diff --git a/rw_core/utils/core_utils.go b/rw_core/utils/core_utils.go
index 813c978..c9cd56d 100644
--- a/rw_core/utils/core_utils.go
+++ b/rw_core/utils/core_utils.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@
 	Id string
 }
 
+func GetHostName() string {
+	return os.Getenv("HOSTNAME")
+}
+
 //WaitForNilOrErrorResponses waits on a variadic number of channels for either a nil response or an error
 //response. If an error is received from a given channel then the returned error array will contain that error.
 //The error will be at the index corresponding to the order in which the channel appear in the parameter list.