diff --git a/src/network.sh b/src/network.sh
index ea2e5a7d..3be31985 100644
--- a/src/network.sh
+++ b/src/network.sh
@@ -644,12 +644,17 @@ getInfo() {
   fi
 
   GATEWAY=$(ip route list dev "$VM_NET_DEV" | awk ' /^default/ {print $3}' | head -n 1)
-  IP=$(ip address show dev "$VM_NET_DEV" | grep inet | awk '/inet / { print $2 }' | cut -f1 -d/ | head -n 1)
-  IP6=""
+  { IP=$(ip address show dev "$VM_NET_DEV" | grep inet | awk '/inet / { print $2 }' | cut -f1 -d/ | head -n 1); rc=$?; } 2>/dev/null || :
+
+  if (( rc != 0 )) && [[ "$DHCP" != [Yy1]* ]]; then
+    error "Could not determine container IP address!" && exit 26
+  fi
 
+  IP6=""
   # shellcheck disable=SC2143
   if [ -f /proc/net/if_inet6 ] && [ -n "$(ifconfig -a | grep inet6)" ]; then
-    IP6=$(ip -6 addr show dev "$VM_NET_DEV" scope global up)
+    { IP6=$(ip -6 addr show dev "$VM_NET_DEV" scope global up); rc=$?; } 2>/dev/null || :
+    (( rc != 0 )) && IP6=""
     [ -n "$IP6" ] && IP6=$(echo "$IP6" | sed -e's/^.*inet6 \([^ ]*\)\/.*$/\1/;t;d' | head -n 1)
   fi