diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/runmode.py b/freqtrade/enums/runmode.py
index d5c2cf652..61409abf6 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/runmode.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/runmode.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class RunMode(Enum):
+class RunMode(StrEnum):
     """
     Bot running mode (backtest, hyperopt, ...)
     can be "live", "dry-run", "backtest", "edge", "hyperopt".