diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3b26d1..0026a9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,24 +21,21 @@ Install the plugin following the typical Vagrant 1.1 procedure:
 
 Usage
 -----
-To update the `/etc/hosts` file on each active machine, run the following
-command:
+The plugin hooks into the `vagrant up` and `vagrant destroy` commands
+automatically. When a machine is created or destroyed, all active
+machines with the same provider will have their `/etc/hosts` file updated
+accordingly. Auto update may be disabled by setting the
+`config.hostmanager.auto_update` attribute to false in the Vagrantfile.
+
+To update the `/etc/hosts` file on each active machine manually, run the
+following command:
 
     $ vagrant hostmanager
 
-The plugin may hook into the `vagrant up` and `vagrant destroy` commands
-automatically to update the `/etc/hosts` file on each active machine that
-is using the same provider. To enable this, add the following configuration
-to your Vagrant file:
-
-```ruby
-Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
-  config.hostmanager.auto_update = true
-end
-```
-
 A machine's IP address is defined by either the static IP for a private
-network configuration or by the SSH host configuration.
+network configuration or by the SSH host configuration. To disable
+using the private network IP address, set `config.hostmanger.ignore_private_ip`
+to true.
 
 A machine's host name is defined by `config.vm.hostname`. If this is not
 set, it falls back to the symbol defining the machine in the Vagrantfile.
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager.rb b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager.rb
index 4ef7a9f..f3fb89e 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'vagrant'
 require 'vagrant-hostmanager/plugin'
 require 'vagrant-hostmanager/version'
 require 'vagrant-hostmanager/errors'
@@ -8,5 +7,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
     def self.source_root
       @source_root ||= Pathname.new(File.expand_path('../../', __FILE__))
     end
+
+    I18n.load_path << File.expand_path('locales/en.yml', source_root)
+    I18n.reload!
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/action/update_hosts_file.rb b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/action/update_hosts_file.rb
index ab08967..8165cb1 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/action/update_hosts_file.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/action/update_hosts_file.rb
@@ -9,22 +9,23 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         def initialize(app, env)
           @app = app
           @machine = env[:machine]
-          @translator = Helpers::Translator.new('action.update_hosts_file')
-          @logger =
-            Log4r::Logger.new('vagrant_hostmanager::action::update')
+          @logger = Log4r::Logger.new('vagrant::hostmanager::update_hosts_file')
         end
 
         def call(env)
-          # check config to see if the hosts file should updated automatically
-          if @machine.config.hostmanager.auto_update
-            # generate temporary hosts file
-            machines = generate(@machine.env, @machine.provider_name)
+          # check if machine is already active
+          return @app.call(env) if @machine.id
 
-            # update /etc/hosts file on each active machine
-            machines.each { |machine| update(machine) }
-          end
+          # check config to see if the hosts file should be update automatically
+          return @app.call(env) if !@machine.config.hostmanager.auto_update
+          @logger.info 'Updating /etc/hosts file automatically'
 
+          # continue the action stack so the machine will be created
           @app.call(env)
+
+          # update /etc/hosts file on each active machine
+          machines = generate(@machine.env, @machine.provider_name)
+          machines.each { |machine| update(machine) }
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/config.rb b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/config.rb
index 21edffe..1ba915b 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/config.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/config.rb
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@ module VagrantPlugins
   module HostManager
     class Config < Vagrant.plugin('2', :config)
       attr_accessor :auto_update
+      attr_accessor :ignore_private_ip
 
       def initialize
-        @auto_update = false
+        @auto_update = UNSET_VALUE
+        @ignore_private_ip = UNSET_VALUE
       end
 
-      def validate(machine)
-        errors = []
-        if !(!!@auto_update == @auto_update)
-          errors << 'auto_update must be a boolean' 
-        end
-
-        { 'hostmanager' => errors }
+      def finalize!
+        @auto_update = true if @auto_update == UNSET_VALUE
+        @ignore_private_ip = false if @ignore_private_ip == UNSET_VALUE
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/helpers/translator.rb b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/helpers/translator.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a2e75d..0000000
--- a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/helpers/translator.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-module VagrantPlugins
-  module HostManager
-    module Helpers
-      class Translator
-        def self.plugin_namespace=(val)
-          @@plugin_namespace = val
-        end
-
-        def initialize(namespace)
-          @namespace = namespace
-        end
-
-        def t(keys, opts = {})
-          value = I18n.t("#{@@plugin_namespace}.#{@namespace}.#{keys}", opts)
-          opts[:progress] == false ? value : value + "..."
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file.rb b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file.rb
index 075c439..fb9af39 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         # define a lambda for looking up a machine's ip address
         get_ip_address = lambda do |machine|
           ip = nil
-          machine.config.vm.networks.each do |network|
-            key, options = network[0], network[1]
-            ip = options[:ip] if key == :private_network
-            next if ip
+          unless machine.config.hostmanager.ignore_private_ip
+            machine.config.vm.networks.each do |network|
+              key, options = network[0], network[1]
+              ip = options[:ip] if key == :private_network
+              next if ip
+            end
           end
           ip || machine.ssh_info[:host]
         end
@@ -43,15 +45,13 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       def update(machine)
         path = machine.env.tmp_path.join('hosts')
         if machine.communicate.ready?
-          machine.env.ui.info translator.t('update', { :name => machine.name })
+          machine.env.ui.info I18n.t('vagrant_hostmanager.action.update', {
+            :name => machine.name
+          })
           machine.communicate.upload(path, '/tmp/hosts')
           machine.communicate.sudo("mv /tmp/hosts /etc/hosts")
         end
       end
-
-      def translator
-        Helpers::Translator.new('hosts_file')
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/plugin.rb b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/plugin.rb
index 318e27a..c7bd9ca 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/plugin.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/plugin.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'vagrant-hostmanager/helpers/translator'
 require 'vagrant-hostmanager/action/update_hosts_file'
 
 module VagrantPlugins
@@ -6,66 +5,27 @@ module VagrantPlugins
     class Plugin < Vagrant.plugin('2')
       name 'HostManager'
       description <<-DESC
-        This plugin manages the /etc/hosts file for guest machines. A entry is
+        This plugin manages the /etc/hosts file for guest machines. An entry is
         created for each active machine using the hostname attribute.
       DESC
 
-      def self.update(hook)
-        setup_i18n
-        setup_logging
-        hook.append(Action::UpdateHostsFile)
-      end
-
       config(:hostmanager) do
         require_relative 'config'
         Config
       end
 
-      action_hook(:hostmanager_up, :machine_action_up, &method(:update))
-      action_hook(:hostmanger_destroy, :machine_action_destroy, &method(:update))
+      action_hook(:hostmanager, :machine_action_up) do |hook|
+        hook.prepend(Action::UpdateHostsFile)
+      end
 
-      # TODO remove duplication of i18n and logging setup
-      command(:hostmanager) do 
-        setup_i18n
-        setup_logging
+      action_hook(:hostmanager, :machine_action_destroy) do |hook|
+        hook.append(Action::UpdateHostsFile)
+      end
+
+      command(:hostmanager) do
         require_relative 'command'
         Command
       end
-
-      def self.setup_i18n
-        I18n.load_path << File.expand_path(
-          'locales/en.yml',
-          HostManager.source_root)
-        I18n.reload!
-
-        Helpers::Translator.plugin_namespace = 'vagrant_hostmanager'
-      end
-
-      def self.setup_logging
-        level = nil
-        begin
-          level = Log4r.const_get(ENV["VAGRANT_LOG"].upcase)
-        rescue NameError
-          # This means that the logging constant wasn't found,
-          # which is fine. We just keep `level` as `nil`. But
-          # we tell the user.
-          level = nil
-        end
-
-        # Some constants, such as "true" resolve to booleans, so the
-        # above error checking doesn't catch it. This will check to make
-        # sure that the log level is an integer, as Log4r requires.
-        level = nil if !level.is_a?(Integer)
-
-        # Set the logging level on all "vagrant" namespaced
-        # logs as long as we have a valid level.
-        if level
-          logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant_hostmanager")
-          logger.outputters = Log4r::Outputter.stderr
-          logger.level = level
-          logger = nil
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/version.rb b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/version.rb
index 5e148a2..6cc4e63 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module VagrantPlugins
   module HostManager
-    VERSION = '0.0.4'
+    VERSION = '0.1.0'
   end
 end
diff --git a/locales/en.yml b/locales/en.yml
index ad3a2e6..f8d2ea2 100644
--- a/locales/en.yml
+++ b/locales/en.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 en:
   vagrant_hostmanager:
-    hosts_file:
+    action:
       update: "[%{name}] Updating /etc/hosts file"
diff --git a/test/Vagrantfile b/test/Vagrantfile
index 42d71d2..fdd42e6 100644
--- a/test/Vagrantfile
+++ b/test/Vagrantfile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
   config.vm.box = 'precise64-chef11.2'
   config.vm.box_url = 'https://opscode-vm.s3.amazonaws.com/vagrant/opscode_ubuntu-12.04_chef-11.2.0.box'
 
+  config.hostmanager.auto_update = false
+
   config.vm.define :server1 do |server|
     server.vm.hostname = 'fry'
     server.vm.network :private_network, :ip => '10.0.5.2'
diff --git a/test/test.sh b/test/test.sh
index 178630b..d404243 100755
--- a/test/test.sh
+++ b/test/test.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 cd test
 
 vagrant up
-echo "[server1] /etc/hosts file:"
-vagrant ssh server1 -c 'cat /etc/hosts'
-echo "[server2] /etc/hosts file:"
-vagrant ssh server2 -c 'cat /etc/hosts'
 
 vagrant hostmanager