diff --git a/Controllers/ENESMBusController/ENESMBusControllerDetect.cpp b/Controllers/ENESMBusController/ENESMBusControllerDetect.cpp
index 203ccdac..0344539d 100644
--- a/Controllers/ENESMBusController/ENESMBusControllerDetect.cpp
+++ b/Controllers/ENESMBusController/ENESMBusControllerDetect.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,12 @@ bool TestForENESMBusController(i2c_smbus_interface* bus, unsigned char address)
 
     LOG_DEBUG("[ENE SMBus] looking for devices at 0x%02X...", address);
 
-    int res = bus->i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(address, 0x00);
+    int res = bus->i2c_smbus_read_byte(address);
+
+    if(res < 0)
+    {
+        res = bus->i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(address, 0x00);
+    }
 
     if(res >= 0)
     {