diff --git a/ecal/core/include/ecal/ecal_monitoring.h b/ecal/core/include/ecal/ecal_monitoring.h
index 728e5c42fa..855618cd34 100644
--- a/ecal/core/include/ecal/ecal_monitoring.h
+++ b/ecal/core/include/ecal/ecal_monitoring.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ namespace eCAL
      * @return Number of struct elements if succeeded.
     **/
     ECAL_API int GetMonitoring(eCAL::Monitoring::SMonitoring& mon_, unsigned int entities_ = Entity::All);
-    
 
     /**
      * @brief Get monitoring subset as JSON string.
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/monitoring/ecal_monitoring_def.cpp b/ecal/core/src/monitoring/ecal_monitoring_def.cpp
index 73288b73b0..0691a574dc 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/monitoring/ecal_monitoring_def.cpp
+++ b/ecal/core/src/monitoring/ecal_monitoring_def.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace eCAL
       return(0);
     }
 
-    ECAL_API int GetMonitoringJSON(std::string& mon_, unsigned int entities_)
+    int GetMonitoringJSON(std::string& mon_, unsigned int entities_)
     {
       if (g_monitoring() != nullptr) g_monitoring()->GetMonitoringJSON(mon_, entities_);
       return((int)mon_.size());
diff --git a/lang/python/core/src/ecal_wrap.cxx b/lang/python/core/src/ecal_wrap.cxx
index 68f3e52df9..ab21b48771 100644
--- a/lang/python/core/src/ecal_wrap.cxx
+++ b/lang/python/core/src/ecal_wrap.cxx
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ PyObject* mon_monitoring_json(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* /*args*/)
 {
   std::string monitoring_s;
   eCAL::Monitoring::GetMonitoringJSON(monitoring_s);
-  return(Py_BuildValue("s", ecal_getversion()));
+  return(Py_BuildValue("s", monitoring_s.c_str()));
 }
 
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