diff --git a/SMSubServer.cpp b/SMSubServer.cpp
index aa1cf6e..20a5672 100644
--- a/SMSubServer.cpp
+++ b/SMSubServer.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ bool SMSubServer::messageReceived(QObject *socket, const QByteArray &message)
 #ifdef BOOST_JSON
                 boost::json::object object;
                 object["type"] = "status";
-                object["status"] = status ? "on" : "off";
+                object["status"] = status;
                 object["start"] = startTime;
                 object["stop"] = stopTime;
                 const std::string json = boost::json::serialize(object) + '\n';
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ bool SMSubServer::messageReceived(QObject *socket, const QByteArray &message)
 #else
                 QJsonObject object;
                 object["type"] = "status";
-                object["status"] = status ? "on" : "off";
+                object["status"] = status;
                 object["start"] = startTime;
                 object["stop"] = stopTime;
                 sendMessage(socket, QJsonDocument(object).toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact) + '\n');
@@ -371,14 +371,14 @@ void SMSubServer::statusUpdated(const bool status_, const qint64 time)
 #ifdef BOOST_JSON
                     boost::json::object object;
                     object["type"] = "status";
-                    object["status"] = status ? "on" : "off";
+                    object["status"] = status;
                     object["start"] = startTime;
                     object["stop"] = stopTime;
                     json_output = QByteArray::fromStdString(boost::json::serialize(object) + '\n');
 #else
                     QJsonObject object;
                     object["type"] = "status";
-                    object["status"] = status ? "on" : "off";
+                    object["status"] = status;
                     object["start"] = startTime;
                     object["stop"] = stopTime;
                     json_output = QJsonDocument(object).toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact) + '\n';