diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fe69c0c..d2834aa7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 - Corrected translations [\#183](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/183) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Fixed $bb_cfg['pm_days_keep'] [\#180](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/180) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - IP storage bugfix [\#177](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/177) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
-- Minor improvements [\#172](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/172), [\#175](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/175), [\#176](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/176), [\#178](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/178), [\#179](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/179), [\#181](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/181), [\#187](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/187), [\#192](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/192), [\#194](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/194), [\#195](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/195), [\#199](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/199), [\#200](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/200), [\#201](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/201) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
+- Minor improvements [\#172](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/172), [\#175](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/175), [\#176](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/176), [\#178](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/178), [\#179](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/179), [\#181](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/181), [\#187](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/187), [\#192](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/192), [\#194](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/194), [\#195](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/195), [\#199](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/199), [\#200](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/200), [\#201](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/201), [\#207](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/207) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Fixed empty user search box [\#171](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/171) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Added some placeholders for input fields [\#173](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier-lts/pull/173) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 
diff --git a/admin/admin_log.php b/admin/admin_log.php
index 2e53c409..b9915c3a 100644
--- a/admin/admin_log.php
+++ b/admin/admin_log.php
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ if ($log_rowset)
 			'USER_ID'          => $row['log_user_id'],
 			'USERNAME'         => $row['log_username'],
 			'USER_HREF_S'      => url_arg($url, $user_key, $row['log_user_id']),
-			'USER_IP'          => decode_ip($row['log_user_ip']),
+			'USER_IP'          => verify_ip($row['log_user_ip']) ? decode_ip($row['log_user_ip']) : '127.0.0.1',
 
 			'FORUM_ID'         => $row['log_forum_id'],
 			'FORUM_HREF'       => BB_ROOT . FORUM_URL . $row['log_forum_id'],
@@ -410,4 +410,4 @@ $template->assign_vars(array(
 	'TOPIC_CSV'         => $topic_csv,
 ));
 
-print_page('admin_log.tpl', 'admin');
\ No newline at end of file
+print_page('admin_log.tpl', 'admin');
diff --git a/common.php b/common.php
index d43e41b6..edfa45ab 100644
--- a/common.php
+++ b/common.php
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ function hexhex ($value)
 
 function verify_ip ($ip)
 {
-	return preg_match('#^(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}$#', $ip);
+	return (bool)filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4);
 }
 
 function str_compact ($str)
diff --git a/library/includes/functions.php b/library/includes/functions.php
index 46063e8d..e56713e4 100644
--- a/library/includes/functions.php
+++ b/library/includes/functions.php
@@ -997,8 +997,7 @@ function bt_show_port ($port)
 
 function decode_ip_xx ($ip)
 {
-	$h = explode('.', chunk_split($ip, 2, '.'));
-	return hexdec($h[0]) .'.'. hexdec($h[1]) .'.'. hexdec($h[2]) .'.xx';
+	return inet_ntop(inet_pton($ip) & inet_pton("255.255.255.0"));
 }
 
 function checkbox_get_val (&$key, &$val, $default = 1, $on = 1, $off = 0)