diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 0be31f89..f7086d9f 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 * PyPI 1.12.9
 * Add graceful handling of issue where urllib3 v2.0 causes `ImportError: urllib3 v2.0 only supports OpenSSL 1.1.1+` error. See https://github.com/jasonacox/tinytuya/issues/377.
+* Fix bug in Cloud getdevices() that can error with older `devices.json` versions as raised in https://github.com/jasonacox/tinytuya/issues/381
 
 ## v1.12.8 - Device DP Mapping
 
diff --git a/tinytuya/Cloud.py b/tinytuya/Cloud.py
index d5c2869c..249d80ee 100644
--- a/tinytuya/Cloud.py
+++ b/tinytuya/Cloud.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def getdevices(self, verbose=False, oldlist=[], include_map=False):
         changed_devices = []
         unchanged_devices = []
 
-        # chect to see if anything has changed.  if so, re-download factory-infos and DP mapping
+        # check to see if anything has changed.  if so, re-download factory-infos and DP mapping
         for dev in devs:
             dev_id = dev['id']
             if dev_id not in old_devices:
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def getdevices(self, verbose=False, oldlist=[], include_map=False):
                 continue
             is_same = True
             for k in DEVICEFILE_SAVE_VALUES:
-                if k in dev and k != 'icon' and k != 'last_ip' and old[k] != dev[k]:
+                if k in dev and k != 'icon' and k != 'last_ip' and (k not in old or old[k] != dev[k]):
                     is_same = False
                     break
             if not is_same: