diff --git a/wled b/wled
index 71d3343..9752a5e 100755
--- a/wled
+++ b/wled
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ curl_cmd() {
 active_preset() {
     # Find number of active preset. API returns -1 if none is active, we return
     # an empty string.
-    preset="$(curl_cmd "http://$1/json" | \
+    curl_cmd "http://$1/json" | \
         # -1 will be a no-match.
-        sed -n 's/.*"ps"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*\(1\?[0-9]\).*/\1/p')"
-    printf '%u' "$preset"
+        sed -n 's/.*"ps"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*\(1\?[0-9]\).*/\1/p'
 }
 
 # Parse host argument.