diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12c372f0..05fdeed8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "font-awesome": "^4.7.0",
+    "ip-location": "^1.0.1",
     "leaflet": "^1.0.3",
     "openstreetmap-tag-translations": "^1.0.0",
     "overpass-layer": "https://github.com/plepe/overpass-layer#marker",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 436e91f2..ac79a62d 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+var ipLocation = require('./ip-location')
+ipLocation.httpGet = function (url, callback) {
+  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest()
+  xhr.open('get', url, true)
+  xhr.responseType = 'text'
+  xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+    if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+      if (xhr.status === 200) {
+        callback(null, { body: xhr.responseText })
+      } else {
+        callback(xhr.responseText)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  xhr.send()
+}
+
 var OverpassLayer = require('overpass-layer')
 var OverpassLayerList = require('overpass-layer').List
 var OverpassFrontend = require('overpass-frontend')
@@ -12,7 +29,16 @@ var tagTranslations = require('./tagTranslations')
 var map
 
 window.onload = function() {
-  map = L.map('map').setView([51.505, -0.09], 18)
+  map = L.map('map')
+
+  ipLocation('', function (err, ipLoc) {
+    if (typeof ipLoc === 'object' && 'latitude' in ipLoc) {
+      map.setView([ ipLoc.latitude, ipLoc.longitude ], 14)
+    } else {
+      map.setView([ 51.505, -0.09 ], 14)
+    }
+  })
+
   overpassFrontend = new OverpassFrontend('//overpass-api.de/api/interpreter', {
     timeGap: 10,
     effortPerRequest: 100
diff --git a/src/ip-location.js b/src/ip-location.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..599c46a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ip-location.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+var ipLocation = require('ip-location')
+
+ipLocation.httpGet = function (url, callback) {
+  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest()
+  xhr.open('get', url, true)
+  xhr.responseType = 'text'
+  xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+    if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+      if (xhr.status === 200) {
+        callback(null, { body: xhr.responseText })
+      } else {
+        callback(xhr.responseText)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  xhr.send()
+}
+
+module.exports = ipLocation