diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c006218..879be8a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.6
+0.7.7
diff --git a/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py b/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
index c9d362b..680643f 100755
--- a/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
+++ b/edge-monitoring/agent_modem/edge_monitoring_agent_modem.py
@@ -429,22 +429,43 @@
     logging.info("Number of cycles since modem restart %i",cycles)
 
     try:
+        interface = None
+        report_via_modem = "report_in_band" in CONF._fields and CONF.report_in_band and \
+            "iface" in CONF.modem._fields and CONF.modem.iface
+        report_via_given_iface = "report_iface" in CONF._fields and CONF.report_iface
+
         c = pycurl.Curl()
         c.setopt(pycurl.URL, CONF.report_url)
         c.setopt(pycurl.POST, True)
         c.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json'])
         c.setopt(pycurl.TIMEOUT, 10)
         c.setopt(pycurl.POSTFIELDS, json.dumps(report))
-        if "report_in_band" in CONF._fields and CONF.report_in_band and \
-           "iface" in CONF.modem._fields and CONF.modem.iface:
-           c.setopt(pycurl.INTERFACE, CONF.modem.iface)
-        elif "report_iface" in CONF._fields and CONF.report_iface:
-           c.setopt(pycurl.INTERFACE, CONF.report_iface)
         c.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, lambda x: None) # don't output to console
-        c.perform()
+
+        if report_via_modem: # report in-band
+            interface = CONF.modem.iface
+            c.setopt(pycurl.INTERFACE, interface)
+        elif report_via_given_iface: # report over given interface
+            interface = CONF.report_iface
+            c.setopt(pycurl.INTERFACE, interface)
+        # else, reports over default interface
+
+        try:
+            c.perform()
+            logging.info("Report sent via " + interface + "!")
+        except Exception as e:
+            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) + ".")
+                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))
         c.close()
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error("Failed to send report: " + str(e))
+        c.close()
 
     time.sleep(CONF.report_interval)