diff --git a/sshdyndns b/sshdyndns
index f32bfcb..52ea146 100755
--- a/sshdyndns
+++ b/sshdyndns
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ if (!defined $server) {
     pod2usage(1);
 }
 
-if($ENV{SSH_CLIENT}=~/^(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}) (\d{1,5}) 22$/) {
+if(exists $ENV{SSH_CLIENT} && 
+   $ENV{SSH_CLIENT}=~/^(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}) (\d{1,5}) 22$/) {
     $ip = $1;
+    say 'Connection from ', $ip if ($verbose);
 } else {
     say STDERR "cannot pare remote IP";
     pod2usage(1);