diff --git a/check_apache_requests b/check_apache_requests
index 335ee6f390b356301419758e9abd848c1e466ae6..af9f8d17419422fb67e8867db576eeb059693371 100755
--- a/check_apache_requests
+++ b/check_apache_requests
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # ======================================================================
 
 . $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
-self_APPVERSION=1.6
+export self_APPVERSION=1.6
 
 # url=`hostname -f`/server-status
 url=localhost/server-status
diff --git a/check_ceph_diskfree b/check_ceph_diskfree
index 9d0459c12316d3d8d8455b15cf86753da1deed21..ce3f84787a245a701a40cda0c4e65b7d2e296a81 100755
--- a/check_ceph_diskfree
+++ b/check_ceph_diskfree
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
 
 . $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
 
+export self_APPVERSION=1.5
+
 typeset -i iWarning=0
 typeset -i iCritical=0
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.5
 
 function showHelp(){
     local _self; _self=$(basename $0)
diff --git a/check_ceph_io b/check_ceph_io
index dce76176cb5d168534ab35bd9e2a7a811aa82b72..36d5a074a1350816054576e92b763ccb93598a7a 100755
--- a/check_ceph_io
+++ b/check_ceph_io
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 . $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.4
+export self_APPVERSION=1.4
 
 function showHelp(){
     local _self; _self=$(basename $0)
diff --git a/check_ceph_osd b/check_ceph_osd
index f2f0a67d0a5b2ee1eb67f09b01074afbdfb53f08..e1224a016d1678b5d7aa4a22066b6a00bdaf76ff 100755
--- a/check_ceph_osd
+++ b/check_ceph_osd
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 . $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.6
+export self_APPVERSION=1.6
 
 # column number in output where to find the up/ down info
 iColUpDown=5
diff --git a/check_ceph_status b/check_ceph_status
index 2a2959fe949ff811b7b9bd3644b64db8da2ff6b7..61fc8a53faf7f39e2baf248d79a1d05d15d9b6d0 100755
--- a/check_ceph_status
+++ b/check_ceph_status
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 
 . $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-initfile="/tmp/ceph-status-not-ok-start-$USER"
+export self_APPVERSION=1.6
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.6
+initfile="/tmp/ceph-status-not-ok-start-$USER"
 
 iSleep=3
 doLoop=1
diff --git a/check_clientbackup b/check_clientbackup
index be1f56d93c96f01b93e1be446217f131d2f9f4a1..26da48c6c0c5d48b38b3a0d12b2adb00962a710e 100755
--- a/check_clientbackup
+++ b/check_clientbackup
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.12
+export self_APPVERSION=1.12
 
 sInstalldir=/opt/imlbackup/client/
 
diff --git a/check_conn b/check_conn
index 1d06e5af7486efc9aeffc0114b5f209aad23cb66..78487982df2cfb20ad1556be516ed182b429e967 100755
--- a/check_conn
+++ b/check_conn
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 2021-11-05  v0.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
+# 2023-07-27  v1.1  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      update help page
 # ======================================================================
 
 
-. `dirname $0`/inc_pluginfunctions
+. $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
+
+export self_APPVERSION=1.1
 
 cfgfile=$( dirname $0 )/$( basename $0 ).cfg
 
@@ -31,19 +34,12 @@ function getChecks(){
 
 
 function showHelp(){
-cat <<EOF
-______________________________________________________________________
-
-CHECK_CONN check if is a host available on a given port via tcp or udp
-from local machine $( hostname -f ).
-
-(c) Institute for Medical Education - University of Bern
-Licence: GNU GPL 3
-______________________________________________________________________
-
+    local _self; _self=$(basename $0)
+    cat <<EOF
+$( ph.showImlHelpHeader )
 
 SYNTAX:
-`basename $0` OPTIONS
+$_self OPTIONS
 
 You can create a file named $cfgfile
 and add your connections there. 
@@ -64,12 +60,12 @@ PARAMETERS:
                    udp/host/port
 EXAMPLES:
 
-`basename $0`         If no param is given it checks entries in $cfgfile
+$_self         If no param is given it checks entries in $cfgfile
 
-`basename $0` -t "tcp/api.example.com/443"
+$_self -t "tcp/api.example.com/443"
                    Check a single connection
 
-`basename $0` -t "tcp/api.example.com/443 tcp/localhost/3306"
+$_self -t "tcp/api.example.com/443 tcp/localhost/3306"
                    Check multiple connections.
 
 EOF
diff --git a/check_cpu b/check_cpu
index 034bb719ee5bf30579d4b154d3adaf628856d72d..1c03b9aed94a85599dafdc201f9e4d1a3ea4effc 100755
--- a/check_cpu
+++ b/check_cpu
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 . $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.14
+export self_APPVERSION=1.14
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # functions
diff --git a/check_cronstatus b/check_cronstatus
index 0fd56b5a34e557f184c8ca62dcf092a99a3b4e8d..1d1a7516e6189a27232aba3ba14fc1a058c0df7a 100755
--- a/check_cronstatus
+++ b/check_cronstatus
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=2.1
+export self_APPVERSION=2.1
+
 statusScript=/opt/cronwrapper/cronstatus.sh
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/check_disk-io b/check_disk-io
index 8b8feceb4ec76dd6f70b77a70ba20016c8e8320f..82d57d797883e03cfb96c37498022b21fc481380 100755
--- a/check_disk-io
+++ b/check_disk-io
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.1
+export self_APPVERSION=1.1
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # FUNCTIONS
diff --git a/check_dns_responsetime b/check_dns_responsetime
index d468953c4c4cbb5075cadb3f6656fd66bf39449e..0b73b9d94ceed525aafaf4dba8b03d2133126e4a 100755
--- a/check_dns_responsetime
+++ b/check_dns_responsetime
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.3
+exort self_APPVERSION=1.3
 
 tmpfile=/tmp/check_netstat_out_$$
 infofile=/tmp/check_netstat_out_2_$$
diff --git a/check_eol b/check_eol
index c471ed5dd003f1fd41c711ca03c5392ccd2135bd..391a5335dab8fa24adef5be166b6a2aa67741968 100755
--- a/check_eol
+++ b/check_eol
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 . "$( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions"
 eolcfg="${0}-data/*.cfg"
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.7
+export self_APPVERSION=1.7
 
 # --- limits
 typeset -i iDaysWarn=365
diff --git a/check_fs_errors b/check_fs_errors
index 96385539d79426c6ca9378985a360a82c9c4793e..5f321335bb96670eea1206ee2283cc557fbac071 100755
--- a/check_fs_errors
+++ b/check_fs_errors
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.2
+export self_APPVERSION=1.2
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/check_fs_writable b/check_fs_writable
index a5578f60ed81200c8defc428974fd8af4f0a66d3..e6c354324a46f22ca1baf815df520722e7873999 100755
--- a/check_fs_writable
+++ b/check_fs_writable
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 2021-03-23  v0.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
-# 2023-07-27  v1.2  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>     shell fixes; update help page
+# 2023-07-27  v1.1  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>     shell fixes; update help page
 # ======================================================================
 
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.2
+export self_APPVERSION=1.1
 
 dirs2test="/tmp /var/tmp"
 out=""