diff --git a/stratum.c b/stratum.c
index 4e9372519..94650ec79 100644
--- a/stratum.c
+++ b/stratum.c
@@ -625,6 +625,11 @@ static bool login_decode(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, const json_t *val) {
     memcpy(&sctx->id, id, strlen(id));
 
     const char *s = json_string_value(json_object_get(res, "status"));
+    if (!s) {
+        // Workaround for xmrig-proxy bug https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-proxy/commit/dfa1960fe3eeb13f80717b7dbfcc7c6e9f222d89
+        s = json_string_value(json_object_get(val, "status"));
+    }
+
     if (!s) {
         applog(LOG_ERR, "JSON invalid status");
         return false;