diff --git a/wled00/FX.cpp b/wled00/FX.cpp
index 1b17200e..e04a6e5e 100644
--- a/wled00/FX.cpp
+++ b/wled00/FX.cpp
@@ -5911,7 +5911,7 @@ static const char *_data_FX_MODE_BLOBS PROGMEM = "2D Blobs@!,# blobs;!,!,!;!";
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // mode data
-const char * const WS2812FX::_modeData[] PROGMEM = {
+const char *WS2812FX::_modeData[] = {
   _data_FX_MODE_STATIC,
   _data_FX_MODE_BLINK,
   _data_FX_MODE_BREATH,
diff --git a/wled00/FX.h b/wled00/FX.h
index b688d30f..95453902 100644
--- a/wled00/FX.h
+++ b/wled00/FX.h
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class WS2812FX {
   public:
 
   // mode (effect) name and its slider control data array
-  static const char * const _modeData[MODE_COUNT];
+  static const char *_modeData[];
 
   // segment parameters
     typedef struct Segment { // 35 (36 in memory) bytes
diff --git a/wled00/json.cpp b/wled00/json.cpp
index 45574599..753d1e6c 100644
--- a/wled00/json.cpp
+++ b/wled00/json.cpp
@@ -826,7 +826,8 @@ void serializeModeData(JsonArray fxdata)
   for (size_t i = 0; i < MODE_COUNT; i++) {
     //char buffer[256];
     //strcpy_P(buffer, (const char*)pgm_read_dword(&(WS2812FX::_modeData[i])));
-    String lineBuffer = (const char*)pgm_read_dword(&(WS2812FX::_modeData[i]));
+    //String lineBuffer = (const char*)pgm_read_dword(&(WS2812FX::_modeData[i]));
+    String lineBuffer = WS2812FX::_modeData[i];
     if (lineBuffer.length() > 0) {
       uint8_t endPos = lineBuffer.indexOf('@');
       if (endPos>0) fxdata.add(lineBuffer.substring(endPos));
@@ -874,7 +875,8 @@ void serializeModeData(JsonArray fxdata)
 // also removes WLED-SR extensions (@...) from deserialised names
 void serializeModeNames(JsonArray arr, const char *qstring) {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < MODE_COUNT; i++) {
-    String lineBuffer = (const char*)pgm_read_dword(&(WS2812FX::_modeData[i]));
+    //String lineBuffer = (const char*)pgm_read_dword(&(WS2812FX::_modeData[i]));
+    String lineBuffer = WS2812FX::_modeData[i];
     if (lineBuffer.length() > 0) {
       uint8_t endPos = lineBuffer.indexOf('@');
       if (endPos>0) arr.add(lineBuffer.substring(0,endPos));
diff --git a/wled00/util.cpp b/wled00/util.cpp
index 58a4297c..b57d02e0 100644
--- a/wled00/util.cpp
+++ b/wled00/util.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ uint8_t extractModeName(uint8_t mode, const char *src, char *dest, uint8_t maxLe
   if (src == JSON_mode_names) {
     if (mode < MODE_COUNT) {
       char lineBuffer[256];
-      strcpy_P(lineBuffer, (const char*)pgm_read_dword(&(WS2812FX::_modeData[mode])));
+      //strcpy_P(lineBuffer, (const char*)pgm_read_dword(&(WS2812FX::_modeData[mode])));
+      strcpy_P(lineBuffer, WS2812FX::_modeData[mode]);
       if (strlen(lineBuffer) > 0) {
         size_t j = 0;
         for (; j < maxLen; j++) {