diff --git a/script/RobotTCP.py b/script/RobotTCP.py
index 75b705d..aa43c46 100644
--- a/script/RobotTCP.py
+++ b/script/RobotTCP.py
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ class RobotTCP(TcpDevice, Stoppable):
 
     def get_task_status(self, name):
         code = self.eval_int('taskStatus("' + str(name)+ '")')
+        #TODO: String assignments in $exec causes application to freeze
         #status = self.eval_str('help(' + str(code)+ ')')
+        status = get_help.evaluate('get_help("' + str(code)+ '")')')
         return code
 
     #Updating