diff --git a/src/zm_remote_camera.cpp b/src/zm_remote_camera.cpp
index 5e3dfefae..9cb948352 100644
--- a/src/zm_remote_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_remote_camera.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ void RemoteCamera::Initialise() {
 
   int ret = getaddrinfo(host.c_str(), port.c_str(), &hints, &hp);
   if ( ret != 0 ) {
-    Fatal( "Can't getaddrinfo(%s port %s): %s", host.c_str(), port.c_str(), gai_strerror(ret) );
+    Error( "Can't getaddrinfo(%s port %s): %s", host.c_str(), port.c_str(), gai_strerror(ret) );
+    return;
   }
   struct addrinfo *p = nullptr;
   int addr_count = 0;
diff --git a/src/zm_remote_camera_http.cpp b/src/zm_remote_camera_http.cpp
index f09db425e..04746c577 100644
--- a/src/zm_remote_camera_http.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_remote_camera_http.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ void RemoteCameraHttp::Initialise() {
 int RemoteCameraHttp::Connect() {
   struct addrinfo *p = nullptr;
 
+  if (!hp) {
+    RemoteCamera::Initialise();
+    if (!hp) {
+      Error("Unable to resolve address for remote camera, aborting");
+      return -1;
+    }
+  }
+
   for ( p = hp; p != nullptr; p = p->ai_next ) {
     sd = socket( p->ai_family, p->ai_socktype, p->ai_protocol );
     if ( sd < 0 ) {