diff --git filefield_nginx_progress/filefield_nginx_progress.module filefield_nginx_progress/filefield_nginx_progress.module
index cdbb54a..48727b2 100644
--- sites/all/modules/filefield_nginx_progress/filefield_nginx_progress.module
+++ sites/all/modules/filefield_nginx_progress/filefield_nginx_progress.module
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function filefield_nginx_progress_ajax($key) {
   );
   
   $status = nginx_progress_fetch($key);
-  if ($status['state'] == 'uploading') {
+  if (isset($status['state']) && $status['state'] == 'uploading') {
     $progress['message'] = t('Uploading... (@current of @total)', array('@current' => format_size($status['received']), '@total' => format_size($status['size'])));
     $progress['percentage'] = round(100 * $status['received'] / $status['size']);
   }
@@ -112,17 +112,9 @@ function nginx_progress_fetch($key) {
   $url = url($base_url . '/progress', array('query' => array('X-Progress-ID' => $key), 'absolute' => TRUE, 'external' => TRUE));
 
   $response = drupal_http_request($url);
-  $status = array();
-  // strip the extraneous parts out leaving a comma delimited list.
-  if (preg_match("/\{(.*)\}/", $response->data, $matches) ) {
-    $items = explode(',', $matches[1]);
-    foreach ($items as $item) {
-      $array = explode(':', $item);
-      // strip quotes and spaces from key & value pair
-      $key = trim($array[0], "' ");
-      $value = trim($array[1], "' ");
-      $status[$key] = $value;
-    }
+  preg_match("/\{(.*)\}/", $response->data, $matches);
+  if(!empty($matches[0])) {
+    return json_decode($matches[0], TRUE);
   }
-  return $status;
+  return FALSE;
 }