diff --git a/src/Location.php b/src/Location.php
index 04f4c89..3dc07e6 100644
--- a/src/Location.php
+++ b/src/Location.php
@@ -105,9 +105,8 @@ public function getAttribute($key)
 
         // First we will check for the presence of a mutator for the set operation
         // which simply lets the developers tweak the attribute as it is set.
-        if (method_exists($this, 'get' . Str::studly($key) . 'Attribute')) {
-            $method = 'get' . Str::studly($key) . 'Attribute';
-
+        $method = 'get' . Str::studly($key) . 'Attribute';
+        if (method_exists($this, $method)) {
             return $this->{$method}($value);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Services/IPApi.php b/src/Services/IPApi.php
index 1fa66a5..a7b8ef6 100644
--- a/src/Services/IPApi.php
+++ b/src/Services/IPApi.php
@@ -56,23 +56,29 @@ public function boot()
         }
     }
 
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     * @throws \RuntimeException
+     */
     public function locate($ip)
     {
-        // Get data from client
+        // Get data from the client
         $data = $this->client->get('json/' . $ip);
 
         // Verify server response
         if ($this->client->getErrors() !== null) {
-            throw new Exception('Request failed (' . $this->client->getErrors() . ')');
+            throw new \RuntimeException("Unexpected ip-api.com response: {$this->client->getErrors()}");
         }
 
         // Parse body content
         $json = json_decode($data[0]);
+        if (! is_object($json) || ! property_exists($json, 'status')) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException("Unexpected ip-api.com response: {$json->message}");
+        }
 
         // Verify response status
         if ($json->status !== 'success') {
-            throw new Exception('Request failed (' . $json->message . ')');
+            throw new \RuntimeException("Failed ip-api.com response: {$json->message}");
         }
 
         return $this->hydrate([