diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index dda6d7e..95eb8dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x, 22.x, 24.x]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2c12c9b..5618d73 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class TuyaDevice extends EventEmitter {
    * @example
    * // get all available data from device
    * tuya.get({schema: true}).then(data => console.log(data))
-   * @returns {Promise<Boolean|Object>}
+   * @returns {Promise<Boolean|undefined|Object>}
    * returns boolean if single property is requested, otherwise returns object of results
    */
   async get(options = {}) {
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class TuyaDevice extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     // Return first property by default
-    return data.dps['1'];
+    return data.dps ? data.dps['1'] : undefined;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -525,8 +525,10 @@ class TuyaDevice extends EventEmitter {
     // Send ping
     this.client.write(buffer);
     if (this.globalOptions.issueRefreshOnPing) {
-      this.refresh();
-      this.get();
+      this.refresh().then(() => this.get()).catch(error => {
+        debug('Error refreshing/getting on ping: ' + error);
+        this.emit('error', error);
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -1016,12 +1018,25 @@ class TuyaDevice extends EventEmitter {
         dataRes = parser.parse(message)[0];
       } catch (error) {
         debug(error);
-        reject(error);
+
+        const devParser = new MessageParser({key: this.device.key, version: this.device.version});
+        try {
+          dataRes = devParser.parse(message)[0];
+        } catch (devError) {
+          debug(devError);
+          reject(error);
+          return;
+        }
       }
 
       debug('UDP data:');
       debug(dataRes);
 
+      if (typeof dataRes.payload === 'string') {
+        debug('Received string payload. Ignoring.');
+        return;
+      }
+
       const thisID = dataRes.payload.gwId;
       const thisIP = dataRes.payload.ip;
 
@@ -1048,7 +1063,7 @@ class TuyaDevice extends EventEmitter {
         this.device.id = dataRes.payload.gwId;
         this.device.gwID = dataRes.payload.gwId;
 
-        // Change product key if neccessary
+        // Change product key if necessary
         this.device.productKey = dataRes.payload.productKey;
 
         // Change protocol version if necessary
diff --git a/lib/cipher.js b/lib/cipher.js
index ddac1d0..7a4ebbc 100644
--- a/lib/cipher.js
+++ b/lib/cipher.js
@@ -112,17 +112,19 @@ class TuyaCipher {
   }
 
   /**
-  * Decrypts data.
-  * @param {String|Buffer} data to decrypt
-  * @returns {Object|String}
-  * returns object if data is JSON, else returns string
-  */
-  decrypt(data) {
-    if (this.version === '3.4') {
+   * Decrypts data.
+   * @param {String|Buffer} data to decrypt
+   * @param {String} [version] protocol version
+   * @returns {Object|String}
+   * returns object if data is JSON, else returns string
+   */
+  decrypt(data, version) {
+    version = version || this.version;
+    if (version === '3.4') {
       return this._decrypt34(data);
     }
 
-    if (this.version === '3.5') {
+    if (version === '3.5') {
       return this._decrypt35(data);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/message-parser.js b/lib/message-parser.js
index 371df00..37a74cf 100644
--- a/lib/message-parser.js
+++ b/lib/message-parser.js
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ class MessageParser {
     let sequenceN;
     let commandByte;
     let payloadSize;
+    let overwriteVersion;
 
     if (suffix === 0x0000AA55) {
       // Get sequence number
@@ -154,6 +155,9 @@ class MessageParser {
         throw new TypeError(`Packet missing payload: payload has length ${payloadSize}.`);
       }
     } else if (suffix === 0x00009966) {
+      // When this suffix comes in we should have 3.5 version
+      overwriteVersion = '3.5';
+
       // Get sequence number
       sequenceN = buffer.readUInt32BE(6);
 
@@ -167,6 +171,8 @@ class MessageParser {
       if (buffer.length - 8 < payloadSize) {
         throw new TypeError(`Packet missing payload: payload has length ${payloadSize}.`);
       }
+    } else {
+      throw new TypeError(`Suffix does not match: ${buffer.toString('hex')}`); // Should never happen
     }
 
     const packageFromDiscovery = (
@@ -183,7 +189,7 @@ class MessageParser {
     // Get the payload
     // Adjust for messages lacking a return code
     let payload;
-    if (this.version === '3.5') {
+    if (overwriteVersion === '3.5' || this.version === '3.5') {
       payload = buffer.slice(HEADER_SIZE_3_5, HEADER_SIZE_3_5 + payloadSize);
       sequenceN = buffer.slice(6, 10).readUInt32BE();
       commandByte = buffer.slice(10, 14).readUInt32BE();
@@ -222,17 +228,18 @@ class MessageParser {
       }
     }
 
-    return {payload, leftover, commandByte, sequenceN};
+    return {payload, leftover, commandByte, sequenceN, version: overwriteVersion || this.version};
   }
 
   /**
    * Attempts to decode a given payload into
    * an object or string.
    * @param {Buffer} data to decode
+   * @param {String} version of protocol
    * @returns {Object|String}
    * object if payload is JSON, otherwise string
    */
-  getPayload(data) {
+  getPayload(data, version) {
     if (data.length === 0) {
       return false;
     }
@@ -243,13 +250,13 @@ class MessageParser {
         throw new Error('Missing key or version in constructor.');
       }
 
-      data = this.cipher.decrypt(data);
+      data = this.cipher.decrypt(data, version);
     } catch (_) {
       data = data.toString('utf8');
     }
 
     // Incoming 3.5 data isn't 0 because of iv and tag so check size after
-    if (this.version === '3.5') {
+    if (version === '3.5') {
       if (data.length === 0) {
         return false;
       }
@@ -279,7 +286,7 @@ class MessageParser {
   parseRecursive(buffer, packets) {
     const result = this.parsePacket(buffer);
 
-    result.payload = this.getPayload(result.payload);
+    result.payload = this.getPayload(result.payload, result.version);
 
     packets.push(result);
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2f8de0c..91a3199 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "7.7.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "debug": "^4.3.7",
+        "debug": "^4.4.0",
         "p-queue": "6.6.2",
         "p-retry": "4.6.2",
         "p-timeout": "3.2.0"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "clone": "2.1.2",
         "coveralls": "3.1.1",
         "delay": "4.4.1",
-        "documentation": "^14.0.0",
+        "documentation": "^14.0.3",
         "nyc": "15.1.0",
         "xo": "0.25.4"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8f7312..81195a4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/codetheweb/tuyapi#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "debug": "^4.3.7",
+    "debug": "^4.4.0",
     "p-queue": "6.6.2",
     "p-retry": "4.6.2",
     "p-timeout": "3.2.0"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "clone": "2.1.2",
     "coveralls": "3.1.1",
     "delay": "4.4.1",
-    "documentation": "^14.0.0",
+    "documentation": "^14.0.3",
     "nyc": "15.1.0",
     "xo": "0.25.4"
   },