diff --git a/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate.py b/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate.py
index 06b9300c..75315b54 100644
--- a/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate.py
+++ b/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def buttons(self):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-    lcd = Adafruit_CharLCDPlate()
+    lcd = Adafruit_CharLCDPlate(busnum = 1)
     lcd.begin(16, 2)
     lcd.clear()
     lcd.message("Adafruit RGB LCD\nPlate w/Keypad!")
diff --git a/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate_IPclock_example.py b/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate_IPclock_example.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..94d52b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate/Adafruit_CharLCDPlate_IPclock_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from Adafruit_CharLCDPlate import Adafruit_CharLCDPlate
+from subprocess import * 
+from time import sleep, strftime
+from datetime import datetime
+
+lcd = Adafruit_CharLCDPlate()
+
+# Quotes so it pick up only ipv4 address
+cmd = "ip addr show eth0 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1"
+
+lcd.begin(16,1)
+
+def run_cmd(cmd):
+        p = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
+        output = p.communicate()[0]
+        return output
+
+while 1:
+	lcd.clear()
+	ipaddr = run_cmd(cmd)
+	lcd.message(datetime.now().strftime('%b %d  %H:%M:%S\n'))
+	lcd.message('IP %s' % ( ipaddr ) )
+	sleep(2)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aba2ae53..cae9a4a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Added 
+============
+Clock + IP example for Adafruit_CharLCDPlate
+
+Ed Watson (tactmaster)
+
 Adafruit's Raspberry-Pi Python Code Library
 ============
   Here is a growing collection of libraries and example python scripts