diff --git a/nft.go b/nft.go
index ec28c78..d423a0a 100644
--- a/nft.go
+++ b/nft.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (n *nft) Version() (Version, error) {
 	vers := ""
 	opts := make(map[string]string)
 
-	lines := regexp.MustCompile("\r?\n").Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), -1)
+	lines := regexp.MustCompile("\r?\n").Split(strings.TrimSpace(out), -1)
 	for index, line := range lines {
 		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)