diff --git a/bbs.c b/bbs.c
index 8f800cf..8005e29 100644
--- a/bbs.c
+++ b/bbs.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void broadcast(char *mess, ...) {
 	
 	
 	
-	if (conf.broadcast_enable) {
+	if (conf.broadcast_enable && conf.broadcast_port > 1024 && conf.broadcast_port < 65536 && conf.broadcast_address != NULL) {
 		bcast_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
 		ret=setsockopt(bcast_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, &broadcastEnable, sizeof(broadcastEnable));
 		
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index f12880b..574c058 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -853,6 +853,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	conf.archiver_path = NULL;
 	conf.archiver_count = 0;
 	conf.broadcast_enable = 0;
+	conf.broadcast_port = 0;
+	conf.broadcast_address = NULL;
 	
 	// Load BBS data
 	if (ini_parse(argv[1], handler, &conf) <0) {