diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/FirmwareController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/FirmwareController.php
index ea4f82168..9bf64bcb0 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/FirmwareController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/FirmwareController.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  *    Copyright (C) 2015 Deciso B.V.
  *
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
  *    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  */
+
 namespace OPNsense\Core\Api;
 
 use \OPNsense\Base\ApiControllerBase;
@@ -143,38 +145,26 @@ class FirmwareController extends ApiControllerBase
     {
         $this->sessionClose(); // long running action, close session
 
-        $response = array('local' => array(), 'remote' => array());
-
+        $keys = array('name', 'version', 'comment', 'flatsize');
         $backend = new Backend();
-        $remote = $backend->configdRun('firmware remote');
-        $local = $backend->configdRun('firmware local');
+        $response = array();
 
-        /*
-         * pkg(8) returns malformed json by simply outputting each
-         * indivudual package json block... fix it up for now.
-         */
-        $local = str_replace("\n}\n", "\n},\n", trim($local));
-        $local = json_decode('[' . $local . ']', true);
-        if ($local != null) {
-            $keep = array('name', 'version', 'comment', 'www', 'flatsize', 'licenses', 'desc', 'categories');
-            foreach ($local as $infos) {
-                $stripped = array();
-                foreach ($infos as $key => $info) {
-                    if (in_array($key, $keep)) {
-                        $stripped[$key] = $info;
-                    }
+        /* package infos are flat lists with 3 pipes as delimiter */
+        foreach (array('local', 'remote') as $type) {
+            $current = $backend->configdRun("firmware ${type}");
+            $current = explode("\n", trim($current));
+            $response[$type] = array();
+            foreach ($current as $line) {
+                $expanded = explode('|||', $line);
+                $translated = array();
+                $index = 0;
+                foreach ($keys as $key) {
+                    $translated[$key] = $expanded[$index++];
                 }
-                $response['local'][] = $stripped;
+                $response[$type][] = $translated;
             }
         }
 
-        /* Remote packages are only a flat list */
-        $remote = explode("\n", trim($remote));
-        foreach ($remote as $name) {
-            /* keep layout compatible with the above */
-            $response['remote'][] = array('name' => $name);
-        }
-
         return $response;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Core/firmware.volt b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Core/firmware.volt
index 844a63ac2..38ae7db91 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Core/firmware.volt
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Core/firmware.volt
@@ -174,10 +174,15 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
         $('#packageslist').empty();
         ajaxGet('/api/core/firmware/info', {}, function (data, status) {
             $("#packageslist").html("<tr><th>{{ lang._('Name') }}</th>" +
-            "<th>{{ lang._('Version') }}</th><th>{{ lang._('Comment') }}</th></tr>");
+            "<th>{{ lang._('Version') }}</th><th>{{ lang._('Size') }}</th>" +
+            "<th>{{ lang._('Comment') }}</th></tr>");
             $.each(data['local'], function(index, row) {
-                $('#packageslist').append('<tr><td>'+row['name']+'</td>' +
-                "<td>"+row['version']+"</td><td>"+row['comment']+"</td></tr>");
+                $('#packageslist').append('<tr>' +
+                '<td>' + row['name'] + '</td>' +
+                '<td>' + row['version'] + '</td>' +
+                '<td>' + row['flatsize'] + '</td>' +
+                '<td>' + row['comment'] + '</td>' +
+            '</tr>');
             });
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_firmware.conf b/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_firmware.conf
index 80a359a9b..e07a01123 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_firmware.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_firmware.conf
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ type:script_output
 message:retrieve upgrade progress status
 
 [local]
-command:pkg info --raw --raw-format json --all
+command:pkg query "%n|||%v|||%c|||%sh"
 parameters:
 type:script_output
 message:view local packages
 
 [remote]
-command: pkg rquery %n
+command: pkg rquery "%n|||%v|||%c|||%sh"
 parameters:
 type:script_output
 message:view remote packages