diff --git a/check_eol b/check_eol
index 94cf0adfa2d8c9442a7868bc310162e6b77aa49d..8f2e13fecf95d7b9e7e9934b1e7097bffd74fdaf 100755
--- a/check_eol
+++ b/check_eol
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 2020-02-21  v1.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
 # 2020-03-05  v1.1  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> switch to ph.* helper functions
+# 2021-03-26  v1.2  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> test major version if minor version was not detected
 # ======================================================================
 
 . `dirname $0`/inc_pluginfunctions
@@ -128,52 +129,26 @@ function getDaysLeft(){
     fi
 }
 
-# detect product in *cfg files and find its EOL
+
+# detect product in *cfg files and find its line with EOL information
 # global string  myKey       name of product
 # global string  myVersion   its version
 function findEolDate(){
-    line=`grep "^$myKey:$myVersion:" $eolcfg | sort -n | tail -1`
-    if [ ! -z "$line" ]; then
-        
-        myEolEnd=`echo $line | cut -f 4 -d ":"`
-        myComment=`echo $line | cut -f 5 -d ":"`
-        myDaysLeft=`getDaysLeft $myEolEnd`
-        # --- verify days left with limits
-        ph.setStatus "ok"
-        if [ $myDaysLeft -lt $iDaysWarn ]; then
-            ph.setStatus "warning"
-            if [ $myDaysLeft -lt $iDaysCritical ]; then
-                ph.setStatus "critical"
-            fi
-        fi
-        if [ $myDaysLeft -ge 0 ]; then
-            ph.status "[$myKey $myVersion] ends on $myEolEnd ... $myDaysLeft days left $myComment" 
-        else
-            echo "[$myKey $myVersion] ended on $myEolEnd ... `echo $myDaysLeft | sed 's#\-##'` days EXPIRED ALREADY !!! $myComment" 
-        fi
-        echo
-        grep "^$myKey:" $eolcfg | grep -v ":$myKey:[0-9]" | cut -f 3- -d ":"
-        echo
-        echo "Limit Info: warn below $iDaysWarn days; critical below $iDaysCritical days"
-        ph.perfadd "$myKey-v$myVersion" "${myDaysLeft}" $iDaysWarn $iDaysCritical 0
 
-    else
-        ph.setStatus "unknown"
-        echo "UNKNOWN. Sorry, [$myKey $myVersion] was not found in $eolcfg."
-        echo
-        grep "^$myKey:" $eolcfg >/dev/null
-        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "HINT: the product [$myKey] is known ... but not the version [$myVersion] ... or its date is invalid i.e. 30th of feb or not YYYY-MM-DD"
-            echo
-            grep "^$myKey:" $eolcfg | grep -v ":$myKey:[0-9]" | cut -f 3- -d ":"
-            echo
-            echo "Maybe an admin can add the version in `grep -l "^$myKey:" $eolcfg`"
-            echo "Existing/ known versions are:"
-            grep "^$myKey:[0-9]" $eolcfg | cut -f 3 -d ":" | sort -un
-        else
-            echo "The product key [$myKey] was not detected in any version."
-        fi
-    fi
+    local myVerKey="$myVersion."
+    local line=''
+    local bContinue=0
+    while [ $bContinue = 0 ]; do
+        myVerKey=$( echo $myVerKey | rev | cut -f 2- -d "." | rev )
+        line=`grep "^$myKey:$myVerKey:" $eolcfg | sort -n | tail -1`
+
+        test -z "$line" || bContinue=1
+        echo $myVerKey | grep "\." >/dev/null || bContinue=1
+
+    done
+
+    echo $line
+
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -255,7 +230,51 @@ fi
 myKey=$1
 myVersion=$2
 test $myVersion = "detect" && autodetect $myKey
-findEolDate "$myKey" "$myVersion"
+eol=$( findEolDate "$myKey" "$myVersion" )
+
+if [ -z "$eol" ]; then
+        ph.setStatus "unknown"
+        echo "UNKNOWN. Sorry, [$myKey $myVersion] was not found in $eolcfg."
+        echo
+        grep "^$myKey:" $eolcfg >/dev/null
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "HINT: the product [$myKey] is known ... but not the version [$myVersion] ... or its date is invalid i.e. 30th of feb or not YYYY-MM-DD"
+            echo
+            grep "^$myKey:" $eolcfg | grep -v ":$myKey:[0-9]" | cut -f 3- -d ":"
+            echo
+            echo "Maybe an admin can add the version in `grep -l "^$myKey:" $eolcfg`"
+            echo "Existing/ known versions are:"
+            grep "^$myKey:[0-9]" $eolcfg | cut -f 3 -d ":" | sort -un
+        else
+            echo "The product key [$myKey] was not detected in any version."
+        fi
+else
+        myEolVer=`echo $eol | cut -f 3 -d ":"`
+        myEolEnd=`echo $eol | cut -f 4 -d ":"`
+        myComment=`echo $eol | cut -f 5 -d ":"`
+
+        myDaysLeft=`getDaysLeft $myEolEnd`
+        # --- verify days left with limits
+        ph.setStatus "ok"
+        if [ $myDaysLeft -lt $iDaysWarn ]; then
+            ph.setStatus "warning"
+            if [ $myDaysLeft -lt $iDaysCritical ]; then
+                ph.setStatus "critical"
+            fi
+        fi
+        if [ $myDaysLeft -ge 0 ]; then
+            ph.status "[$myKey $myEolVer] ends on $myEolEnd ... $myDaysLeft days left $myComment" 
+        else
+            echo "[$myKey $myEolVer] ended on $myEolEnd ... `echo $myDaysLeft | sed 's#\-##'` days EXPIRED ALREADY !!! $myComment" 
+        fi
+        echo
+        grep "^$myKey:" $eolcfg | grep -v ":$myKey:[0-9]" | cut -f 3- -d ":"
+        echo
+        echo "Limit Info: warn below $iDaysWarn days; critical below $iDaysCritical days"
+        ph.perfadd "$myKey-v$myEolVer" "${myDaysLeft}" $iDaysWarn $iDaysCritical 0
+
+
+fi
 
 # --- bye
 ph.exit
diff --git a/check_eol-versiondetect/detect-postgres b/check_eol-versiondetect/detect-postgres
index 6b12ee1c5a8c295e2b564a8218060fa31d5f909a..ae1d34fd48bedd240f8f608c8d052d62b6a2ea76 100755
--- a/check_eol-versiondetect/detect-postgres
+++ b/check_eol-versiondetect/detect-postgres
@@ -5,11 +5,26 @@
 # detect version of PostgreSQL
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 2020-02-25  v1.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
+# 2020-02-25  v1.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  initial version
+# 2021-03-26  v1.1  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  add locations if postgres is not in PATH
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#
+# WORKAROUND: add additional locations in $PATH
+#
+otherlocations="/usr/pgsql-10/bin/ /some/other/postgres/location/bin/"
+
+POSTGRES=$( which postgres 2>/dev/null )
+test -z "$POSTGRES" &&
+  for mypath in ${otherlocations}
+  do
+    test -x "$mypath/postgres" && POSTGRES="$mypath/postgres"
+  done
+
+
+#
 # ----- example output
 #   postgres --version
 #   postgres (PostgreSQL) 9.2.24
 
-postgres --version | cut -f 3 -d " " | cut -f 1,2 -d '.'
+$POSTGRES --version | cut -f 3 -d " " | cut -f 1,2 -d '.'