diff --git a/tasks/configure_certificates.yml b/tasks/configure_certificates.yml
index 0d67d0a..a3fee28 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_certificates.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_certificates.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
   uri:
     url: http://checkip.dyndns.org
     return_content: true
-  register: node_external_ip
+  register: checkip_url
+
+- name: Extract IP from URL content
+  set_fact:
+    node_external_ip: checkip_url | regex_search('[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}')
 
 - name: Set fact for mail server FQDN
   set_fact: