diff --git a/check_systemdunit b/check_systemdunit
index 35cf7cc0b62bd81d0fca8f60ba71fc7c390db9bc..f2fe97f192d75ed78cae54c83acd836799baf993 100755
--- a/check_systemdunit
+++ b/check_systemdunit
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 # 2020-09-06  v1.1  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>  add params -s, -l
 # 2020-09-06  v1.2  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>  add param -r to use a regex
 # 2020-09-18  v1.3  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>  fix: list units --all to show all stopped units
+# 2020-09-18  v1.4  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>  replace pipes in systemctl status output
 # ================================================================================
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-export self_APPVERSION=1.3
+export self_APPVERSION=1.4
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # FUNCTIONS
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ fi
 
 # --- check given unit
 
-_status=$( systemctl --no-pager -l status "${_unit}" 2>&1 )
+_status=$( systemctl --no-pager -l status "${_unit}" 2>&1 | tr '|' ':' )
 
 if ! grep "Active: active (running) " <<< "${_status}" >/dev/null; then
     ph.setStatus critical
diff --git a/docs/20_Checks/check_psqlserver.md b/docs/20_Checks/check_psqlserver.md
index 50f468d4aab5a3a45da60d221d42182463c5852a..96c5869913136a2c7261035276c2665802b258f2 100644
--- a/docs/20_Checks/check_psqlserver.md
+++ b/docs/20_Checks/check_psqlserver.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The kind of check is defined by a parameter `-m METHOD`.
 ./check_psqlserver -h
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
-CHECK_PSQLSERVER :: v0.7
+CHECK_PSQLSERVER :: v0.9
 
 (c) Institute for Medical Education - University of Bern
 Licence: GNU GPL 3
diff --git a/docs/20_Checks/check_systemdunit.md b/docs/20_Checks/check_systemdunit.md
index 2f1b92365380cca83278d2349b241e507ad80676..da6c2996f779d1dfbb99d41e70544aed30815b88 100644
--- a/docs/20_Checks/check_systemdunit.md
+++ b/docs/20_Checks/check_systemdunit.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ A unit is everything listed by systemctl command - services, timers, targets, ..
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
 CHECK_SYSTEMDUNIT
-v1.3
+v1.4
 
 (c) Institute for Medical Education - University of Bern
 Licence: GNU GPL 3