diff --git a/check_psqlserver b/check_psqlserver
index 111d66fe5cf0d0b2f656e0c8cdf4eafd90ef5ae5..72526dca5956798f8f0dbd1b567828f46b5439d7 100755
--- a/check_psqlserver
+++ b/check_psqlserver
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ myuser=icingamonitor
 NL="
 "
 
-out=" "
+out=""
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # FUNCTIONS
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function renderCounters(){
   do
     _iValue=${aVals[$_iCounter]}
     _iSpeed=$( ph.perfdeltaspeed "psql-${sColumn}-${_sStoreid}" ${_iValue} sec $_sDeltaUnit)
-    out=$out$(printf "%25s: %10s %s \n" "${sColumn}" "${_iValue}" "... delta = ${_iSpeed} per $_sDeltaUnit${NL}")
+    out=$( printf "%-25s: %15s %s \n" "${sColumn}" "${_iValue}" "... delta = ${_iSpeed} per $_sDeltaUnit${NL}" )
     ph.perfadd "${sColumn}"   "${_iSpeed}"
     _iCounter+=1
   done
@@ -298,8 +298,7 @@ case "${sMode}" in
 esac
 
 ph.status "Pgsql $sMode :: $descr"
-echo
-echo "$out"
+echo " $out"
 
 ph.exit