diff --git a/std-stream-send/include/StreamSendConfig.hpp b/std-stream-send/include/StreamSendConfig.hpp
index 5bf5531..9709aa8 100644
--- a/std-stream-send/include/StreamSendConfig.hpp
+++ b/std-stream-send/include/StreamSendConfig.hpp
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ struct StreamSendConfig {
                 config_parameters["detector_name"].GetString(),
                 config_parameters["n_modules"].GetInt(),
                 config_parameters["image_n_pixels"].GetInt(),
-                config_parameters["stream_address"].GetString()
         };
     }
 
     const std::string detector_name;
     const int n_modules;
     const int image_n_pixels;
-    const std::string stream_address;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/std-stream-send/src/main.cpp b/std-stream-send/src/main.cpp
index 2418c87..4f21a43 100644
--- a/std-stream-send/src/main.cpp
+++ b/std-stream-send/src/main.cpp
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     if (argc != 3) {
         cout << endl;
         cout << "Usage: std_stream_send [detector_json_filename]"
-                " [bit_depth]" << endl;
+                " [bit_depth] [stream_address]" << endl;
         cout << "\tdetector_json_filename: detector config file path." << endl;
         cout << "\tbit_depth: bit depth of the incoming udp packets." << endl;
+        cout << "\tstream_address: address to bind the output stream." << endl;
         cout << endl;
 
         exit(-1);
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
     const auto config = StreamSendConfig::from_json_file(string(argv[1]));
     const int bit_depth = atoi(argv[2]);
+    const string stream_address = string(argv[3]);
 
     auto ctx = zmq_ctx_new();
     zmq_ctx_set(ctx, ZMQ_IO_THREADS, STREAM_ZMQ_IO_THREADS);
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
         throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
     }
 
-    if (zmq_bind(sender, config.stream_address.c_str()) != 0) {
+    if (zmq_bind(sender, stream_address.c_str()) != 0) {
         throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
     }