diff --git a/docs/widgets/services/truenas.md b/docs/widgets/services/truenas.md
index 8933f656e..029923ecd 100644
--- a/docs/widgets/services/truenas.md
+++ b/docs/widgets/services/truenas.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ To create an API Key, follow [the official TrueNAS documentation](https://www.tr
 
 A detailed pool listing is disabled by default, but can be enabled with the `enablePools` option.
 
-The Scale and Core API's provide information on the pools in different manners. The `nasType` option choses which API response parsing should be used.
+TrueNAS Scale and Core APIs differ, the optional `nasType` parameter is needed if using the `enablePools` option.
 
 ```yaml
 widget:
diff --git a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
index 7634f41c8..07d1e2bf7 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
@@ -521,11 +521,7 @@ export function cleanServiceGroups(groups) {
         }
         if (type === "truenas") {
           if (enablePools !== undefined) cleanedService.widget.enablePools = JSON.parse(enablePools);
-          if (nasType) {
-            cleanedService.widget.nasType = nasType;
-          } else {
-            cleanedService.widget.nasType = "scale";
-          }
+          cleanedService.widget.nasType = nasType ?? "scale";
         }
         if (["diskstation", "qnap"].includes(type)) {
           if (volume) cleanedService.widget.volume = volume;
diff --git a/src/widgets/truenas/component.jsx b/src/widgets/truenas/component.jsx
index 119bb5081..29c31adf3 100644
--- a/src/widgets/truenas/component.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/truenas/component.jsx
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
   }
 
   const enablePools = widget?.enablePools && Array.isArray(poolsData) && poolsData.length > 0;
-  const scaleDeployment = widget?.nasType === "scale";
-  const coreDeployment = widget?.nasType === "core";
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
         <Block label="truenas.alerts" value={t("common.number", { value: alertData.pending })} />
       </Container>
       {enablePools &&
-        scaleDeployment &&
+        widget?.nasType === "scale" &&
         poolsData.map((pool) => (
           <ScalePool
             key={pool.id}
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
           />
         ))}
       {enablePools &&
-        coreDeployment &&
+        widget?.nasType === "core" &&
         poolsData.map((pool) => <CorePool key={pool.id} name={pool.name} healthy={pool.healthy} data={pool.data} />)}
     </>
   );