diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index acf3d0eb..45f50f72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Removed
 
 ### Fixed
+- Parse error in `library_properties.rb`
+- Missing include of `IPAddress.h` in `Client.h`
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/SampleProjects/NetworkLib/test/client.cpp b/SampleProjects/NetworkLib/test/client.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e740c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SampleProjects/NetworkLib/test/client.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <ArduinoUnitTests.h>
+// test for including <Client.h> without <Arduino.h>
+#include <Client.h>
+
+unittest(test) { assertTrue(true); }
+
+unittest_main()
diff --git a/SampleProjects/TestSomething/library.properties b/SampleProjects/TestSomething/library.properties
index 1007bf5f..dba573f5 100644
--- a/SampleProjects/TestSomething/library.properties
+++ b/SampleProjects/TestSomething/library.properties
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ version=0.1.0
 author=Ian Katz <ianfixes@gmail.com>
 maintainer=Ian Katz <ianfixes@gmail.com>
 sentence=Arduino CI unit test example
-paragraph=A skeleton library demonstrating CI and unit tests
+paragraph=A skeleton library demonstrating CI and unit tests. NOTE THAT THE EXTRA BLANK LINE AT THE END OF THIS FILE IS INTENTIONAL TO TEST A PARSE ERROR (#224)!
 category=Other
 url=https://github.com/Arduino-CI/arduino_ci/SampleProjects/TestSomething
 architectures=avr,esp8266
 includes=test-something.h
+
diff --git a/cpp/arduino/Client.h b/cpp/arduino/Client.h
index b08e183e..154e618d 100644
--- a/cpp/arduino/Client.h
+++ b/cpp/arduino/Client.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <Stream.h>
+#include <IPAddress.h>
 
 class Client : public Stream {
 public:
diff --git a/lib/arduino_ci/library_properties.rb b/lib/arduino_ci/library_properties.rb
index 1a080713..cc3be974 100644
--- a/lib/arduino_ci/library_properties.rb
+++ b/lib/arduino_ci/library_properties.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class LibraryProperties
     def initialize(path)
       @fields = {}
       File.foreach(path) do |line|
-        parts = line.split("=", 2)
+        parts = line.strip.split("=", 2)  # check for empty on next line fails if there is a newline (#224)
         @fields[parts[0]] = parts[1].chomp unless parts.empty?
       end
     end