diff --git a/src/MyESP.cpp b/src/MyESP.cpp
index 018408143..7e0fee31f 100644
--- a/src/MyESP.cpp
+++ b/src/MyESP.cpp
@@ -1905,15 +1905,16 @@ bool MyESP::_fs_loadConfig() {
     _mqtt_keepalive  = mqtt["keepalive"] | MQTT_KEEPALIVE;
     _mqtt_retain     = mqtt["retain"];
     _mqtt_qos        = mqtt["qos"] | MQTT_QOS;
-    _mqtt_nestedjson = mqtt["nestedjson"]; // default to on
+    _mqtt_nestedjson = mqtt["nestedjson"] | true; // default to on
     _mqtt_password   = strdup(mqtt["password"] | "");
     _mqtt_base       = strdup(mqtt["base"] | MQTT_BASE_DEFAULT);
 
     JsonObject ntp = doc["ntp"];
     _ntp_server    = strdup(ntp["server"] | "");
     _ntp_interval  = ntp["interval"] | 60;
-    if (_ntp_interval < 2)
+    if (_ntp_interval < 2) {
         _ntp_interval = NTP_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
+    }
     _ntp_enabled  = ntp["enabled"];
     _ntp_timezone = ntp["timezone"] | NTP_TIMEZONE_DEFAULT;
 
@@ -2575,7 +2576,7 @@ bool MyESP::_fs_sendConfig() {
 
 // send custom status via ws
 void MyESP::_sendCustomStatus() {
-    DynamicJsonDocument doc(MYESP_JSON_MAXSIZE_MEDIUM);
+    DynamicJsonDocument doc(MYESP_JSON_MAXSIZE_LARGE);
 
     JsonObject root = doc.to<JsonObject>();
 
@@ -2591,7 +2592,7 @@ void MyESP::_sendCustomStatus() {
         (_web_callback_f)(root);
     }
 
-    char   buffer[MYESP_JSON_MAXSIZE_MEDIUM];
+    char   buffer[MYESP_JSON_MAXSIZE_LARGE];
     size_t len = serializeJson(root, buffer);
 
 #ifdef MYESP_DEBUG
diff --git a/src/MyESP.h b/src/MyESP.h
index c8b755db6..affe0af42 100644
--- a/src/MyESP.h
+++ b/src/MyESP.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef MyESP_h
 #define MyESP_h
 
-#define MYESP_VERSION "1.2.29"
+#define MYESP_VERSION "1.2.30"
 
 #include <ArduinoJson.h>
 #include <ArduinoOTA.h>
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 488ad62e4..c9f9494e7 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define APP_VERSION "1.9.5b41"
+#define APP_VERSION "1.9.5b42"