diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index 7be13a6f..9cc1069f 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ analyze_ports() {
 
 statusFunc() {
     # Determine if there is pihole-FTL service is listening
-    local pid port ftl_pid_file
+    local pid port ftl_pid_file block_status
 
     ftl_pid_file="$(getFTLPIDFile)"
 
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ statusFunc() {
     fi
 
   # Determine if Pi-hole's blocking is enabled
-  if getFTLConfigValue dns.blocking.active; then
+  block_status=$(getFTLConfigValue dns.blocking.active)
+  if [ ${block_status} == "true" ]; then
     case "${1}" in
       "web") echo "$port";;
       *) echo -e "  ${TICK} Pi-hole blocking is enabled";;