diff --git a/src/rpi-cpu2mqtt.py b/src/rpi-cpu2mqtt.py
index 286b327..11dffc6 100644
--- a/src/rpi-cpu2mqtt.py
+++ b/src/rpi-cpu2mqtt.py
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ def check_git_update():
     full_cmd = "git remote update && git status -uno"
     git_update = subprocess.Popen(full_cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].decode("utf-8")
     if 'Your branch is up to date' in git_update:
-        git_update = 0
+        git_update = 'off'
     else:
-        git_update = 1
+        git_update = 'on'
         
     return(git_update)