diff --git a/src/bw/lua/api.lua b/src/bw/lua/api.lua
index 5a25c0faa..dfe9da3c8 100644
--- a/src/bw/lua/api.lua
+++ b/src/bw/lua/api.lua
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ api.do_api_call = function(self)
 				if status ~= ngx.HTTP_OK then
 					ret = false
 				end
+				if (#resp["msg"] == 0) then
+					resp["msg"] = ""
+				elseif (type(resp["msg"]) == "table") then
+					resp["data"] = resp["msg"]
+					resp["msg"] = resp["status"]
+				end
 				return ret, resp["msg"], status, cjson.encode(resp)
 			end
 		end
diff --git a/src/common/cli/CLI.py b/src/common/cli/CLI.py
index 736506ee2..36342d8c1 100644
--- a/src/common/cli/CLI.py
+++ b/src/common/cli/CLI.py
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ from ApiCaller import ApiCaller
 from API import API
 
 
+def format_remaining_time(seconds):
+    days, seconds = divmod(seconds, 86400)
+    hours, seconds = divmod(seconds, 3600)
+    minutes, seconds = divmod(seconds, 60)
+    time_parts = []
+    if days > 0:
+        time_parts.append(f"{int(days)} day{'' if days == 1 else 's'}")
+    if hours > 0:
+        time_parts.append(f"{int(hours)} hour{'' if hours == 1 else 's'}")
+    if minutes > 0:
+        time_parts.append(f"{int(minutes)} minute{'' if minutes == 1 else 's'}")
+    if seconds > 0:
+        time_parts.append(f"{seconds:.2f} second{'' if seconds == 1 else 's'}")
+
+    if len(time_parts) > 1:
+        time_parts[-1] = f"and {time_parts[-1]}"
+
+    return " ".join(time_parts)
+
+
 class CLI(ApiCaller):
     def __init__(self):
         self.__variables = dotenv_values("/etc/nginx/variables.env")
@@ -126,9 +146,13 @@ class CLI(ApiCaller):
     def bans(self):
         ret, resp = self._send_to_apis("GET", "/bans", response=True)
         if ret:
-            bans = resp["bans"]
+            bans = resp.get("data", [])
+
+            if len(bans) == 0:
+                return True, "No ban found"
+
             cli_str = "List of bans :\n"
             for ban in bans:
-                cli_str += f"- {ban['ip']} for {ban['exp']}s : {ban['reason']}\n"
+                cli_str += f"- {ban['ip']} for {format_remaining_time(ban['exp'])} : {ban.get('reason', 'no reason given')}\n"
             return True, cli_str
         return False, "error"
diff --git a/src/common/utils/ApiCaller.py b/src/common/utils/ApiCaller.py
index f54216d91..427821d5d 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/ApiCaller.py
+++ b/src/common/utils/ApiCaller.py
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class ApiCaller:
                     )
 
         if response:
+            if isinstance(resp, dict):
+                return ret, resp
             return ret, resp.json()
         return ret