diff --git a/check_couchdb b/check_couchdb
index 6bbdba6bf92c065bd9f0663d68afe207605caddc..b50425b241a89e554445e580d2a52c319b12b4dc 100755
--- a/check_couchdb
+++ b/check_couchdb
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ case "${sMode}" in
 
         ph.status "Couchdb :: Http request methods"
         printf "%30s %10s %10s\n" "Property" "Counter" "Delta" | tr ' ' '_'
-        for myVar in $( grep "[a-z\_]" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 1 -d ':' )
+        for myVar in $( grep "^[a-z\_]" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 1 -d ':' )
         do  
             _iValue=$( grep "^${myVar}:" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 2 -d ':' )
             _label="couchdb-hp-${myVar//_/-}" # underscrore to minus
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ case "${sMode}" in
 
         ph.status "Couchdb :: Http request methods"
         printf "%10s %10s %10s\n" "Method" "Counter" "Delta" | tr ' ' '_'
-        for myVar in $( grep "[A-Z]" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 1 -d ':' )
+        for myVar in $( grep "^[A-Z]" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 1 -d ':' )
         do            
-            _iValue=$( grep "$myVar" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 2 -d ':' )
+            _iValue=$( grep "^$myVar:" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 2 -d ':' )
             _label="couchdb-hm-${myVar//_/-}" # underscrore to minus
             _iDelta=$( ph.perfdeltaspeed "${_label}" $_iValue)
             printf "%10s %10s %10s per sec\n" "$myVar" $_iValue $_iDelta
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ case "${sMode}" in
 
         ph.status "Couchdb :: Http status codes"
         printf "%10s %10s %10s\n" "Status" "Counter" "Delta" | tr ' ' '_'
-        for myVar in $( grep "[1-9]" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 1 -d ':' )
+        for myVar in $( grep "^[1-9]" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 1 -d ':' )
         do            
-            _iValue=$( grep "$myVar" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 2 -d ':' )
+            _iValue=$( grep "^$myVar:" <<< "$_status" | cut -f 2 -d ':' )
             _label="couchdb-hs-${myVar//_/-}" # underscrore to minus
             _iDelta=$( ph.perfdeltaspeed "${_label}" $_iValue)
             printf "%10s %10s %10s per sec\n" "$myVar" $_iValue $_iDelta