diff --git a/rstudio_version_check.sh b/rstudio_version_check.sh
index 85b56f0f61ec93cb682d1f3ac9fc5ee2ab7494ec..f2695fe05c94509b398f27a498be583b842d6ec7 100755
--- a/rstudio_version_check.sh
+++ b/rstudio_version_check.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ suffix="<br />"
 noprefix=${rawstring#$prefix}
 nosuffix=${noprefix%$suffix}
 dlcommand="$nosuffix -q -P /home/monitoring/"
-cur_version=$(rstudio-server version)
+cur_version_noisy=$(rstudio-server version)
+cur_version=${cur_version_noisy% *}
 avail_version=$(cut -d "-" -f 3 <<< "$dlcommand")
 if [ "$avail_version" == "$cur_version" ]
   then