diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsController.coffee
index a57118723e..38029219ee 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsController.coffee
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 AnalyticsManager = require "./AnalyticsManager"
 Errors = require "../Errors/Errors"
 AuthenticationController = require("../Authentication/AuthenticationController")
+GeoIpLookup = require '../../infrastructure/GeoIpLookup'
 
 module.exports = AnalyticsController =
 	updateEditingSession: (req, res, next) ->
 		userId    = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId(req)
 		projectId = req.params.projectId
+		countryCode = null
 
 		if userId?
-			AnalyticsManager.updateEditingSession userId, projectId, {}, (error) ->
-				respondWith(error, res, next)
+			GeoIpLookup.getDetails req.ip, (err, geoDetails) ->
+				if geoDetails?.country_code? and geoDetails.country_code != ""
+					countryCode = geoDetails.country_code
+				AnalyticsManager.updateEditingSession userId, projectId, countryCode, (error) ->
+					respondWith(error, res, next)
 		else
 			res.send 204
 
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsManager.coffee
index 3a3467b59e..469183d2fa 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsManager.coffee
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ module.exports =
 			opts.qs = {fromV2: 1}
 		makeRequest opts, callback
 
-	updateEditingSession: (userId, projectId, segmentation = {}, callback = (error) ->) ->
+	updateEditingSession: (userId, projectId, countryCode, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		if userId+"" == settings.smokeTest?.userId+""
 			return callback()
+		query =
+			userId: userId
+			projectId: projectId
+		if countryCode
+			query.countryCode = countryCode
 		opts =
-			body:
-				segmentation: segmentation
-			json: true
 			method: "PUT"
 			timeout: 1000
 			url: "/editingSession"
-			qs:
-				userId: userId
-				projectId: projectId
+			qs: query
 			maxAttempts: 20
 			retryDelay: 5000
 		if settings.overleaf?
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/GeoIpLookup.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/GeoIpLookup.coffee
index 88f3ed4bfa..e2b36e94ab 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/GeoIpLookup.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/GeoIpLookup.coffee
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ module.exports = GeoIpLookup =
 			countryCode = ipDetails?.country_code?.toUpperCase()
 			currencyCode = currencyMappings[countryCode] || "USD"
 			logger.log ip:ip, currencyCode:currencyCode, ipDetails:ipDetails, "got currencyCode for ip"
-			callback(err, currencyCode, countryCode)
\ No newline at end of file
+			callback(err, currencyCode, countryCode)
diff --git a/services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee b/services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee
index 1a057d4be8..a28a1020d6 100644
--- a/services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee
+++ b/services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ module.exports = settings =
 			apiKey: ""
 			subdomain: ""
 		geoIpLookup:
-			url: "http://#{process.env['GEOIP_HOST'] or 'localhost'}:8080/json"
+			url: "http://#{process.env['GEOIP_HOST'] or 'localhost'}:8080/json/"
 		realTime:
 			url: "http://#{process.env['REALTIME_HOST'] or 'localhost'}:3026"
 		contacts:
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Analytics/AnalyticsControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Analytics/AnalyticsControllerTests.coffee
index 8ac73c5af1..c3e3802f37 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Analytics/AnalyticsControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Analytics/AnalyticsControllerTests.coffee
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ describe 'AnalyticsController', ->
 			"../Authentication/AuthenticationController":@AuthenticationController
 			"logger-sharelatex":
 				log:->
+			'../../infrastructure/GeoIpLookup': @GeoIpLookup =
+				getDetails: sinon.stub()
 
 		@res =
 			send:->
@@ -31,12 +33,18 @@ describe 'AnalyticsController', ->
 			@req =
 				params:
 					projectId: "a project id"
+			@GeoIpLookup.getDetails = sinon.stub()
+				.callsArgWith(1, null, {country_code: 'XY'})
 
 		it "delegates to the AnalyticsManager", (done) ->
 			@AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId.returns("1234")
 			@controller.updateEditingSession @req, @res
 
-			@AnalyticsManager.updateEditingSession.calledWith("1234", "a project id", {}).should.equal true
+			@AnalyticsManager.updateEditingSession.calledWith(
+				"1234",
+				"a project id",
+				'XY'
+			).should.equal true
 			done()
 
 	describe "recordEvent", ->
@@ -46,6 +54,7 @@ describe 'AnalyticsController', ->
 					event:"i_did_something"
 				body:"stuff"
 				sessionID: "sessionIDHere"
+				session: {}
 
 		it "should use the user_id", (done)->
 			@AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId.returns("1234")