diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d730c65..0c987f0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,25 @@ install(EXPORT ${MYNTEYE_NAME}-targets
 
 find_package(CUDA QUIET)
 
+macro(set_default_value VARIABLE DEFAULT)
+  if(NOT ${VARIABLE})
+    set(${VARIABLE} ${DEFAULT})
+  endif()
+endmacro()
+
+set_default_value(GCC_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
+set_default_value(GCC_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set_default_value(CUDA_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
+set_default_value(CUDA_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set_default_value(OpenCV_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
+set_default_value(OpenCV_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set_default_value(OpenCV_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set_default_value(OpenCV_VERSION_TWEAK 0)
+set_default_value(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
+set_default_value(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set_default_value(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set_default_value(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_TWEAK 0)
+
 configure_file(
   cmake/templates/build.info.in
   build.info @ONLY
diff --git a/src/api/api.cc b/src/api/api.cc
index f56582e..dee1974 100644
--- a/src/api/api.cc
+++ b/src/api/api.cc
@@ -301,9 +301,13 @@ void API::Start(const Source &source) {
   if (source == Source::VIDEO_STREAMING) {
 #ifdef WITH_FILESYSTEM
     if (!synthetic_->HasPlugin()) {
-      auto &&plugin_paths = get_plugin_paths();
-      if (plugin_paths.size() > 0) {
-        EnablePlugin(plugin_paths[0]);
+      try {
+        auto &&plugin_paths = get_plugin_paths();
+        if (plugin_paths.size() > 0) {
+          EnablePlugin(plugin_paths[0]);
+        }
+      } catch (...) {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "Incorrect yaml format: build.info";
       }
     }
 #endif