diff --git a/libraries/lwIP_ESPHost/src/lwIP_ESPHost.cpp b/libraries/lwIP_ESPHost/src/lwIP_ESPHost.cpp
index ba3ae294..43f50574 100644
--- a/libraries/lwIP_ESPHost/src/lwIP_ESPHost.cpp
+++ b/libraries/lwIP_ESPHost/src/lwIP_ESPHost.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void ESPHostLwIP::setBSSID(const uint8_t *bssid) {
     if (bssid == nullptr) {
         ap.bssid[0] = 0;
     } else {
-        memcpy(ap.bssid, bssid, sizeof(ap.bssid));
+        snprintf((char *)ap.bssid, sizeof(ap.bssid), "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x", bssid[0], bssid[1], bssid[2], bssid[3], bssid[4], bssid[5]);
     }
 }