diff --git a/explorer-api/README.md b/explorer-api/README.md
index a60b941f7d..0555275f14 100644
--- a/explorer-api/README.md
+++ b/explorer-api/README.md
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ An API that provides data for the [Network Explorer](../explorer).
 
 Features:
 
-  - geolocates mixnodes using https://freegeoip.app/
+  - geolocates mixnodes using https://app.ipbase.com/
   - calculates how many nodes are in each country
   - proxies mixnode API requests to add HTTPS
   
 ## Running
 
-Supply the environment variable `GEO_IP_SERVICE_API_KEY` with a key from https://freegeoip.app/.
+Supply the environment variable `GEO_IP_SERVICE_API_KEY` with a key from https://app.ipbase.com/.
 
 Run as a service and reverse proxy with `nginx` to add `https` with Lets Encrypt.
 
diff --git a/explorer-api/src/country_statistics/geolocate.rs b/explorer-api/src/country_statistics/geolocate.rs
index 170d4f5cc1..81e0944dc0 100644
--- a/explorer-api/src/country_statistics/geolocate.rs
+++ b/explorer-api/src/country_statistics/geolocate.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ enum LocateError {
 async fn locate(ip: &str) -> Result<GeoLocation, LocateError> {
     let api_key = ::std::env::var("GEO_IP_SERVICE_API_KEY")
         .expect("Env var GEO_IP_SERVICE_API_KEY is not set");
-    let uri = format!("{}/{}?apikey={}", crate::GEO_IP_SERVICE, ip, api_key);
+    let uri = format!("{}/?apikey={}&ip={}", crate::GEO_IP_SERVICE, api_key, ip);
     match reqwest::get(uri.clone()).await {
         Ok(response) => {
             if response.status() == 429 {
diff --git a/explorer-api/src/main.rs b/explorer-api/src/main.rs
index e46a0cbeae..ed96dd4fff 100644
--- a/explorer-api/src/main.rs
+++ b/explorer-api/src/main.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mod state;
 mod tasks;
 mod validators;
 
-const GEO_IP_SERVICE: &str = "https://api.freegeoip.app/json";
+const GEO_IP_SERVICE: &str = "https://api.ipbase.com/json";
 const COUNTRY_DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL: u64 = 60 * 15; // every 15 minutes
 
 #[tokio::main]