diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT2_DEVICE.pm b/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT2_DEVICE.pm
index 2d9a309c8..53ebba042 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT2_DEVICE.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT2_DEVICE.pm
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ MQTT2_DEVICE_Parse($$)
       my $cidArr = $modules{MQTT2_DEVICE}{defptr}{cid}{$newCid};
       return if(!$cidArr);
       my $add;
-      if($value =~ m/^{.*}$/) {
+      if($value =~ m/^{.*}$/s) {
         my $ret = json2nameValue($value);
         if(keys %{$ret}) {
           $topic =~ m,.*/([^/]+),;