diff --git a/rstudio_version_check.sh b/rstudio_version_check.sh
index f2695fe05c94509b398f27a498be583b842d6ec7..afe978c8876fc42e711005c99368cb4a3f524ab4 100755
--- a/rstudio_version_check.sh
+++ b/rstudio_version_check.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ noprefix=${rawstring#$prefix}
 nosuffix=${noprefix%$suffix}
 dlcommand="$nosuffix -q -P /home/monitoring/"
 cur_version_noisy=$(rstudio-server version)
-cur_version=${cur_version_noisy% *}
+cur_version=${cur_version_noisy%% *}
 avail_version=$(cut -d "-" -f 3 <<< "$dlcommand")
 if [ "$avail_version" == "$cur_version" ]
   then