diff --git a/forecast/forecastio.js b/forecast/forecastio.js
index 52082820..01713696 100644
--- a/forecast/forecastio.js
+++ b/forecast/forecastio.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         }
 
         if (90 >= lat && 180 >= lon && lat >= -90 && lon >= -180) {
-            node.lat = lat;
-            node.lon = lon;
+            node.lat = lat.trim();
+            node.lon = lon.trim();
         } else {
             return callback(RED._("forecastio.error.invalid-lat_lon"));
         }
diff --git a/instagram/instagram.js b/instagram/instagram.js
index 5e00f97d..bd8dda21 100644
--- a/instagram/instagram.js
+++ b/instagram/instagram.js
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             node.ig.user_media_recent('self', { count : 1, min_id : null, max_id : null}, function(err, medias, pagination, remaining, limit) {
                 if (err) {
                    node.warn(RED._("instagram.warn.userphoto-fetch-fail", {err: err}));
+                   return;
                 }
                 
-                if(medias.length > 0) { // if the user has uploaded something to Instagram already
+                if(typeof medias !== 'undefined' && medias.length > 0) { // if the user has uploaded something to Instagram already
                     node.latestSelfContentID = medias[0].id;
                 }
 
@@ -97,9 +98,10 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             node.ig.user_self_liked({ count : 1, max_like_id : null}, function(err, medias, pagination, remaining, limit) {
                 if (err) {
                     node.warn(RED._("instagram.warn.likedphoto-fetch-fail", {err: err}));
+                    return;
                 }
                 
-                if(medias.length > 0) { // if the user has liked something to Instagram already
+                if(typeof medias !== 'undefined' && medias.length > 0) { // if the user has liked something to Instagram already
                     node.latestLikedID = medias[0].id;
                 }
                 
@@ -120,8 +122,9 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             node.ig.user_media_recent('self', { count : 1, min_id : null, max_id : null}, function(err, medias, pagination, remaining, limit) {
                 if (err) {
                     node.warn(RED._("instagram.warn.userphoto-fetch-fail", {err: err}));
+                    return;
                 }
-                if(medias.length > 0) { // if the user has uploaded something to Instagram already
+                if(typeof medias !== 'undefined' && medias.length > 0) { // if the user has uploaded something to Instagram already
                     if(medias[0].type === IMAGE) {
                         if(medias[0].location) {
                             if(medias[0].location.latitude) {
@@ -172,8 +175,9 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             node.ig.user_self_liked({ count : 1, max_like_id : null}, function(err, medias, pagination, remaining, limit) {
                 if (err) {
                     node.warn(RED._("instagram.warn.likedphoto-fetch-fail", {err: err}));
+                    return;
                 }
-                if(medias.length > 0) { // if the user has liked something to Instagram already
+                if(typeof medias !== 'undefined' && medias.length > 0) { // if the user has liked something to Instagram already
                     if(medias[0].type === IMAGE) {
                         if(medias[0].location) {
                             if(medias[0].location.latitude) {
@@ -235,6 +239,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             
             if (err) {
                 node.warn(RED._("instagram.warn.latest-media-fetch-failed", {err: err}));
+                return;
             }
             
             if(medias) {
@@ -401,6 +406,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 client_id: credentials.client_id,
                 redirect_uri: credentials.redirect_uri,
                 response_type: "code",
+                scope: "public_content",
                 state: node_id + ":" + credentials.csrfToken
             }
         }));
diff --git a/instagram/package.json b/instagram/package.json
index 4c5b7d2c..67597b3c 100644
--- a/instagram/package.json
+++ b/instagram/package.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-instagram",
-    "version"       : "0.1.0",
+    "version"       : "0.1.1",
     "description"   : "Node-RED nodes that get photos from Instagram",
     "dependencies"  : {
         "request":"~2.40.0",
-        "instagram-node":"0.5.1"
+        "instagram-node":"0.5.8"
     },
     "repository" : {
         "type":"git",
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
         "email": "zoltan.balogh@uk.ibm.com",
         "url": "http://nodered.org"
     }
-}
+}
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