diff --git a/hugvey/client.py b/hugvey/client.py
index 8ba7f05..01d5f62 100644
--- a/hugvey/client.py
+++ b/hugvey/client.py
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ import socket
 import threading
 import time
 import yaml
-import alsaaudio
 import zmq
 from zmq.asyncio import Context
 
+try:
+	import alsaaudio
+except ImportError:
+	print("No volume settings available")
+
 from .communication import zmqReceive, zmqSend, getTopic
 import subprocess
 
@@ -239,8 +243,14 @@ class Hugvey(object):
 
     def getId(self) -> int:
         """Get Hugvey ID from hostname"""
-        h = socket.gethostname()
-        return int(re.findall('\d+', h )[0])
+        try:
+            h = socket.gethostname()
+            id = int(re.findall('\d+', h )[0])
+        except Exception:
+            logger.critical("No automatic ID, fall back to 1")
+            id = 1
+
+        return id
 
     def loadConfig(self, filename):
         with open(filename, 'r') as fp:
@@ -253,7 +263,7 @@ class Hugvey(object):
     def start(self):
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
         
-        if self.config['voice']['play_device']:
+        if self.config['voice']['play_device'] and 'alsaaudio' in sys.modules:
             alsaaudio.Mixer(self.config['voice']['play_device']).setvolume(self.config['voice']['play_volume'])
         
         self.voice_server = VoiceServer(