diff --git a/app/Helpers/discoveries_helper.php b/app/Helpers/discoveries_helper.php
index 6a313d0f4..2de193090 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/discoveries_helper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/discoveries_helper.php
@@ -1996,6 +1996,10 @@ function ip_audit($ip_scan = null)
                     $device_json->network[] = $item;
                 }
             }
+            if (!empty($software)) {
+                $device_json->software = array();
+                $device_json->software[] = $software;
+            }
             if (!empty($audit)) {
                 foreach ($audit as $key => $value) {
                     if ($key !== 'system' and is_countable($value) and count($value) > 0) {