diff --git a/backends/repeater.js b/backends/repeater.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/backends/repeater.js
+++ b/backends/repeater.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var util = require('util'),
 function RepeaterBackend(startupTime, config, emitter){
   var self = this;
   this.config = config.repeater || [];
-  this.sock = dgram.createSocket('udp6');
+  this.sock = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
 
   // attach
   emitter.on('packet', function(packet, rinfo) { self.process(packet, rinfo); });
making the repeater backend ipv4 only again

some people reported problems with it, so we have to look into a better
configurable solution for this.