diff --git a/EmotiBitOscilloscope/src/ofApp.cpp b/EmotiBitOscilloscope/src/ofApp.cpp
index 526a784..83a17a9 100644
--- a/EmotiBitOscilloscope/src/ofApp.cpp
+++ b/EmotiBitOscilloscope/src/ofApp.cpp
@@ -1144,7 +1144,16 @@ void ofApp::loadWindowSettings()
 		string bgPath = xml.getValue("backgroundImagePath", "");
 		if (!bgPath.empty())
 		{
-			background_image_.load(ofToDataPath(bgPath));
+			//TODO: Add handling of specifying image not in the bin/data directory
+			ofFile bgImgFile(ofToDataPath(bgPath));
+			if(bgImgFile.exists())
+			{
+				background_image_.load(ofToDataPath(bgPath));
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				ofLogWarning() << "Image file not found. Please ensure image exists at the provided path. Proceeding without a background image" << std::endl;
+			}
 		}
 		xml.popTag();
 	}
diff --git a/src/ofxEmotiBitVersion.h b/src/ofxEmotiBitVersion.h
index 6445f9a..eb168d6 100644
--- a/src/ofxEmotiBitVersion.h
+++ b/src/ofxEmotiBitVersion.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //#include <string>
 #include "ofMain.h"
 
-const std::string ofxEmotiBitVersion = "1.16.1";
+const std::string ofxEmotiBitVersion = "1.16.2";
 
 static const char SOFTWARE_VERSION_PREFIX = 'v';