diff --git a/hueplusplus/Hue.cpp b/hueplusplus/Hue.cpp
index fee2c86..8519a26 100755
--- a/hueplusplus/Hue.cpp
+++ b/hueplusplus/Hue.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ const HueLight& Hue::getLight(int id)
 		return lights.find(id)->second;
 	}
 	refreshState();
-	if (state["lights"][std::to_string(id)] == Json::nullValue)
+	if (!state["lights"].isMember(std::to_string(id)))
 	{
 		std::cout << "Error in Hue getLight(): light with id " << id << " is not valid\n";
 		throw(std::runtime_error("Error in Hue getLight(): light id is not valid"));
diff --git a/hueplusplus/HueLight.cpp b/hueplusplus/HueLight.cpp
index 677925b..41591a7 100755
--- a/hueplusplus/HueLight.cpp
+++ b/hueplusplus/HueLight.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "include/HueLight.h"
 
-
 #include "include/HttpHandler.h"
 #include "include/json/json.h"
 
@@ -220,4 +219,4 @@ void HueLight::refreshState()
 		throw(std::runtime_error("Error while parsing JSON in function refreshState() of HueLight"));
 	}
 	std::cout << "\tRefresh state took: " << std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - start).count() << "ms" << std::endl;
-}
+}
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