diff --git a/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml b/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
index 9bf2e5b7..c554968d 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
+++ b/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ main.plugins.memtemp.scale = "celsius"
 main.plugins.memtemp.orientation = "horizontal"
 
 main.plugins.paw-gps.enabled = false
-main.plugins.paw-gps.ip = ""
+main.plugins.paw-gps.ip = "192.168.44.1:8080"
 
 main.plugins.ups_lite.enabled = false
 main.plugins.ups_lite.shutdown = 2
diff --git a/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/paw-gps.py b/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/paw-gps.py
index 58d257e6..c4837b1c 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/paw-gps.py
+++ b/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/paw-gps.py
@@ -10,25 +10,30 @@ GUIDE HERE: https://community.pwnagotchi.ai/t/setting-up-paw-gps-on-android
 
 class PawGPS(plugins.Plugin):
     __author__ = 'leont'
-    __version__ = '1.0.0'
+    __version__ = '1.0.1'
     __name__ = 'pawgps'
     __license__ = 'GPL3'
-    __description__ = 'Saves GPS coordinates whenever an handshake is captured. The GPS data is get from PAW on android '
+    __description__ = 'Saves GPS coordinates whenever an handshake is captured. The GPS data is get from PAW on android.'
 
     def on_loaded(self):
-        logging.info("PAW-GPS loaded")
-        if 'ip' not in self.options or ('ip' in self.options and self.options['ip'] is None):
-            logging.info("PAW-GPS: No IP Address in the config file is defined, it uses the default (192.168.44.1:8080)")
+        logging.info("[paw-gps] plugin loaded")
+        if 'ip' not in self.options or ('ip' in self.options and self.options['ip'] is None) or (len('ip' in self.options and self.options['ip']) is 0):
+            logging.info("[paw-gps] no IP Address defined in the config file, will uses paw server default (192.168.44.1:8080)")
 
     def on_handshake(self, agent, filename, access_point, client_station):
-        if 'ip' not in self.options or ('ip' in self.options and self.options['ip'] is None):
+        if 'ip' not in self.options or ('ip' in self.options and self.options['ip'] is None or (len('ip' in self.options and self.options['ip']) is 0)):
             ip = "192.168.44.1:8080"
         else:
             ip = self.options['ip']
 
-        gps = requests.get('http://' + ip + '/gps.xhtml')
-        gps_filename = filename.replace('.pcap', '.paw-gps.json')
-
-        logging.info("saving GPS to %s (%s)" % (gps_filename, gps))
-        with open(gps_filename, 'w+t') as f:
-            f.write(gps.text)
+        try:
+            gps = requests.get('http://' + ip + '/gps.xhtml')
+            try:
+                gps_filename = filename.replace('.pcap', '.paw-gps.json')
+                logging.info("[paw-gps] saving GPS data to %s" % (gps_filename))
+                with open(gps_filename, 'w+t') as f:
+                    f.write(gps.text)
+            except Exception as error:
+                logging.error(f"[paw-gps] encountered error while saving gps data: {error}")
+        except Exception as error:
+            logging.error(f"[paw-gps] encountered error while getting gps data: {error}")