diff --git a/sicsget.c b/sicsget.c
index bcb20a37..931cabbf 100644
--- a/sicsget.c
+++ b/sicsget.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int SICSGetCommand(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
   if(status){
     data = formatValue(v,NULL);
     if(data != NULL){
-      SCPrintf(pCon,eValue,"%s",trim(GetCharArray(data)));
+      SCWrite(pCon,GetCharArray(data),eValue);
       DeleteDynString(data);
     } else {
       SCPrintf(pCon,eError,"ERROR: formatting value for %s failed", argv[1]);