diff --git a/helpers/getDevice.js b/helpers/getDevice.js
index 8f17c4ba..6892ae09 100644
--- a/helpers/getDevice.js
+++ b/helpers/getDevice.js
@@ -7,17 +7,19 @@ const startPing = (device) => {
   device.state = 'unknown';
 
   setInterval(() => {
-    ping.sys.probe(device.host.address, (active) => {
-      if (!active && device.state === 'active') {
-        console.log(`Broadlink RM device at ${device.host.address} (${device.host.macAddress || ''}) is no longer reachable.`);
+    try {
+      ping.sys.probe(device.host.address, (active) => {
+        if (!active && device.state === 'active') {
+          console.log(`Broadlink RM device at ${device.host.address} (${device.host.macAddress || ''}) is no longer reachable.`);
 
-        device.state = 'inactive';
-      } else if (active && device.state !== 'active') {
-        if (device.state === 'inactive') console.log(`Broadlink RM device at ${device.host.address} (${device.host.macAddress || ''}) has been re-discovered.`);
+          device.state = 'inactive';
+        } else if (active && device.state !== 'active') {
+          if (device.state === 'inactive') console.log(`Broadlink RM device at ${device.host.address} (${device.host.macAddress || ''}) has been re-discovered.`);
 
-        device.state = 'active';
-      }
-    })
+          device.state = 'active';
+        }
+      })
+    } catch (err) {}
   }, pingFrequency);
 }
 
diff --git a/helpers/ping.js b/helpers/ping.js
index b68b4530..705dbf23 100644
--- a/helpers/ping.js
+++ b/helpers/ping.js
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ const ping = require('ping');
 
 const pingIPAddress = (ipAddress, interval, callback) => {
   setInterval(() => {
-    ping.sys.probe(ipAddress, (isActive) => {
-      callback(isActive)
-    })
+    try {
+      ping.sys.probe(ipAddress, (isActive) => {
+        callback(isActive)
+      })
+    } catch (err) {
+      callback(false)
+    }
   }, interval * 1000);
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 92c28c16..bd0a5d13 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1657,9 +1657,9 @@ home-or-tmp@^2.0.0:
     os-homedir "^1.0.0"
     os-tmpdir "^1.0.1"
 
-homebridge-platform-helper@1.0.7:
-  version "1.0.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/homebridge-platform-helper/-/homebridge-platform-helper-1.0.7.tgz#014f53984a776573faa8cde6e34374e9ee460e63"
+homebridge-platform-helper@1.0.8:
+  version "1.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/homebridge-platform-helper/-/homebridge-platform-helper-1.0.8.tgz#42aa99d1d7a9e613614115a1855fde48ff320dcf"
   dependencies:
     node-persist "^2.0.10"
     semver "^5.3.0"