diff --git a/android/manifest b/android/manifest
index 1380c543..136e47af 100644
--- a/android/manifest
+++ b/android/manifest
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # this is your module manifest and used by Titanium
 # during compilation, packaging, distribution, etc.
 #
-version: 5.5.0
+version: 5.5.1
 apiversion: 4
 architectures: arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64
 description: External version of Map module using native Google Maps library
diff --git a/android/src/ti/map/AnnotationProxy.java b/android/src/ti/map/AnnotationProxy.java
index 8a584f48..45e067c9 100644
--- a/android/src/ti/map/AnnotationProxy.java
+++ b/android/src/ti/map/AnnotationProxy.java
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ private void handleImage(Object image)
 					markerOptions.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(bitmap));
 					setIconImageDimensions(bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight());
 				} catch (Exception e) {
+					Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
 				}
 				return;
 			}
@@ -333,8 +334,12 @@ private void handleImage(Object image)
 		if (image instanceof TiBlob) {
 			Bitmap bitmap = ((TiBlob) image).getImage();
 			if (bitmap != null) {
-				markerOptions.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(bitmap));
-				setIconImageDimensions(bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight());
+				try {
+					markerOptions.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(bitmap));
+					setIconImageDimensions(bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight());
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
+				}
 				return;
 			}
 		}