diff --git a/builder/digitalocean/api_v2.go b/builder/digitalocean/api_v2.go
index 23806df6f..b52aeaaaf 100644
--- a/builder/digitalocean/api_v2.go
+++ b/builder/digitalocean/api_v2.go
@@ -262,8 +262,10 @@ func (d DigitalOceanClientV2) DropletStatus(id uint) (string, string, error) {
 	}
 	var ip string
 
-	if len(res.Droplet.Networks.V4) > 0 {
-		ip = res.Droplet.Networks.V4[0].IPAddr
+	for _, n := range res.Droplet.Networks.V4 {
+		if n.Type == "public" {
+			ip = n.IPAddr
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ip, res.Droplet.Status, err
@@ -285,17 +287,21 @@ func NewRequestV2(d DigitalOceanClientV2, path string, method string, req interf
 		enc.Encode(req)
 		defer buf.Reset()
 		request, err = http.NewRequest(method, url, buf)
+		request.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	} else {
 		request, err = http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	// Add the authentication parameters
 	request.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer "+d.APIToken)
-
-	log.Printf("sending new request to digitalocean: %s", url)
-
+	if buf != nil {
+		log.Printf("sending new request to digitalocean: %s buffer: %s", url, buf)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("sending new request to digitalocean: %s", url)
+	}
 	resp, err := client.Do(request)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -325,7 +331,10 @@ func NewRequestV2(d DigitalOceanClientV2, path string, method string, req interf
 		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to decode JSON response %s (HTTP %v) from DigitalOcean: %s", err.Error(),
 			resp.StatusCode, body))
 	}
-
+	switch resp.StatusCode {
+	case 403, 401, 429, 422, 404, 503, 500:
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("digitalocean request error: %+v", res))
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/builder/digitalocean/builder.go b/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
index 5b84755ae..ad41ee547 100644
--- a/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
+++ b/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // see https://api.digitalocean.com/images/?client_id=[client_id]&api_key=[api_key]
-// name="Ubuntu 12.04.4 x64", id=3101045,
+// name="Ubuntu 12.04.4 x64", id=6374128,
 const DefaultImage = "ubuntu-12-04-x64"
 
 // see https://api.digitalocean.com/regions/?client_id=[client_id]&api_key=[api_key]