diff --git a/includes/html/pages/device/showconfig.inc.php b/includes/html/pages/device/showconfig.inc.php
index 1bd4e0a54530..8e2a72beffeb 100644
--- a/includes/html/pages/device/showconfig.inc.php
+++ b/includes/html/pages/device/showconfig.inc.php
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@
 
             // Try Oxidized again with new hostname, if it has changed
             if ($oxidized_hostname != $device['hostname']) {
-                $response = (new \App\ApiClients\Oxidized())->getContent('/node/show/' . $oxidized_hostname . '?format=json');
-                $node_info = json_decode($response, true);
+                $node_info = json_decode((new \App\ApiClients\Oxidized())->getContent('/node/show/' . $oxidized_hostname . '?format=json'), true);
             }
         }
 
@@ -304,7 +303,7 @@
             echo '<br />';
             print_error("We couldn't retrieve the device information from Oxidized");
             if (isset($response) && preg_match('#<title>(.*)</title>#', $response, $error_matches)) {
-                print_error(htmlentities($error_matches[1]));
+                print_error(strip_tags($error_matches[1]));
             }
             $text = '';
         }