diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index 558e728..6002b9c 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -132,14 +132,17 @@
     auto result = bus.call(properties);
     if (!result.is_method_error())
     {
-        variant<Binary> val;
+        variant<Binary, string> val;
         result.read(val);
-
         if (auto pVal = get_if<Binary>(&val))
         {
             propVal.assign(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pVal->data()),
                            pVal->size());
         }
+        else if (auto pVal = get_if<string>(&val))
+        {
+            propVal.assign(pVal->data(), pVal->size());
+        }
     }
     return propVal;
 }