diff --git a/ccvpn/common.py b/ccvpn/common.py
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+++ b/ccvpn/common.py
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+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+def get_client_ip(request):
+    header_name = settings.REAL_IP_HEADER_NAME
+
+    print(header_name)
+    print(request.META)
+    if header_name:
+        header_name = header_name.replace('-', '_').upper()
+        value = request.META.get('HTTP_' + header_name)
+        if value:
+            return value.split(',', 1)[0]
+
+    return request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR')