diff --git a/package/secubox/luci-app-mitmproxy/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.mitmproxy b/package/secubox/luci-app-mitmproxy/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.mitmproxy
index 84548672..fb2f799c 100755
--- a/package/secubox/luci-app-mitmproxy/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.mitmproxy
+++ b/package/secubox/luci-app-mitmproxy/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.mitmproxy
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ get_status() {
 	local threats_log="${data_path:-/srv/mitmproxy}/threats.log"
 	if [ -f "$threats_log" ]; then
 		local today=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)
-		threats_today=$(grep -c "\"timestamp\": \"$today" "$threats_log" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+		threats_today=$(grep -c "\"timestamp\": \"$today" "$threats_log" 2>/dev/null)
+		: ${threats_today:=0}
 	fi
 
 	# Count processed autobans
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ get_status() {
 	if [ -f "$autoban_log" ]; then
 		autobans_total=$(wc -l < "$autoban_log" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
 		local today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-		autobans_today=$(grep -c "^$today" "$autoban_log" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+		autobans_today=$(grep -c "^$today" "$autoban_log" 2>/dev/null)
+		: ${autobans_today:=0}
 	fi
 
 	# Pending autoban requests