diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/ipsec/list_status.py b/src/opnsense/scripts/ipsec/list_status.py
index fc714a931..76e886cf7 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/ipsec/list_status.py
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/ipsec/list_status.py
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ for sas in s.list_sas():
             result[sa]['routed'] = False
         result[sa]['sas'].append(sas[sa])
 
-print (ujson.dumps(result))
+print (ujson.dumps(result, reject_bytes=False))