diff --git a/misc/api.func b/misc/api.func
index 1cf9ab3f4..a703cd5ca 100644
--- a/misc/api.func
+++ b/misc/api.func
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ detect_gpu() {
   GPU_PASSTHROUGH="unknown"
 
   local gpu_line
-  gpu_line=$(lspci 2>/dev/null | grep -iE "VGA|3D|Display" | head -1 || true)
+  gpu_line=$(lspci 2>/dev/null | grep -iE "VGA|3D|Display" | head -1)
 
   if [[ -n "$gpu_line" ]]; then
     # Extract model: everything after the colon, clean up
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ detect_cpu() {
 
   if [[ -f /proc/cpuinfo ]]; then
     local vendor_id
-    vendor_id=$(grep -m1 "vendor_id" /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' ' || true)
+    vendor_id=$(grep -m1 "vendor_id" /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' ')
 
     case "$vendor_id" in
     GenuineIntel) CPU_VENDOR="intel" ;;
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ detect_cpu() {
     esac
 
     # Extract model name and clean it up
-    CPU_MODEL=$(grep -m1 "model name" /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | sed 's/^ *//' | sed 's/(R)//g' | sed 's/(TM)//g' | sed 's/  */ /g' | cut -c1-64 || true)
+    CPU_MODEL=$(grep -m1 "model name" /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | sed 's/^ *//' | sed 's/(R)//g' | sed 's/(TM)//g' | sed 's/  */ /g' | cut -c1-64)
   fi
 
   export CPU_VENDOR CPU_MODEL
@@ -407,19 +407,14 @@ detect_ram() {
 
   if command -v dmidecode &>/dev/null; then
     # Get configured memory speed (actual running speed)
-    RAM_SPEED=$(dmidecode -t memory 2>/dev/null | grep -m1 "Configured Memory Speed:" | grep -oE "[0-9]+" | head -1 || true)
+    RAM_SPEED=$(dmidecode -t memory 2>/dev/null | grep -m1 "Configured Memory Speed:" | grep -oE "[0-9]+" | head -1)
 
     # Fallback to Speed: if Configured not available
     if [[ -z "$RAM_SPEED" ]]; then
-      RAM_SPEED=$(dmidecode -t memory 2>/dev/null | grep -m1 "Speed:" | grep -oE "[0-9]+" | head -1 || true)
+      RAM_SPEED=$(dmidecode -t memory 2>/dev/null | grep -m1 "Speed:" | grep -oE "[0-9]+" | head -1)
     fi
   fi
 
-  # Ensure RAM_SPEED is a valid integer (PocketBase stores it as integer)
-  if [[ -z "$RAM_SPEED" || ! "$RAM_SPEED" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-    RAM_SPEED=0
-  fi
-
   export RAM_SPEED
 }
 
@@ -514,7 +509,7 @@ post_to_api() {
     "gpu_vendor": "${gpu_vendor}",
     "gpu_model": "${gpu_model}",
     "gpu_passthrough": "${gpu_passthrough}",
-    "ram_speed": ${ram_speed:-0},
+    "ram_speed": "${ram_speed}",
     "repo_source": "${REPO_SOURCE}"
 }
 EOF
@@ -618,7 +613,7 @@ post_to_api_vm() {
     "gpu_vendor": "${gpu_vendor}",
     "gpu_model": "${gpu_model}",
     "gpu_passthrough": "${gpu_passthrough}",
-    "ram_speed": ${ram_speed:-0},
+    "ram_speed": "${ram_speed}",
     "repo_source": "${REPO_SOURCE}"
 }
 EOF
@@ -752,7 +747,7 @@ post_update_to_api() {
     "gpu_vendor": "${gpu_vendor}",
     "gpu_model": "${gpu_model}",
     "gpu_passthrough": "${gpu_passthrough}",
-    "ram_speed": ${ram_speed:-0},
+    "ram_speed": "${ram_speed}",
     "repo_source": "${REPO_SOURCE}"
 }
 EOF
@@ -794,7 +789,7 @@ EOF
     "gpu_vendor": "${gpu_vendor}",
     "gpu_model": "${gpu_model}",
     "gpu_passthrough": "${gpu_passthrough}",
-    "ram_speed": ${ram_speed:-0},
+    "ram_speed": "${ram_speed}",
     "repo_source": "${REPO_SOURCE}"
 }
 EOF
@@ -891,7 +886,7 @@ categorize_error() {
   # Signal/Process errors (SIGTERM, SIGPIPE, SIGSEGV)
   139 | 141 | 143) echo "signal" ;;
 
-  # Shell errors (general error, syntax error)
+  # Shell errors (general error, syntax error)  
   1 | 2) echo "shell" ;;
 
   # Default - truly unknown