diff --git a/src/meshctrl/session.py b/src/meshctrl/session.py
index 52d2a51..110f62a 100644
--- a/src/meshctrl/session.py
+++ b/src/meshctrl/session.py
@@ -478,7 +478,18 @@ class Session(object):
         if "result" in res0:
             raise exceptions.ServerError(res0["result"])
         if details:
-            nodes = json.loads(res0["data"])
+            try:
+                nodes = res0["data"]
+                # Accept any number of nested strings, meshcentral is odd
+                while True:
+                    try:
+                        nodes = json.loads(nodes)
+                    except TypeError:
+                        break
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Failed to parse device data: {e}")
+                return
+
             for node in nodes:
                 if node["node"].get("meshid", None):
                     node["node"]["mesh"] = mesh.Mesh(node["node"].get("meshid"), self)
@@ -1969,4 +1980,4 @@ class _FileExplorerWrapper:
         return await self._files.__aenter__()
 
     async def __aexit__(self, exc_t, exc_v, exc_tb):
-        return await self._files.__aexit__(exc_t, exc_v, exc_tb)
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+        return await self._files.__aexit__(exc_t, exc_v, exc_tb)