diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 39a3dee22bf..386480fa36b 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/light/hue.py
     homeassistant/components/media_player/cast.py
     homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
+    homeassistant/components/media_player/squeezebox.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/file.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/instapush.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/nma.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/media_player/squeezebox.py b/homeassistant/components/media_player/squeezebox.py
index 95715b1e555..911f8b0faab 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/media_player/squeezebox.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/media_player/squeezebox.py
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ class SqueezeBoxDevice(MediaPlayerDevice):
     @property
     def is_volume_muted(self):
         if 'mixer volume' in self._status:
-            return int(self._status['mixer volume']) < 0
+            _LOGGER.info(self._status['mixer volume'])
+            return self._status['mixer volume'].startswith('-')
 
     @property
     def media_content_id(self):