diff --git a/seednode/bisq.env b/seednode/bisq.env
index fb21ca65cb..cece3dc9e1 100644
--- a/seednode/bisq.env
+++ b/seednode/bisq.env
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
 
 # java memory and remote management options
-JAVA_OPTS="-Xms4096M -Xmx4096M -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError"
+JAVA_OPTS="-Xms4096M -Xmx4096M -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"
 
 # use external tor (change to -1 for internal tor binary)
 BISQ_EXTERNAL_TOR_PORT=9051