diff --git a/deploy.pl b/deploy.pl
index 37b576d..1a16ee2 100755
--- a/deploy.pl
+++ b/deploy.pl
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ sub render_install_conf {
 			my $jot_pass = qx(jot -rcs '' 20 46 125);
 			chomp($jot_pass);
 			my $_ipv4 = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv4'} || "autoconf";
+			$_ipv4 = "autoconf" if $conf{'conf'}{'DHCPD'} eq "yes";
 			my $_ipv4_gateway = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv4_gw'} || $conf{'conf'}{'ROUTER'};
 			my $_ipv6 = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv6'} || $conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_PREFIX'} . ":" . ($conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'}) . "::" . ($conf{'conf'}{'IP_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'});
 			my $_ipv6_gateway = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv6_gw'} || $conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_PREFIX'} . ":" . ($conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'}) . "::1";
@@ -362,12 +363,12 @@ my %vms;
 my @files = glob "$conf{'conf'}{'VMS'}/*.txt";
 %vms = get_variables('vms', @files);
 
-my $DHCP = $conf{'conf'}{'DHCP'} || "yes";
+$conf{'conf'}{'DHCPD'} = "yes" if ! $conf{'conf'}{'DHCPD'};
 
 # run all functions
 #debug_parse(\%conf, \%vms);
 render_vm_conf(\%conf, \%vms);
-render_dhcpd_conf(\%conf, \%vms) if $DHCP eq "yes";
+render_dhcpd_conf(\%conf, \%vms) if $conf{'conf'}{'DHCPD'} eq "yes";
 render_install_conf(\%conf, \%vms);
 create_accounts(\%conf, \%vms);
 create_img_files(\%conf, \%vms);