diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a48658c..a597e4f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.13
+0.7.14
diff --git a/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py b/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
index 0fe16d0..c1a8042 100755
--- a/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
+++ b/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from collections import namedtuple
 from statistics import median
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import traceback
 
 '''
 "Simple" script that checks Aether network operational status periodically
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@
     else: # run default user plane test
         try:
             subprocess.check_output(
-                "ping -c 3 " + CONF.ips.dns + ">/dev/null 2>&1",
+                "ping -I {} -c 3 {} >/dev/null 2>&1".format(CONF.modem.iface, CONF.ips.dns),
                 shell=True)
             return None, True
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
@@ -223,9 +224,8 @@
         return result, True
     try:
         logging.debug("Pinging {}".format(ip))
-        pingOutput = subprocess.check_output(
-                    "ping -c " + str(count) + " " + \
-                    ip, shell=True).decode("UTF-8").split()
+        pingCmd = "ping -I {} -c {} {}".format(CONF.modem.iface, str(count), ip)
+        pingOutput = subprocess.check_output(pingCmd, shell=True).decode("UTF-8").split()
         result['transmitted'] = int(pingOutput[-15])
         result['received'] = int(pingOutput[-12])
         if result['received'] > 0:
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@
             return result, False
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error("Ping test failed for " + ip + ": %s", e)
+        traceback.print_exc()
         return result, False
     return result, True
 
@@ -353,8 +354,8 @@
     rsrq = int(tmp_rsrq.strip())
     rsrp = int(tmp_rsrp.strip().split(' ')[0])
     result = {
-        'rsrq': 0 if rsrq is 255 else rsrq,
-        'rsrp': 0 if rsrp is 255 else rsrp
+        'rsrq': 0 if rsrq == 255 else rsrq,
+        'rsrp': 0 if rsrp == 255 else rsrp
     }
 
     return result
@@ -486,14 +487,16 @@
             c.perform()
             logging.info("Report sent via " + interface + "!")
         except Exception as e:
+            logging.error("Failed to send report in-band: " + str(e))
+            counters['report_send_error'] += 1
             if report_via_modem and report_via_given_iface:
-                logging.warning("Sending report via modem failed. Attempting to send report via " + str(CONF.report_iface) + ".")
+                logging.warning("Attempting to send report via " + str(CONF.report_iface) + ".")
                 interface = CONF.report_iface
                 c.setopt(pycurl.INTERFACE, interface)
                 c.perform()
                 logging.info("Report sent via " + interface + "!")
             else:
-                logging.error("Failed to send report: " + str(e))
+                logging.error("Failed to send report out-of-band: " + str(e))
         c.close()
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error("Failed to send report: " + str(e))
@@ -535,15 +538,22 @@
         'modem_cesq_error': 0,
         'dry_run_ping_error': 0,
         'ping_error': 0,
-        'iperf_error': 0
+        'iperf_error': 0,
+        'report_send_error': 0
     }
 
+def clear_counters(counters):
+    for x in counters:
+        counters[x] = 0
+
 def main():
     global cycles
     global hour_iperf_scheduled_time_last_ran
     cycles = 0
     hour_iperf_scheduled_time_last_ran = -1
 
+    counters = init_counters()
+
     try:
         if "report_in_band" in CONF._fields and \
         "iface" in CONF.modem._fields and CONF.modem.iface:
@@ -576,7 +586,6 @@
         modem = None
 
     connect_retries = 0
-    counters = init_counters()
     while True:
         dongle_retries = 0
         dongle_stats = get_dongle_stats(counters)
@@ -619,6 +628,7 @@
         speedtest_iperf = iperf_test(counters)
 
         report_status(counters, signal_quality, dongle_stats, cp_state, up_state, ping_latency, speedtest_iperf)
+        counters = clear_counters(counters)
         time.sleep(CONF.report_interval)
 
     modem.close()