diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index cf5f5972..07c1f51f 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ void CConfigManager::parseLine(std::string& line) {
 
         const auto LASTSEP = currentCategory.find_last_of(':');
 
-        if (LASTSEP == std::string::npos || currentCategory.contains("device"))
+        if (LASTSEP == std::string::npos || currentCategory.starts_with("device"))
             currentCategory = "";
         else
             currentCategory = currentCategory.substr(0, LASTSEP);