diff --git a/icinga-cli.sh b/icinga-cli.sh
index 7d49ed6a2353a10d86c7cf5f6394a1088e05496f..5c6695fadf8f25c565d156c5861253e1cb8df753 100755
--- a/icinga-cli.sh
+++ b/icinga-cli.sh
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
 # 2022-03-04  v0.9   ah  abort on http 5xx error
 # 2022-03-14  v0.10  ah  less output and add _elog to run as a service
 # 2022-07-08  v0.11  ah  check pipes in output and performance data
+# 2023-01-30  v0.12  ah  remove pipes with sed remove the pipe before performancedata
 # ======================================================================
 
 
 _product="ICINGA PASSIVE CLIENT"
-_version="0.11"
+_version="0.12"
 _license="GNU GPL 3.0"
 _copyright='(c) 2020 Institute for Medical Education * University of Bern'
 
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ function processCheck(){
         _elog "command was: $myFullscript $myparams"
         _log "${_logPrefix} WARNING - pipes were found in plugin output"
       fi
-      sed -i "s#|#:#g" "$_outfile"
+      # sed -i "s#|#:#g" "$_outfile"
 
       _echo
       # echo -------- extracted performance data: