diff --git a/backend/src/interfaces/agent.py b/backend/src/interfaces/agent.py
index 1320691..959c791 100644
--- a/backend/src/interfaces/agent.py
+++ b/backend/src/interfaces/agent.py
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ class GetAgentSecretMessage(BaseModel):
 
 
 class GetAgentResponse(PublicAgentData):
-    pass
+    instance_ip: str | None
 
 
 class GetAgentSecretResponse(BaseModel):
     secret: str
 
+
 class AgentPythonPackageManager(str, Enum):
     poetry = "poetry"
     pip = "pip"
diff --git a/backend/src/interfaces/aleph.py b/backend/src/interfaces/aleph.py
index 9f3cfb7..f4b4137 100644
--- a/backend/src/interfaces/aleph.py
+++ b/backend/src/interfaces/aleph.py
@@ -6,12 +6,3 @@ class AlephVolume(BaseModel):
     mount: str
     ref: str
     use_latest: bool
-
-
-class AlephNodeInfo:
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        self.data = kwargs.get("data", {})
-        self.nodes = self.data.get("corechannel", {}).get("resource_nodes", [])
-        self.nodes.sort(key=lambda x: x.get("score", 0), reverse=True)
-        self.core_node = self.data.get("corechannel", {}).get("nodes", [])
-        self.core_node.sort(key=lambda x: x.get("score", 0), reverse=True)
diff --git a/backend/src/main.py b/backend/src/main.py
index da70a7d..405ec41 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.py
+++ b/backend/src/main.py
@@ -116,9 +116,15 @@ async def get_agent_public_info(agent_id: str) -> GetAgentResponse:
         )
     agent = agents[0]
 
+    try:
+        ip_address = await fetch_instance_ip(agent.instance_hash)
+    except ValueError:
+        ip_address = None
+
     return GetAgentResponse(
         id=agent.id,
         instance_hash=agent.instance_hash,
+        instance_ip=ip_address,
         last_update=agent.last_update,
         subscription_id=agent.subscription_id,
     )
@@ -205,11 +211,10 @@ async def update(
 
     try:
         hostname = await fetch_instance_ip(agent.instance_hash)
-        print(hostname)
     except ValueError:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-            detail="Instance IPv6 not found, it's probably not allocated yet.",
+            detail="Instance IPv6 address not found, it probably isn't allocated yet. Please try again in a few minutes.",
         )
 
     # Create a Paramiko SSH client
@@ -233,7 +238,7 @@ async def update(
 
     # Execute a command
     _stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh_client.exec_command(
-        f"wget {deploy_script_url} -O /tmp/deploy-agent.sh -q --no-cached && chmod +x /tmp/deploy-agent.sh && /tmp/deploy-agent.sh {python_version} {package_manager.value}"
+        f"wget {deploy_script_url} -O /tmp/deploy-agent.sh -q --no-cache && chmod +x /tmp/deploy-agent.sh && /tmp/deploy-agent.sh {python_version} {package_manager.value}"
     )
 
     output = stdout.read().decode("utf-8")
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/aleph.py b/backend/src/utils/aleph.py
index c2e2006..c96140f 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/aleph.py
+++ b/backend/src/utils/aleph.py
@@ -25,5 +25,9 @@ async def fetch_instance_ip(item_hash) -> str:
                 resp.raise_for_status()
                 allocation = await resp.json()
                 return allocation["vm_ipv6"]
-        except (aiohttp.ClientResponseError, aiohttp.ClientConnectorError):
+        except (
+            aiohttp.ClientResponseError,
+            aiohttp.ClientConnectorError,
+            aiohttp.ConnectionTimeoutError,
+        ):
             raise ValueError()