diff --git a/src/protocol.rs b/src/protocol.rs
index 9ad1a10..3db8c50 100644
--- a/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/src/protocol.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,18 @@ pub fn run_tap_command(device: &HidDevice, tap_bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<String, E
         tap_bytes.escape_ascii()
     );
 
-    let result = response_report[1..].split(|&x| x == 0).next().unwrap();
+    // hidapi's get_feature_report() on Linux strips the report ID from the response,
+    // so the actual string data starts at index 0. Some devices may prepend a length/status
+    // byte before the string, so we check for that.
+    let data_start = if response_report[0] < 0x20 || response_report[0] > 0x7E {
+        1 // Skip non-printable length/status byte
+    } else {
+        0 // Data starts immediately
+    };
+    let result = response_report[data_start..]
+        .split(|&x| x == 0)
+        .next()
+        .unwrap();
 
     Ok(std::str::from_utf8(result)
         .map_err(|e| Error::ProtocolError(e.into()))?