diff --git a/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/HalMqttController.java b/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/HalMqttController.java
index 7d656c48..8063ba1c 100644
--- a/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/HalMqttController.java
+++ b/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/HalMqttController.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import se.hal.daemon.HalMulticastDnsDaemon;
 import se.hal.intf.*;
 import se.hal.plugin.mqtt.detector.HalMqttDetector;
 import se.hal.plugin.mqtt.device.HalMqttDeviceConfig;
+import se.hal.plugin.mqtt.device.HalMqttEventConfig;
 import zutil.InetUtil;
 import zutil.ObjectUtil;
 import zutil.log.LogUtil;
@@ -173,7 +174,10 @@ public class HalMqttController implements HalAutostartController, MqttSubscripti
 
     @Override
     public void send(HalEventConfig eventConfig, HalEventData eventData) {
-        if (eventConfig instanceof HalMqttDeviceConfig) {
+        if (eventConfig instanceof HalMqttEventConfig) {
+            HalMqttEventConfig mqttEvent = (HalMqttEventConfig) eventConfig;
+            mqttBroker.publish(mqttEvent.getWriteTopicName(), mqttEvent.getMqttPublishPayload(eventData));
+        } else if (eventConfig instanceof HalMqttDeviceConfig) {
             HalMqttDeviceConfig mqttEvent = (HalMqttDeviceConfig) eventConfig;
             mqttBroker.publish(mqttEvent.getTopicName(), Double.toString(eventData.getData()).getBytes());
         } else
diff --git a/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/detector/Zigbee2mqttDetector.java b/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/detector/Zigbee2mqttDetector.java
index 99765525..c66b00de 100644
--- a/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/detector/Zigbee2mqttDetector.java
+++ b/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/detector/Zigbee2mqttDetector.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class Zigbee2mqttDetector implements HalMqttDetector {
     public List<HalMqttDeviceConfig> parseTopic(String topic, byte[] data) {
         if (ObjectUtil.isEmpty(topic) ||
                 ! topic.startsWith("zigbee2mqtt/") ||
+                topic.endsWith("/set") ||
                 topic.startsWith("zigbee2mqtt/bridge/"))
             return Collections.emptyList();
 
diff --git a/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttEventConfig.java b/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttEventConfig.java
index d9e596c6..dc76ea43 100644
--- a/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttEventConfig.java
+++ b/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttEventConfig.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package se.hal.plugin.mqtt.device;
 
+import se.hal.intf.HalDeviceData;
 import se.hal.intf.HalEventConfig;
 import se.hal.intf.HalEventController;
 import se.hal.intf.HalSensorConfig;
@@ -31,6 +32,14 @@ public abstract class HalMqttEventConfig extends HalMqttDeviceConfig implements
         this.writeTopicName = writeTopicName;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Generates the payload that will be added to a MQTT publish message.
+     *
+     * @param data  the data that should be converted to a payload.
+     * @return a byte array representing the given data, null if the conversion was not possible.
+     */
+    public abstract byte[] getMqttPublishPayload(HalDeviceData data);
+
     // --------------------------
     // Java Methods
     // --------------------------
@@ -51,4 +60,5 @@ public abstract class HalMqttEventConfig extends HalMqttDeviceConfig implements
         result = 31 * result + Objects.hashCode(writeTopicName);
         return result;
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttOnOffEventConfig.java b/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttOnOffEventConfig.java
index 62ded9fe..c931761e 100644
--- a/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttOnOffEventConfig.java
+++ b/plugins/hal-mqtt/src/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttOnOffEventConfig.java
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 package se.hal.plugin.mqtt.device;
 
-import se.hal.intf.HalAbstractController;
 import se.hal.intf.HalDeviceData;
-import se.hal.struct.devicedata.HumiditySensorData;
 import se.hal.struct.devicedata.OnOffEventData;
 import zutil.ObjectUtil;
-import zutil.converter.Converter;
 import zutil.parser.DataNode;
 import zutil.parser.DataNodePath;
 import zutil.parser.json.JSONParser;
@@ -82,4 +79,17 @@ public class HalMqttOnOffEventConfig extends HalMqttEventConfig {
             return null;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] getMqttPublishPayload(HalDeviceData data) {
+        if (data instanceof OnOffEventData) {
+            if (((OnOffEventData) data).isOn()) {
+                return valueOnString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            } else {
+                return valueOffString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hal-mqtt/test/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttOnOffEventConfigTest.java b/plugins/hal-mqtt/test/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttOnOffEventConfigTest.java
index 9d5730d0..8b7896c7 100644
--- a/plugins/hal-mqtt/test/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttOnOffEventConfigTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hal-mqtt/test/se/hal/plugin/mqtt/device/HalMqttOnOffEventConfigTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import se.hal.struct.devicedata.OnOffEventData;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static se.hal.test.HalAssert.assertEqualsIgnoreTimestamp;
 
 public class HalMqttOnOffEventConfigTest {
@@ -53,4 +54,18 @@ public class HalMqttOnOffEventConfigTest {
         assertEqualsIgnoreTimestamp(ON_EVENT, config.getDeviceData("{\"power\":10.48,\"state\":\"online\"}".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
 
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getMqttPublishPayload() {
+        HalMqttOnOffEventConfig config = new HalMqttOnOffEventConfig();
+
+        assertEquals("ON", new String(config.getMqttPublishPayload(ON_EVENT)));
+        assertEquals("OFF", new String(config.getMqttPublishPayload(OFF_EVENT)));
+
+        config.setValueOnString("online");
+        config.setValueOffString("offline");
+
+        assertEquals("online", new String(config.getMqttPublishPayload(ON_EVENT)));
+        assertEquals("offline", new String(config.getMqttPublishPayload(OFF_EVENT)));
+    }
 }
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