diff --git a/perl5/PVE/Storage/LunCmd/FreeNAS.pm b/perl5/PVE/Storage/LunCmd/FreeNAS.pm
index 08786b4..e1309cb 100644
--- a/perl5/PVE/Storage/LunCmd/FreeNAS.pm
+++ b/perl5/PVE/Storage/LunCmd/FreeNAS.pm
@@ -395,11 +395,13 @@ sub freenas_api_check {
             $result = decode_json($freenas_rest_connection->responseContent());
         };
         if ($@) {
-            $result->{'fullversion'} = $freenas_rest_connection->responseContent();
-            $result->{'fullversion'} =~ s/^"//g;
+            $result = $freenas_rest_connection->responseContent();
+        } else {
+            $result = $freenas_rest_connection->responseContent();
         }
-        syslog("info", (caller(0))[3] . " : successful : Server version: " . $result->{'fullversion'});
-        $result->{'fullversion'} =~ s/^((?!\-\d).*)\-(\d+)\.(\d+)\-([A-Za-z]*)(?(?=\-)\-(\d*)\-(\d*)|(\d?)\.?(\d?))//;
+        $result =~ s/^"//g;
+        syslog("info", (caller(0))[3] . " : successful : Server version: " . $result);
+        $result =~ s/^((?!\-\d).*)\-(\d+)\.(\d+)\-([A-Za-z]*)(?(?=\-)\-(\d*)\-(\d*)|(\d?)\.?(\d?))//;
         $product_name = $1;
         my $freenas_version = sprintf("%02d%02d%02d%02d", $2, $3 || 0, $7 || 0, $8 || 0);
         syslog("info", (caller(0))[3] . " : ". $product_name . " Unformatted Version: " . $freenas_version);