diff --git a/libraries/MTConnect.NET-Common/Agents/MTConnectAgent.cs b/libraries/MTConnect.NET-Common/Agents/MTConnectAgent.cs
index 9aca869a..7907ffa2 100644
--- a/libraries/MTConnect.NET-Common/Agents/MTConnectAgent.cs
+++ b/libraries/MTConnect.NET-Common/Agents/MTConnectAgent.cs
@@ -753,11 +753,11 @@ protected bool UpdateCurrentCondition(string deviceUuid, IDataItem dataItem, IOb
                 {
                     existingHash = StringFunctions.ToMD5HashBytes(existingObservations.Select(o => o.ChangeId).ToArray());
 
-                    var conditionLevel = observation.GetValue(ValueKeys.Level);
+                    var conditionLevelValue = observation.GetValue(ValueKeys.Level);
+                    var conditionLevel = conditionLevelValue.ConvertEnum<ConditionLevel>();
                     var nativeCode = observation.GetValue(ValueKeys.NativeCode);
 
-                    if (!(conditionLevel == ConditionLevel.NORMAL.ToString() && string.IsNullOrEmpty(nativeCode)) &&
-                        conditionLevel != ConditionLevel.UNAVAILABLE.ToString())
+                    if (!(conditionLevel == ConditionLevel.NORMAL && string.IsNullOrEmpty(nativeCode)) && conditionLevel != ConditionLevel.UNAVAILABLE)
                     {
                         var i = 0;
                         foreach (var existingObservation in existingObservations)