diff --git a/plugin/SqueezeESP32.zip b/plugin/SqueezeESP32.zip
index 155aea37..405cdf24 100644
Binary files a/plugin/SqueezeESP32.zip and b/plugin/SqueezeESP32.zip differ
diff --git a/plugin/SqueezeESP32/Player.pm b/plugin/SqueezeESP32/Player.pm
index cb455c7f..23883798 100644
--- a/plugin/SqueezeESP32/Player.pm
+++ b/plugin/SqueezeESP32/Player.pm
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ sub send_equalizer {
 sub send_loudness {
 	my ($client, $loudness) = @_;
    
-    $loudness ||= $prefs->client($client)->get('loudness') || 0;
+    $loudness //= $prefs->client($client)->get('loudness');
+
 	my $data = pack("c1", $loudness);
 	$client->sendFrame( loud => \$data );   
 }
diff --git a/plugin/SqueezeESP32/install.xml b/plugin/SqueezeESP32/install.xml
index ce8c682c..a984e72b 100644
--- a/plugin/SqueezeESP32/install.xml
+++ b/plugin/SqueezeESP32/install.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
   <name>PLUGIN_SQUEEZEESP32</name>
   <description>PLUGIN_SQUEEZEESP32_DESC</description>
   <module>Plugins::SqueezeESP32::Plugin</module>
-    <version>0.600</version>
+    <version>0.601</version>
   <creator>Philippe</creator>
 </extensions>
diff --git a/plugin/repo.xml b/plugin/repo.xml
index df5527be..33a2160c 100644
--- a/plugin/repo.xml
+++ b/plugin/repo.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
 <extensions>
   <plugins>
-    <plugin version="0.600" name="SqueezeESP32" minTarget="7.9" maxTarget="*">
+    <plugin version="0.601" name="SqueezeESP32" minTarget="7.9" maxTarget="*">
       <link>https://github.com/sle118/squeezelite-esp32</link>
       <creator>Philippe</creator>
-      <sha>335b585e22eddbddacce00f34001d8bf2ee0f54f</sha>
+      <sha>439637e01db7410157a333446cd284509f877849</sha>
       <email>philippe_44@outlook.com</email>
       <desc lang="EN">SqueezeESP32 additional player id (100/101)</desc>
       <url>http://raw.githubusercontent.com/sle118/squeezelite-esp32/master-v4.3/plugin/SqueezeESP32.zip</url>