diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index f436262..7a792a4 100755
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ function DisplayOpenVPNConfig()
 function DisplayLokinetConfig()
 {
     exec('pidof lokinet | wc -l', $lokinetstatus);
-    exec('ip rule show default | grep lokinet | awk {'print $5'}', $rulestate);
+    $rulestate = shell_exec('ip rule show default | grep lokinet | awk {'print $5'}');
 
     if ($lokinetstatus[0] == 0) {
         $status = '<div class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissable">Lokinet daemon is not running