diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/data.cpp b/src/lib/ebus/data.cpp
index 14a10cf7..5bdb3846 100644
--- a/src/lib/ebus/data.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/data.cpp
@@ -927,13 +927,16 @@ result_t ConstantDataField::readSymbols(const SymbolString& input, size_t offset
   if (result != RESULT_OK) {
     return result;
   }
-  if (m_verify) {
     string value = coutput.str();
     FileReader::trim(&value);
+  if (m_verify) {
     if (value != m_value) {
       return RESULT_ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE;
     }
   }
+  if (outputFormat & OF_JSON) {
+    *output << value;
+  }
   return RESULT_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/test/test_data.cpp b/src/lib/ebus/test/test_data.cpp
index 1c09989d..1cfb5626 100755
--- a/src/lib/ebus/test/test_data.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/test/test_data.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ int main() {
       {"x,,str:10,==dummy", "",                       "10fe07000a48616c6c6f2044752120", "00", "rW"},
       {"x,,str:10,=dummy", "",                        "10fe07000a64756d6d792020202020", "00", ""},
       {"x,,str:10,==dummy", "",                       "10fe07000a64756d6d792020202020", "00", ""},
+      {",,str:5,=dummy",     "\n     \"0\": {\"name\": \"\", \"value\": \"dummy\"}", "10fe07000a64756d6d792020202020", "00", "j"},
+      {",,str:5,==\"dummy\"","\n     \"0\": {\"name\": \"\", \"value\": \"dummy\"}", "10fe07000a64756d6d792020202020", "00", "j"},
       {"x,,nts:10",  "Hallo, Du!",                    "10fe07000a48616c6c6f2c20447521", "00", ""},
       {"x,,nts:10",  "Hallo, Du!",                    "10fe07000a48616c6c6f2c20447521", "00", ""},
       {"x,,nts:10",  "Hallo, Du",                     "10fe07000a48616c6c6f2c20447500", "00", ""},