diff --git a/src/shower.cpp b/src/shower.cpp
index eba5afff0..bc826be5e 100644
--- a/src/shower.cpp
+++ b/src/shower.cpp
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ void Shower::send_mqtt_stat(bool state) {
         return;
     }
 
-    // char s[7];
-    // Mqtt::publish(F("shower_active"), Helpers::render_boolean(s, state));
+    char s[7];
+    Mqtt::publish(F("shower_active"), Helpers::render_boolean(s, state)); // https://github.com/proddy/EMS-ESP/issues/369
 
     // if we're in HA mode make sure we've first sent out the HA MQTT Discovery config topic
     if ((Mqtt::ha_enabled()) && (!ha_configdone_)) {