diff --git a/logs.go b/logs.go
index debe824..ef3fe51 100644
--- a/logs.go
+++ b/logs.go
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ func setLog(cfg *cfg.Config) {
 }
 
 func getIP(r *http.Request) (string, error) {
-	//Get IP from the X-REAL-IP header
-	ip := r.Header.Get("X-REAL-IP")
-	netIP := net.ParseIP(ip)
-	if netIP != nil {
-		return ip, nil
-	}
 	//Get IP from X-FORWARDED-FOR header
 	ips := r.Header.Get("X-FORWARDED-FOR")
 	splitIps := strings.Split(ips, ",")
@@ -78,6 +72,12 @@ func getIP(r *http.Request) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+	netIP := net.ParseIP(ip)
+	if netIP != nil {
+		return ip, nil
+	}
+	//Get IP from the X-REAL-IP header
+	ip = r.Header.Get("X-REAL-IP")
 	netIP = net.ParseIP(ip)
 	if netIP != nil {
 		return ip, nil