diff --git a/unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs b/unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs
index 35937f4..788f3fe 100644
--- a/unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs
+++ b/unity_package/Runtime/VELConnectManager.cs
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ namespace VELConnect
 
 		private void Awake()
 		{
+			velConnectUrl = velConnectUrl.TrimEnd('/');
 			if (instance != null) Debug.LogError("VELConnectManager instance already exists", this);
 			instance = this;
 			deviceId = CreateDeviceId();
@@ -259,7 +260,6 @@ namespace VELConnect
 					{
 						state = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<State>(json);
 						if (state == null) return;
-						if (state.room == null) return;
 
 						bool isInitialState = false;
 
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ namespace VELConnect
 						}
 
 						// if (state.room.modified_by != DeviceId && state.room.data != null)
-						if (state.room.data != null)
+						if (state.room?.data != null)
 						{
 							foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> elem in state.room.data)
 							{
@@ -686,6 +686,11 @@ namespace VELConnect
 			);
 		}
 
+		public static void SetUserData(string key, string value)
+		{
+			SetUserData(new Dictionary<string, string> { { key, value } });
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Sets the 'data' object of the Device table
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/unity_package/package.json b/unity_package/package.json
index 6f33f5b..5473e89 100644
--- a/unity_package/package.json
+++ b/unity_package/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "edu.uga.engr.vel.vel-connect",
   "displayName": "VEL-Connect",
-  "version": "4.0.5",
+  "version": "4.0.6",
   "unity": "2019.1",
   "description": "Web-based configuration for VR applications",
   "keywords": [],
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
   "samples": [],
   "dependencies": {
     "com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json": "3.0.0",
-    "edu.uga.engr.vel.velnet": "1.1.8"
+    "edu.uga.engr.vel.velnet": "1.3.8"
   }
 }