diff --git a/src/module/common/query/useGetIPCountry.ts b/src/module/common/query/useGetIPCountry.ts
index 0cd51c412..d8fbc10d8 100644
--- a/src/module/common/query/useGetIPCountry.ts
+++ b/src/module/common/query/useGetIPCountry.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useQuery } from "react-query";
 import { QueryResult } from "query-utils";
 import Queries from "../../../query/queries";
 import { useNetInfo } from "@react-native-community/netinfo";
+import { Alert } from "react-native";
 
 export type CoinPrice = Record<string, string | undefined>;
 
@@ -14,10 +15,11 @@ export const useGetIPCountry = (): QueryResult<string | undefined> & { isEnabled
             [Queries.GET_COUNTRY_BY_IP, netInfo],
             async () => {
                 try {
-                    const ip = await (await fetch(`https://api.ipify.org`)).text(); // Unlimited usage
+                    const { ip } = await (await fetch(`https://api.ipify.org?format=json`)).json(); // Unlimited usage
                     const geoIpInfo = await (await fetch(`http://ip-api.com/json/${ip}`)).json(); // 45 requests per minute
                     return geoIpInfo?.countryCode;
-                } catch (e) {
+                } catch (e: any) {
+                    Alert.alert("Error", e.message);
                     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
                     console.warn("Error loading IP geo info", JSON.stringify(e));
                     return undefined;