diff --git a/Nagstamon/Servers/ZabbixProblemBased.py b/Nagstamon/Servers/ZabbixProblemBased.py
index 319dce01c..4cea0fc7a 100644
--- a/Nagstamon/Servers/ZabbixProblemBased.py
+++ b/Nagstamon/Servers/ZabbixProblemBased.py
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ def do_request(self, method, params={}, no_auth=False):
 
         return response_json['result']
 
+    def api_version(self, **options):
+        obj = self.do_request('apiinfo.version', options, no_auth=True)
+        return obj['result']
+
     def logged_in(self):
         if self.zbx_auth is None:
             return False
diff --git a/Nagstamon/thirdparty/zabbix_api.py b/Nagstamon/thirdparty/zabbix_api.py
index 16bb94657..582e6391f 100644
--- a/Nagstamon/thirdparty/zabbix_api.py
+++ b/Nagstamon/thirdparty/zabbix_api.py
@@ -302,8 +302,7 @@ def logged_in(self):
         return False
 
     def api_version(self, **options):
-        # kicked out check auth to be able to check vesion before being logged in to use the correct username keyword
-        #self.__checkauth__()
+        # kicked out check auth to be able to check version before being logged in to use the correct username keyword
         obj = self.do_request(self.json_obj('apiinfo.version', options, auth=False))
         return obj['result']