diff --git a/meshtastic/example_config.yaml b/meshtastic/example_config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 231b465..0000000
--- a/meshtastic/example_config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-owner: Bob TBeam
-
-channel_url: https://www.meshtastic.org/d/#CgUYAyIBAQ
-
-location:
-  lat: 35.88888
-  lon: -93.88888
-  alt: 304
-
-user_prefs:
-  region: 1
-  is_always_powered: 'true'
-  send_owner_interval: 2
-  screen_on_secs: 31536000
-  wait_bluetooth_secs: 31536000
diff --git a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
index e7469d4..fee9166 100644
--- a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
+++ b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ class MeshInterface:
         Called by subclasses."""
         fromRadio = mesh_pb2.FromRadio()
         fromRadio.ParseFromString(fromRadioBytes)
-        #logging.debug(f"fromRadioBytes: {fromRadioBytes}")
+        logging.debug(f"in mesh_interface.py _handleFromRadio() fromRadioBytes: {fromRadioBytes}")
         asDict = google.protobuf.json_format.MessageToDict(fromRadio)
         logging.debug(f"Received from radio: {fromRadio}")
         if fromRadio.HasField("my_info"):
@@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ class MeshInterface:
 
             self.nodesByNum[node["num"]] = node
             if "user" in node:  # Some nodes might not have user/ids assigned yet
-                self.nodes[node["user"]["id"]] = node
+                if "id" in node["user"]:
+                    self.nodes[node["user"]["id"]] = node
             publishingThread.queueWork(lambda: pub.sendMessage("meshtastic.node.updated",
                                                                node=node, interface=self))
         elif fromRadio.config_complete_id == self.configId:
diff --git a/meshtastic/tests/test_mesh_interface.py b/meshtastic/tests/test_mesh_interface.py
index 27c2f4e..78225be 100644
--- a/meshtastic/tests/test_mesh_interface.py
+++ b/meshtastic/tests/test_mesh_interface.py
@@ -182,3 +182,36 @@ def test_handleFromRadio_with_node_info(reset_globals, caplog, capsys):
         assert re.search(r'│ !28af67cc │ N/A   │ N/A         │ N/A', out, re.MULTILINE)
         assert err == ''
         iface.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_handleFromRadio_with_node_info_tbeam1(reset_globals, caplog, capsys):
+    """Test _handleFromRadio with node_info"""
+    # Note: Captured the '--debug --info' for the bytes below.
+    from_radio_bytes = b'"=\x08\x80\xf8\xc8\xf6\x07\x12"\n\t!7ed23c00\x12\x07TBeam 1\x1a\x02T1"\x06\x94\xb9~\xd2<\x000\x04\x1a\x07 ]MN\x01\xbea%\xad\x01\xbea=\x00\x00,A'
+    iface = MeshInterface(noProto=True)
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG):
+        iface._startConfig()
+        iface._handleFromRadio(from_radio_bytes)
+        assert re.search(r'Received nodeinfo', caplog.text, re.MULTILINE)
+        assert re.search(r'TBeam 1', caplog.text, re.MULTILINE)
+        assert re.search(r'2127707136', caplog.text, re.MULTILINE)
+        # validate some of showNodes() output
+        iface.showNodes()
+        out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+        assert re.search(r' 1 ', out, re.MULTILINE)
+        assert re.search(r'│ TBeam 1 │ ', out, re.MULTILINE)
+        assert re.search(r'│ !7ed23c00 │', out, re.MULTILINE)
+        assert err == ''
+        iface.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_handleFromRadio_with_node_info_tbeam_with_bad_data(reset_globals, caplog, capsys):
+    """Test _handleFromRadio with node_info with some bad data (issue#172) - ensure we do not throw exception"""
+    # Note: Captured the '--debug --info' for the bytes below.
+    from_radio_bytes = b'"\x17\x08\xdc\x8a\x8a\xae\x02\x12\x08"\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x1a\x00=\x00\x00\xb8@'
+    iface = MeshInterface(noProto=True)
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG):
+        iface._startConfig()
+        iface._handleFromRadio(from_radio_bytes)