diff --git a/check_memory b/check_memory
index ffd36321b76fdb979d80841e4fe490c171b0503b..293822bcef265b034292b4e456dc153805538967 100755
--- a/check_memory
+++ b/check_memory
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 # 2022-03-09  v1.6  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> show most ram intensive processes
 # 2022-03-10  v1.7  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> add cli param -p; update help
 # 2023-02-13  v1.8  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>     shell fixes
+# 2023-07-28  v1.9  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>     update help page
 # ======================================================================
 
 
 . "$(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions"
 
-self_APPNAME=$( basename $0 | tr [:lower:] [:upper:] )
-self_APPVERSION=1.8
+self_APPVERSION=1.9
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # FUNCTIONS
@@ -44,16 +44,11 @@ function getMemvalue(){
     echo $( grep "^$1:" /proc/meminfo | awk '{ print $2 }' ) / 1024 | bc
 }
 
+# show help text
 function showHelp(){
+    local _self; _self=$(basename $0)
 cat <<EOF
-______________________________________________________________________
-
-$self_APPNAME 
-v$self_APPVERSION
-
-(c) Institute for Medical Education - University of Bern
-Licence: GNU GPL 3
-______________________________________________________________________
+$( ph.showImlHelpHeader )
 
 Check memory usage incl. free, used and total memory.
 On higher memory usage the process table with top 5 top consumers will