diff --git a/airos/airos8.py b/airos/airos8.py
index d69b677..a7461b4 100644
--- a/airos/airos8.py
+++ b/airos/airos8.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     ConnectionSetupError,
     DataMissingError,
     DeviceConnectionError,
+    KeyDataMissingError,
 )
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -203,7 +204,16 @@ async def status(self) -> dict:
                 if response.status == 200:
                     try:
                         response_text = await response.text()
-                        return json.loads(response_text)
+                        response_json = json.loads(response_text)
+                        if (
+                            "host" not in response_json
+                            or "device_id" not in response_json["host"]
+                        ):
+                            logger.error(
+                                "Source data missing 'host' or 'device_id' keys"
+                            )
+                            raise KeyDataMissingError from None
+                        return response_json
                     except json.JSONDecodeError:
                         logger.exception(
                             "JSON Decode Error in authenticated status response"
diff --git a/airos/exceptions.py b/airos/exceptions.py
index e251811..ffcc3b8 100644
--- a/airos/exceptions.py
+++ b/airos/exceptions.py
@@ -17,5 +17,9 @@ class DataMissingError(AirOSException):
     """Raised when expected data is missing."""
 
 
+class KeyDataMissingError(AirOSException):
+    """Raised when return data is missing critical keys."""
+
+
 class DeviceConnectionError(AirOSException):
     """Raised when unable to connect."""
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7c2ac17..ea3754b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name            = "airos"
-version         = "0.1.0"
+version         = "0.1.1"
 license         = "MIT"
 description     = "Ubiquity airOS module(s) for Python 3."
 readme          = "README.md"