diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Base/ApiControllerBase.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Base/ApiControllerBase.php
index 6ed8efe6d..af24d7bbb 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Base/ApiControllerBase.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Base/ApiControllerBase.php
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ class ApiControllerBase extends ControllerRoot
                     echo json_encode($data);
                 }
 
+            } else {
+                // output raw data
+                echo $data;
             }
         }