt.Errorf("Could not marshal json: %v", err))
@@ -118,3 +120,44 @@ var surveyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		fmt.Printf("%s", s)
 	},
 }
+
+// FetchIP fetches the ip address by dmsg servers
+func FetchIP(dmsgDisc string) (string, error) {
+	log := logging.MustGetLogger("ip_skycoin_fetch_dmsg")
+	ctx, cancel := cmdutil.SignalContext(context.Background(), nil)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	pk, sk := cipher.GenerateKeyPair()
+
+	dmsgC, closeDmsg, err := startDmsg(ctx, log, pk, sk, dmsgDisc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to start dmsg")
+	}
+	defer closeDmsg()
+
+	ip, err := dmsgC.LookupIP(ctx, nil)
+	return ip.String(), err
+}
+
+func startDmsg(ctx context.Context, log *logging.Logger, pk cipher.PubKey, sk cipher.SecKey, dmsgDisc string) (dmsgC *dmsg.Client, stop func(), err error) {
+	dmsgC = dmsg.NewClient(pk, sk, disc.NewHTTP(dmsgDisc, &http.Client{}, log), &dmsg.Config{MinSessions: dmsg.DefaultMinSessions})
+	go dmsgC.Serve(context.Background())
+
+	stop = func() {
+		err := dmsgC.Close()
+		log.WithError(err).Debug("Disconnected from dmsg network.")
+		fmt.Printf("\n")
+	}
+	log.WithField("public_key", pk.String()).WithField("dmsg_disc", dmsgDisc).
+		Debug("Connecting to dmsg network...")
+
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		stop()
+		return nil, nil, ctx.Err()
+
+	case <-dmsgC.Ready():
+		log.Debug("Dmsg network ready.")
+		return dmsgC, stop, nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7ec3e7fbdf..1cf0fb71e6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -682,8 +682,6 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0/go.mod h1:7uNnSEd1DgxDLC74fIahvMZmmYsHGZGEOFrf
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
-github.com/skycoin/dmsg v1.3.22-0.20240702162730-1c2fcecd4bb6 h1:q+KeZyHWctCahSUbZ6b+iy1VQNHVKN2YZc7J2R0VIHw=
-github.com/skycoin/dmsg v1.3.22-0.20240702162730-1c2fcecd4bb6/go.mod h1:72MC0HFDxKYqMLZ2RWGY/ZDNFq6965SP1PIrKlYqaiQ=
 github.com/skycoin/dmsg v1.3.24 h1:aDa36UucXcWQCnHri1q5UKAVydomGDg28osBWlpUoOI=
 github.com/skycoin/dmsg v1.3.24/go.mod h1:72MC0HFDxKYqMLZ2RWGY/ZDNFq6965SP1PIrKlYqaiQ=
 github.com/skycoin/noise v0.0.0-20180327030543-2492fe189ae6 h1:1Nc5EBY6pjfw1kwW0duwyG+7WliWz5u9kgk1h5MnLuA=
diff --git a/pkg/visor/survey.go b/pkg/visor/survey.go
index 4cfe17ad8e..7574b2a673 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/survey.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/survey.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package visor
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func GenerateSurvey(v *Visor, log *logging.Logger, routine bool) {
 				log.Info("Skycoin reward address: ", cAddr.String())
 				//generate the system survey
 				pathutil.EnsureDir(v.conf.LocalPath) //nolint
-				survey, err := visconf.SystemSurvey(v.conf.Dmsg.Discovery)
+				survey, err := visconf.SystemSurvey()
 				if err != nil {
 					log.WithError(err).Error("Could not read system info.")
 					return
@@ -51,6 +52,18 @@ func GenerateSurvey(v *Visor, log *logging.Logger, routine bool) {
 				survey.ServicesURLs.StunServers = v.conf.StunServers
 				survey.DmsgServers = v.dmsgC.ConnectedServersPK()
 
+				//use the existing dmsg client of the visor to get ip from dmsg server
+				tries := 8
+				for tries > 0 {
+					ipAddr, err := v.dmsgC.LookupIP(context.Background(), nil)
+					if err != nil {
+						tries--
+						continue
+					}
+					survey.IPAddr = ipAddr.String()
+					break
+				}
+
 				log.Info("Generating system survey")
 				v.surveyLock.Lock()
 				v.survey = survey
@@ -71,7 +84,7 @@ func GenerateSurvey(v *Visor, log *logging.Logger, routine bool) {
 				v.surveyLock.Lock()
 				v.survey = visconf.Survey{}
 				v.surveyLock.Unlock()
-				log.Debug("Removed hadware survey for visor not seeking rewards")
+				log.Debug("Removed survey for visor not seeking rewards")
 			}
 			// break loop for generate each 24hours if just reward address chenged
 			if !routine {
diff --git a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values.go b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values.go
index da65029bee..4fa7cb9863 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 package visorconfig
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/user"
@@ -12,13 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/bitfield/script"
-	"github.com/skycoin/dmsg/pkg/disc"
 	"github.com/skycoin/dmsg/pkg/dmsg"
 
 	"github.com/skycoin/skywire-utilities/pkg/buildinfo"
 	"github.com/skycoin/skywire-utilities/pkg/cipher"
-	"github.com/skycoin/skywire-utilities/pkg/cmdutil"
-	"github.com/skycoin/skywire-utilities/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/skycoin/skywire/pkg/skyenv"
 )
 
@@ -232,47 +227,6 @@ func IsRoot() bool {
 	return userLvl.Username == "root"
 }
 
-// FetchIP fetches the ip address by dmsg servers
-func FetchIP(dmsgDisc string) (string, error) {
-	log := logging.MustGetLogger("ip_skycoin_fetch_dmsg")
-	ctx, cancel := cmdutil.SignalContext(context.Background(), nil)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	pk, sk := cipher.GenerateKeyPair()
-
-	dmsgC, closeDmsg, err := startDmsg(ctx, log, pk, sk, dmsgDisc)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to start dmsg")
-	}
-	defer closeDmsg()
-
-	ip, err := dmsgC.LookupIP(ctx, nil)
-	return ip.String(), err
-}
-
-func startDmsg(ctx context.Context, log *logging.Logger, pk cipher.PubKey, sk cipher.SecKey, dmsgDisc string) (dmsgC *dmsg.Client, stop func(), err error) {
-	dmsgC = dmsg.NewClient(pk, sk, disc.NewHTTP(dmsgDisc, &http.Client{}, log), &dmsg.Config{MinSessions: dmsg.DefaultMinSessions})
-	go dmsgC.Serve(context.Background())
-
-	stop = func() {
-		err := dmsgC.Close()
-		log.WithError(err).Debug("Disconnected from dmsg network.")
-		fmt.Printf("\n")
-	}
-	log.WithField("public_key", pk.String()).WithField("dmsg_disc", dmsgDisc).
-		Debug("Connecting to dmsg network...")
-
-	select {
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		stop()
-		return nil, nil, ctx.Err()
-
-	case <-dmsgC.Ready():
-		log.Debug("Dmsg network ready.")
-		return dmsgC, stop, nil
-	}
-}
-
 var (
 	// VisorConfigFile will contain the path to the visor's config or `stdin` to denote that the config was read from STDIN
 	VisorConfigFile string
diff --git a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_darwin.go b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_darwin.go
index 4101ebe4ff..bc0e7e2eab 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_darwin.go
@@ -41,20 +41,20 @@ type Survey struct {
 }
 
 // SystemSurvey returns system survey
-func SystemSurvey(dmsgDisc string) (Survey, error) {
+func SystemSurvey() (Survey, error) {
 	disks, err := ghw.Block(ghw.WithDisableWarnings())
 	if err != nil {
 		return Survey{}, err
 	}
-	var ipAddr string
-	for {
-		ipAddr, err = FetchIP(dmsgDisc)
-		if err == nil {
-			break
-		}
-	}
+	//	var ipAddr string
+	//	for {
+	//		ipAddr, err = FetchIP(dmsgDisc)
+	//		if err == nil {
+	//			break
+	//		}
+	//	}
 	s := Survey{
-		IPAddr:         ipAddr,
+		//		IPAddr:         ipAddr,
 		GOOS:           runtime.GOOS,
 		GOARCH:         runtime.GOARCH,
 		UUID:           uuid.New(),
diff --git a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_linux.go b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_linux.go
index b693feb768..33f675503b 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_linux.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type Survey struct {
 }
 
 // SystemSurvey returns system survey
-func SystemSurvey(dmsgDisc string) (Survey, error) {
+func SystemSurvey() (Survey, error) {
 	var si sysinfo.SysInfo
 	si.GetSysInfo()
 	disks, err := ghw.Block(ghw.WithDisableWarnings())
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ func SystemSurvey(dmsgDisc string) (Survey, error) {
 	if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "Could not determine total usable bytes of memory") {
 		return Survey{}, err
 	}
-	var ipAddr string
-	for {
-		ipAddr, err = FetchIP(dmsgDisc)
-		if err == nil {
-			break
-		}
-	}
+	//	var ipAddr string
+	//	for {
+	//		ipAddr, err = FetchIP(dmsgDisc)
+	//		if err == nil {
+	//			break
+	//		}
+	//	}
 	s := Survey{
-		Timestamp:      time.Now(),
-		IPAddr:         ipAddr,
+		Timestamp: time.Now(),
+		//		IPAddr:         ipAddr,
 		GOOS:           runtime.GOOS,
 		GOARCH:         runtime.GOARCH,
 		SYSINFO:        si,
diff --git a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_windows.go b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_windows.go
index a071a03c3d..a18312893f 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/values_windows.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type Survey struct {
 }
 
 // SystemSurvey returns system survey
-func SystemSurvey(dmsgDisc string) (Survey, error) {
+func SystemSurvey() (Survey, error) {
 	disks, err := ghw.Block(ghw.WithDisableWarnings())
 	if err != nil {
 		return Survey{}, err
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ func SystemSurvey(dmsgDisc string) (Survey, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return Survey{}, err
 	}
-	var ipAddr string
-	for {
-		ipAddr, err = FetchIP(dmsgDisc)
-		if err == nil {
-			break
-		}
-	}
+	//	var ipAddr string
+	//	for {
+	//		ipAddr, err = FetchIP(dmsgDisc)
+	//		if err == nil {
+	//			break
+	//		}
+	//	}
 
 	s := Survey{
-		IPAddr:         ipAddr,
+		//		IPAddr:         ipAddr,
 		GOOS:           runtime.GOOS,
 		GOARCH:         runtime.GOARCH,
 		UUID:           uuid.New(),