diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl.java
index 37f8c0dc97..a9e5431b23 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl.java
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ public class ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl implements ElasticSearchLoggerServic
                 }
             }
 
+            if (!isUseProxies() && request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-For") != null){
+                log.warn("X-Forwarded-For header detected but useProxies is not enabled. If your dspace is behind a proxy set it to true");
+            }
+
             XContentBuilder docBuilder = null;
 
 
@@ -334,6 +338,10 @@ public class ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl implements ElasticSearchLoggerServic
                 }
             }
 
+            if (!isUseProxies() && xforwardedfor != null){
+                log.warn("X-Forwarded-For header detected but useProxies is not enabled. If your dspace is behind a proxy set it to true");
+            }
+
             XContentBuilder docBuilder = null;
 
 
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
index f0e512735c..640ce08fde 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
                     }
                 }
             }
+            if (!isUseProxies() && request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-For") != null){
+                log.warn("X-Forwarded-For header detected but useProxies is not enabled. If your dspace is behind a proxy set it to true");
+            }
 
             doc1.addField("ip", ip);
 
@@ -366,7 +369,9 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
         SolrInputDocument doc1 = new SolrInputDocument();
         // Save our basic info that we already have
 
-
+			if (!isUseProxies() && xforwardedfor != null){
+				log.warn("X-Forwarded-For header detected but useProxies is not enabled. If your dspace is behind a proxy set it to true");
+			}
             if (isUseProxies() && xforwardedfor != null) {
                 /* This header is a comma delimited list */
                 for (String xfip : xforwardedfor.split(",")) {
diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index a62d05baee..fe44ae3fb7 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ http.proxy.port =
 
 # If enabled, the logging and the Solr statistics system will look for
 # an X-Forwarded-For header. If it finds it, it will use this for the user IP address
-#useProxies = true
+useProxies = false
 
 #### Media Filter / Format Filter plugins (through PluginService) ####
 # Media/Format Filters help to full-text index content or