diff --git a/dns-api.sh b/dns-api.sh
index 5cf612ff823c24db383be5bb20331bac7befa3f4..bef15ecf968e5b5afd60c1127f24f447c80ad606 100755
--- a/dns-api.sh
+++ b/dns-api.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 # ----- read cli params
 method=GET
-echo "$1" | grep -E "^(GET|PUT|POST|DELETE)$" >/dev/null
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+if echo "$1" | grep -E "^(GET|PUT|POST|DELETE)$" >/dev/null
+then
     method=$1
     shift 1
 fi
diff --git a/dns-search.sh b/dns-search.sh
index dcfcec996534081d8137c03428660ef006d4d6a7..21a886954ddac46168dde1959d4c90af9685930e 100755
--- a/dns-search.sh
+++ b/dns-search.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 2021-10-29  v1.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
 # 2022-01-14  v1.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  1st public version
+# 2022-03-01  v1.1  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  fix usage with 1st param "name"
 # ======================================================================
 
 
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ exit 0
 fi
 
 mytype=name
-echo "$1" | grep -E '^(host|alias)$' >/dev/null
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+if echo "$1" | grep -E '^(name|alias)$' >/dev/null
+then
     mytype=$1
     shift 1
 fi