diff --git a/mqtt_srv.py b/mqtt_srv.py
index db01e38..cd8405d 100755
--- a/mqtt_srv.py
+++ b/mqtt_srv.py
@@ -696,8 +696,16 @@ def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
                     myCmd = "sudo XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 -u jd amixer sget Master"
                     writeLog(myCmd)
                     output = subprocess.Popen(myCmd, shell=True)
+                    cmd = ["sudo", "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000", "-u", "jd", "amixer", "sget", "Master"]
 
-                    
+                    result = subprocess.run(
+                        " ".join(cmd),
+                        shell=True,
+                        capture_output=True,
+                        text=True
+                    )
+                            
+                    writeLog(result.stdout.strip())               
                     writeLog(f"Status of volume {output}")
                     writeLog("HAHAHAAA")
                     myCmd = f'sudo XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 -u jd amixer set Master 20%'