diff --git a/src/app.coffee b/src/app.coffee
index 45a04e3e..70cd64e9 100644
--- a/src/app.coffee
+++ b/src/app.coffee
@@ -57,11 +57,10 @@ knex.init.then ->
 		updateIpAddr = ->
 			callback = (error, response, body ) ->
 				if !error && response.statusCode == 200
-					api_response = JSON.parse(body)
 					device.updateState(
-						ip_address: api_response.Status
+						ip_address: body.Status
 					)
-			request.get(config.gosuperAddress + '/v1/ipaddr', callback )
+			request.get({ url: "#{config.gosuperAddress}/v1/ipaddr", json: true }, callback )
 
 		console.log('Starting periodic check for IP addresses..')
 		setInterval(updateIpAddr, 30 * 1000) # Every 30s