diff --git a/internal/firewall/iptables.go b/internal/firewall/iptables.go
index 1d224b45..11b6ec2a 100644
--- a/internal/firewall/iptables.go
+++ b/internal/firewall/iptables.go
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ func (c *configurator) acceptEstablishedRelatedTraffic(ctx context.Context, remo
 
 func (c *configurator) acceptOutputTrafficToVPN(ctx context.Context,
 	defaultInterface string, connection models.OpenVPNConnection, remove bool) error {
+	if connection.IP == nil {
+		panic("PLEASE CREATE AN ISSUE with this log: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun/issues")
+	}
 	return c.runIptablesInstruction(ctx,
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s OUTPUT -d %s -o %s -p %s -m %s --dport %d -j ACCEPT",
 			appendOrDelete(remove), connection.IP, defaultInterface, connection.Protocol, connection.Protocol, connection.Port))
diff --git a/internal/openvpn/loop.go b/internal/openvpn/loop.go
index ff64b8c2..cfd9640d 100644
--- a/internal/openvpn/loop.go
+++ b/internal/openvpn/loop.go
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ func (l *looper) Run(ctx context.Context, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 			l.cancel()
 			return
 		}
+		if connection.IP == nil {
+			panic("PLEASE CREATE AN ISSUE with this log: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun/issues")
+		}
 		lines := providerConf.BuildConf(connection, l.username, settings)
 
 		if err := writeOpenvpnConf(lines, l.openFile); err != nil {