diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4cd171..389b468 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.bwssystems.HABridge</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ha-bridge</artifactId>
-	<version>1.4.1a</version>
+	<version>1.4.1b</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>HA Bridge</name>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.bwssytems</groupId>
             <artifactId>nest-controller</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.6</version>
+            <version>1.0.8</version>
 		    <exclusions>
 		       <exclusion> 
 		          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/BridgeSettingsDescriptor.java b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/BridgeSettingsDescriptor.java
index be70623..c5352ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/BridgeSettingsDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/BridgeSettingsDescriptor.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class BridgeSettingsDescriptor {
 		this.numberoflogmessages = numberoflogmessages;
 	}
 	public Boolean isValidVera() {
-		if(this.getVeraAddress() == null)
+		if(this.getVeraAddress() == null || this.getVeraAddress().getDevices().size() <= 0)
 			return false;
 		List<NamedIP> devicesList = this.getVeraAddress().getDevices();
 		if(devicesList.get(0).getIp().contains(Configuration.DEFAULT_ADDRESS))