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diff --git a/openvimd b/openvimd
index e2bbabe..b4f6283 100755
--- a/openvimd
+++ b/openvimd
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 """
 This is the main program of openvim, it reads the configuration 
-and launches the rest of threads: http clients, openflow controller
-and host controllers  
+and launches the rest of threads: http clients, openflow controllers
+and host controllers, network controller
 """
 
 import osm_openvim.httpserver as httpserver
@@ -231,10 +231,22 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             logger.error(error_msg)
             exit(1)
 
+        if config_dic['network_type'] == 'ovs' \
+                and config_dic['ovs_controller_ip'][:4] == '127.':
+                # and not (config_dic['mode'] == 'test' or config_dic['mode'] == "OF only"):
+
+            error_msg = "Error: invalid value '{}' for ovs_controller_ip at {}. Use 'localhost' word instead "\
+                        "of a loopback IP address".format(config_dic['ovs_controller_ip'], config_file)
+
+            print ("!! {} ".format(error_msg))
+            logger.error(error_msg)
+            exit(1)
+
         if config_dic['mode'] != 'normal':
             print ('!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!')
             print ("!! Warning, openvimd in TEST mode '{}'".format(config_dic['mode']))
             print ('!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!')
+
         config_dic['version'] = ovim.ovim.get_version()
         config_dic["logger_name"] = "openvim"