diff --git a/app/requestHandler.py b/app/requestHandler.py
index 5a2f2f2..33e862e 100644
--- a/app/requestHandler.py
+++ b/app/requestHandler.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class RequestHandler(threading.Thread):
                 print('Container is starting. Using starting placeholder IP')
                 ip = os.environ.get('PLACEHOLDER_SERVER_STARTING_IP')
 
+            if not ip:
+                print('No placeholder server IP found')
+                return
             server_socket.connect(
                 (ip, 25565))
             server_socket.sendall(request)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fe555c5..9add449 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.9"
 
 networks:
-  # You need to have a network with static ips for the servers.
+  # You need to have a network with static ips for the servers
   mc_network:
     driver: bridge
     ipam:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
       # Port mapping for the servers
       # The key is the external port of the placeholder server
       # The value is the internal ip of the actual server
-      # Don't change the server port in the actual server. Use this instead.
+      # Don't change the server port in the actual server. Use this instead
       PORT_IP_MAP: |
         25565: 172.20.0.5
         25566: 172.20.0.6