diff --git a/ennstatus/api/views.py b/ennstatus/api/views.py
--- a/ennstatus/api/views.py
+++ b/ennstatus/api/views.py
@@ -70,19 +70,22 @@ def update():
         ip = data['ip6']
     else:
         ip = request.remote_addr
+        try:
+            temp_ip = ipaddress.ip_address(ip)
+        except ipaddress.AddressValueError:
+            return 'IP not allowed!\n', 403, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}
+        else:
+            if temp_ip.version == 4:
+                data['ip'] = ip
+            elif temp_ip.verison == 6:
+                data['ip6'] = ip
 
     try:
-        ip = ipaddress.ip_address(ip)
-    except ipaddress.AddressValueError:
-        return 'IP not allowed!\n', 403, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}
+        country = gi4.country_name_by_addr(ip)
+    except pygeoip.GeoIPError:
+        country = gi6.country_name_by_addr(ip)
 
-    if ip.version == 4:
-        data['country'] = gi4.country_name_by_addr(str(ip))
-    elif ip.version == 6:
-        data['country'] = gi6.country_name_by_addr(str(ip))
-    else:
-        data['country'] = None
-
+    data['country'] = country
     data['last_updated'] = strict_rfc3339.timestamp_to_rfc3339_utcoffset(
         datetime.utcnow().timestamp()
     )