diff --git a/FHEM/98_telnet.pm b/FHEM/98_telnet.pm
index a7ecce72c..30660a326 100644
--- a/FHEM/98_telnet.pm
+++ b/FHEM/98_telnet.pm
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ telnet_Read($)
     $chash->{canAsyncOutput} = 1;
     $chash->{encoding} = AttrVal($name, "encoding", "utf8");
     $chash->{prompt}  = AttrVal($name, "prompt",
-                        AttrVal('global','title','fhem>'));
+                        AttrVal('global','title','fhem'));
     if($chash->{prompt} =~ m/^{.*}$/s) {
-      $chash->{prompt}  = eval $chash->{prompt};
-      $chash->{prompt}  =~ s/\n//;
-      $chash->{prompt} .= '>';  # Not really nice, but dont know better.
+      $chash->{prompt} = eval $chash->{prompt};
+      $chash->{prompt} =~ s/\n//;
     }
+    $chash->{prompt} .= '>';  # Not really nice, but dont know better.
     syswrite($chash->{CD}, sprintf("%c%c%c", 255, 253, 0) )
         if( AttrVal($name, "encoding", "") ); #DO BINARY
     $chash->{CD}->flush();