diff --git a/src/analogsensor.cpp b/src/analogsensor.cpp
index fcb051839..fce90371d 100644
--- a/src/analogsensor.cpp
+++ b/src/analogsensor.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ bool AnalogSensor::get_value_info(JsonObject output, const char * cmd, const int
             // if we're filtering on an attribute, go find it
             if (attribute_s) {
                 if (output.containsKey(attribute_s)) {
-                    JsonVariant data = output[attribute_s];
+                    String data = output[attribute_s].as<String>();
                     output.clear();
                     output["api_data"] = data;
                     return true;
diff --git a/src/console.cpp b/src/console.cpp
index 1d642dfee..74c2af440 100644
--- a/src/console.cpp
+++ b/src/console.cpp
@@ -533,15 +533,8 @@ static void setup_commands(std::shared_ptr<Commands> & commands) {
 
             if (return_code == CommandRet::OK && json.size()) {
                 if (json.containsKey("api_data")) {
-                    JsonVariant data = json["api_data"];
-                    if (data.is<int>()) {
-                        shell.printfln("%d", data.as<int>());
-                    } else if (data.is<float>()) {
-                        char s[10];
-                        shell.println(Helpers::render_value(s, data.as<float>(), 1));
-                    } else {
-                        shell.println(data.as<const char *>());
-                    }
+                    String data = json["api_data"].as<String>();
+                    shell.println(data.c_str());
                     return;
                 }
                 serializeJsonPretty(doc, shell);
diff --git a/src/emsdevice.cpp b/src/emsdevice.cpp
index 8a84655d9..d548734d4 100644
--- a/src/emsdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/emsdevice.cpp
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ bool EMSdevice::get_value_info(JsonObject output, const char * cmd, const int8_t
                 EMSESP::logger().debug("Attribute '%s'", attribute_s);
 #endif
                 if (json.containsKey(attribute_s)) {
-                    JsonVariant data = json[attribute_s];
+                    String data = json[attribute_s].as<String>();
                     output.clear();
                     output["api_data"] = data;
                     return true;
diff --git a/src/temperaturesensor.cpp b/src/temperaturesensor.cpp
index 359403736..4e3c268e5 100644
--- a/src/temperaturesensor.cpp
+++ b/src/temperaturesensor.cpp
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ bool TemperatureSensor::get_value_info(JsonObject output, const char * cmd, cons
             // if we're filtering on an attribute, go find it
             if (attribute_s) {
                 if (output.containsKey(attribute_s)) {
-                    JsonVariant data = output[attribute_s];
+                    String data = output[attribute_s].as<String>();
                     output.clear();
                     output["api_data"] = data;
                     return true;
diff --git a/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp b/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
index 8993fb56a..e2e311c01 100644
--- a/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ void WebAPIService::parse(AsyncWebServerRequest * request, JsonObject input) {
     // if we're returning single values, just sent as plain text
     // https://github.com/emsesp/EMS-ESP32/issues/462#issuecomment-1093877210
     if (output.containsKey("api_data")) {
-        JsonVariant data = output["api_data"];
-        request->send(200, "text/plain; charset=utf-8", data.as<String>());
+        String data = output["api_data"].as<String>();
+        request->send(200, "text/plain; charset=utf-8", data);
         api_count_++;
         delete response;
         return;
diff --git a/src/web/WebCustomEntityService.cpp b/src/web/WebCustomEntityService.cpp
index 9f329474b..87623df46 100644
--- a/src/web/WebCustomEntityService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebCustomEntityService.cpp
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ bool WebCustomEntityService::get_value_info(JsonObject output, const char * cmd)
             render_value(output, entity, true);
             if (attribute_s) {
                 if (output.containsKey(attribute_s)) {
-                    JsonVariant data = output[attribute_s];
+                    String data = output[attribute_s].as<String>();
                     output.clear();
                     output["api_data"] = data;
                     return true;
diff --git a/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp b/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
index a2a2a40e1..b7fd19d74 100644
--- a/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ bool WebSchedulerService::get_value_info(JsonObject output, const char * cmd) {
         attribute_s = breakp + 1;
     }
 
-    JsonVariant data;
     for (const ScheduleItem & scheduleItem : *scheduleItems) {
         if (Helpers::toLower(scheduleItem.name) == Helpers::toLower(command_s)) {
             output["name"] = scheduleItem.name;
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ bool WebSchedulerService::get_value_info(JsonObject output, const char * cmd) {
     }
 
     if (attribute_s && output.containsKey(attribute_s)) {
-        data = output[attribute_s];
+        String data = output[attribute_s].as<String>();
         output.clear();
         output["api_data"] = data;
     }