diff --git a/src/console.cpp b/src/console.cpp
index 677fd1986..ca700c819 100644
--- a/src/console.cpp
+++ b/src/console.cpp
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static void setup_commands(std::shared_ptr<Commands> & commands) {
             if (return_code == CommandRet::OK) {
                 if (json.size()) {
                     if (json["api_data"].is<std::string>()) {
-                        String data = json["api_data"];
+                        std::string data = json["api_data"];
                         shell.println(data.c_str());
                         return;
                     }
diff --git a/src/emsdevice.cpp b/src/emsdevice.cpp
index 863b455fd..213f52ac3 100644
--- a/src/emsdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/emsdevice.cpp
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ bool EMSdevice::generate_values(JsonObject output, const int8_t tag_filter, cons
             }
 
             // do not overwrite
-            if (json[name].is<const char *>()) {
+            if (json[name].is<JsonVariantConst>()) {
 #if defined(EMSESP_DEBUG)
                 EMSESP::logger().debug("warning: double json key: %s", name);
 #endif