diff --git a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
index 170ffc8..37eb09f 100644
--- a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
+++ b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToJson
 
 import meshtastic.node
 from . import portnums_pb2, mesh_pb2
-from .util import stripnl, Timeout, our_exit
+from .util import stripnl, Timeout, our_exit, remove_keys_from_dict
 from .__init__ import LOCAL_ADDR, BROADCAST_NUM, BROADCAST_ADDR, ResponseHandler, publishingThread, OUR_APP_VERSION, protocols
 
 class MeshInterface:
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ class MeshInterface:
         nodes = ""
         if self.nodes:
             for n in self.nodes.values():
-                nodes = nodes + f"  {stripnl(n)}"
+                # when the TBeam is first booted, it sometimes shows the 'raw' data
+                # so, we will just remove any raw keys
+                n2 = remove_keys_from_dict('raw', n)
+                nodes = nodes + f"  {stripnl(n2)}"
         infos = owner + myinfo + mesh + nodes
         print(infos)
         return infos
diff --git a/meshtastic/tests/test_util.py b/meshtastic/tests/test_util.py
index 6b9e94b..b7a2aa6 100644
--- a/meshtastic/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/meshtastic/tests/test_util.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import pytest
 
 from meshtastic.util import (fixme, stripnl, pskToString, our_exit,
                              support_info, genPSK256, fromStr, fromPSK,
-                             quoteBooleans, catchAndIgnore)
+                             quoteBooleans, catchAndIgnore,
+                             remove_keys_from_dict)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -149,3 +150,27 @@ def test_catchAndIgnore(caplog):
     with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG):
         catchAndIgnore("something", some_closure)
     assert re.search(r'Exception thrown in something', caplog.text, re.MULTILINE)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_remove_keys_from_dict_empty_keys_empty_dict():
+    """Test when keys and dict both are empty"""
+    assert not remove_keys_from_dict((), {})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_remove_keys_from_dict_empty_dict():
+    """Test when dict is empty"""
+    assert not remove_keys_from_dict(('a'), {})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_remove_keys_from_dict_empty_keys():
+    """Test when keys is empty"""
+    assert remove_keys_from_dict((), {'a':1}) == {'a':1}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_remove_keys_from_dict():
+    """Test remove_keys_from_dict()"""
+    assert remove_keys_from_dict(('b'), {'a':1, 'b':2}) == {'a':1}
diff --git a/meshtastic/util.py b/meshtastic/util.py
index 9f9cba8..ac1eada 100644
--- a/meshtastic/util.py
+++ b/meshtastic/util.py
@@ -201,3 +201,12 @@ def support_info():
           platform.python_implementation(), platform.python_compiler()))
     print('')
     print('Please add the output from the command: meshtastic --info')
+
+
+def remove_keys_from_dict(keys, adict):
+    """Return a dictionary without some keys in it."""
+    newdict = adict
+    for key in keys:
+        if key in adict:
+            del newdict[key]
+    return newdict