diff --git a/pyicloud/base.py b/pyicloud/base.py
index c7becd5..e700c73 100644
--- a/pyicloud/base.py
+++ b/pyicloud/base.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class PyiCloudService(object):
         if 'dsInfo' in resp:
             dsid = resp['dsInfo']['dsid']
             self.params.update({'dsid': dsid})
-        instance = resp['instance']
+        instance = resp.get('instance', uuid.uuid4().hex)
         sha = hashlib.sha1(self.user.get('apple_id') + instance)
         self.params.update({'id': sha.hexdigest().upper()})
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b7bda01..139a6b7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ with open('requirements.txt') as f:
 
 setup(
     name='pyicloud',
-    version='0.2',
+    version='0.2.1',
     url='https://github.com/picklepete/pyicloud',
     description=(
         'PyiCloud is a module which allows pythonistas to '