diff --git a/custom_components/mega/entities.py b/custom_components/mega/entities.py
index a0603e8..ebdb370 100644
--- a/custom_components/mega/entities.py
+++ b/custom_components/mega/entities.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class MegaOutPort(MegaPushEntity):
                     self.mega.lg.warning(f'{self.entity_id}: {val} is not a dict')
                     return
                 _val = val.get(self.addr, val.get(self.addr.lower(), val.get(self.addr.upper())))
-                if not isinstance(val, str):
+                if not isinstance(_val, str):
                     self.mega.lg.warning(f'{self.entity_id}: can not get {self.addr} from {val}, recieved {_val}')
                     return
                 _val = _val.split('/')