diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabCommunicationProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabCommunicationProxy.cs
index 7d625b01a..ebdcca7ed 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabCommunicationProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabCommunicationProxy.cs
@@ -97,19 +97,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
 
                 if (response.Content.StartsWith("error", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    result.Status = false;
+                    result.Status = "false";
                     result.Error = response.Content.Replace("error: ", "");
                 }
 
                 else
                 {
-                    result.Status = true;
+                    result.Status = "true";
                 }
 
                 result.Error = response.Content.Replace("error: ", "");
             }
             
-            if (!result.Status)
+            if (result.Failed)
                 throw new ApplicationException(result.Error);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabJsonError.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabJsonError.cs
index 30fab767c..8ad40b398 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabJsonError.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabJsonError.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
-namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
+using System;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
 {
     public class SabJsonError
     {
-        public bool Status { get; set; }
+        public string Status { get; set; }
         public string Error { get; set; }
+
+        public bool Failed
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Status) &&
+                       Status.Equals("false", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
index f82af3874..5535eb00b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
         {
             var result = Json.Deserialize<SabJsonError>(response);
 
-            if (result.Status)
+            if (result.Failed)
                 throw new ApplicationException(result.Error);
         }
     }