diff --git a/cmd/api.go b/cmd/api.go
index 9e19979..87d9225 100644
--- a/cmd/api.go
+++ b/cmd/api.go
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ func init() {
 			Msg("Can't bind flag ratelimit")
 		return
 	}
-
-	setDeviceDefaults()
 }
 
 var apiCMD = &cobra.Command{
@@ -94,6 +92,8 @@ var apiCMD = &cobra.Command{
 			return err
 		}
 
+		setDeviceDefaults()
+
 		if !(viper.GetString("api.format") == "json" || viper.GetString("format") == "xml") {
 			return errors.New("invalid api format set")
 		}
diff --git a/config/codecommunicator/ceraos-ip10.go b/config/codecommunicator/ceraos-ip10.go
index 2761aa2..7fc902a 100644
--- a/config/codecommunicator/ceraos-ip10.go
+++ b/config/codecommunicator/ceraos-ip10.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (c *ceraosIP10Communicator) GetInterfaces(ctx context.Context) ([]device.In
 	}
 
 	for i, inter := range subInterfaces {
-		if regex.MatchString(*inter.IfDescr) {
+		if inter.IfDescr != nil && regex.MatchString(*inter.IfDescr) {
 			targetInterface = inter
 			copy(subInterfaces[i:], subInterfaces[i+1:])
 			subInterfaces = subInterfaces[:len(subInterfaces)-1]
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (c *ceraosIP10Communicator) GetInterfaces(ctx context.Context) ([]device.In
 	}
 
 	for i := range subInterfaces {
-		if regex.MatchString(*subInterfaces[i].IfDescr) {
+		if subInterfaces[i].IfDescr != nil && regex.MatchString(*subInterfaces[i].IfDescr) {
 			subInterfaces[i].IfOperStatus = targetInterface.IfOperStatus
 			subInterfaces[i].IfInOctets = targetInterface.IfInOctets
 			subInterfaces[i].IfOutOctets = targetInterface.IfOutOctets
diff --git a/doc/doc.go b/doc/doc.go
index c38de45..1be40e1 100644
--- a/doc/doc.go
+++ b/doc/doc.go
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 package doc
 
 // Version specifies the current version.
-const Version = "v0.3.2"
+const Version = "v0.3.3"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 24f9038..32cdcd0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4
 	github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp v1.30.0
-	github.com/inexio/go-monitoringplugin v1.0.6
+	github.com/inexio/go-monitoringplugin v1.0.7
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.2.0
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 665e8f3..7b99f42 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6hOLApaqBFA1NXqRQAsxw9QxuDEvNxSQRwA/J
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
-github.com/inexio/go-monitoringplugin v1.0.6 h1:tnxWon7lMtbDjWf2LdvUiMcaJ8DnnJ8CqeF462qJ5bg=
-github.com/inexio/go-monitoringplugin v1.0.6/go.mod h1:kzHRJGZ2iE/0IElB4NYI38h3h0HM5wqTTH7KyUCjkM8=
+github.com/inexio/go-monitoringplugin v1.0.7 h1:Aj47aNEykRJkaH/zEVOxFRF7/ekGDjyy7JofFi9SvK4=
+github.com/inexio/go-monitoringplugin v1.0.7/go.mod h1:kzHRJGZ2iE/0IElB4NYI38h3h0HM5wqTTH7KyUCjkM8=
 github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.2.0 h1:41Ip0zITnmWNR/vHV+S4m+VoUivnWY5E4OJfLZjCJMA=
 github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.2.0/go.mod h1:1FEQNm3xlJgrMD+FBdI9+xvCksHtbpVBBw5dYhBSsks=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=