diff --git a/lib/socket.cpp b/lib/socket.cpp
index 420ae87b..3e8244da 100644
--- a/lib/socket.cpp
+++ b/lib/socket.cpp
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ void Socket::UDPConnection::SetDestination(std::string destIp, uint32_t port){
   ss << port;
 
   memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
-  hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+  hints.ai_family = family;
   hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
   hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG | AI_V4MAPPED;
   hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_UDP;
diff --git a/lib/socket.h b/lib/socket.h
index 108357c0..d5935f77 100644
--- a/lib/socket.h
+++ b/lib/socket.h
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ namespace Socket{
     void setBlocking(bool blocking);
     void SetDestination(std::string hostname, uint32_t port);
     void GetDestination(std::string &hostname, uint32_t &port);
+    const void * getDestAddr(){return destAddr;}
+    size_t getDestAddrLen(){return destAddr_size;}
     std::string getBoundAddress();
     uint32_t getDestPort() const;
     bool Receive();