diff --git a/icinga-cli.sh b/icinga-cli.sh
index 47edb848fc1a088e20b1ce1303c5add5bc46ec50..670c262fae27691ff56fa0a84bcb47e41805a64e 100755
--- a/icinga-cli.sh
+++ b/icinga-cli.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # 2023-02-17  v0.14  ah  add hostnamme into CFGSTORAGE
 # 2023-02-17  v0.15  ah  check inc_getconfig.sh exists and hostname -f has a value
 # 2023-11-01  v0.16  ah  generate json with "jo"
+# 2023-11-02  v0.17  ah  generate json with "jo"
 # ======================================================================
 
 
@@ -313,6 +314,8 @@ function processCheck(){
   _log "${_logPrefix} INFO: every ${checkInterval} sec: ${checkCommand}"
 
   local _outfile=${dir_data}/service__check__${checkName}__output.txt
+  local _output
+  local _FoundErrors
   local _response=${dir_data}/service__check__${checkName}__icinga_response.txt
   typeset -i local _rc=0
 
@@ -361,12 +364,14 @@ function processCheck(){
             _elog "${_logPrefix} $( ls -ld ${dir_data} $_outfile )"
             exit 1
       fi
+      test $rc -gt 0 && _FoundErrors+="Exitcode of check is $rc (greater zero).\n"
       typeset -i local iTsEnd=`date +%s`
       # outPerfdata=`grep '|' $_outfile | cut -f 2 -d '|'`
       outPerfdata=`grep '|' $_outfile | rev | cut -f 1 -d '|' | rev`
+      _output="$( cat "$_outfile" )"
       _echo
       _echo -------- check output:
-      _echo $( cat "$_outfile" )
+      _echo "$_output"
 
       iPipes=$( grep -o "|" < "$_outfile" | wc -l )
       _echo "Pipe chars: $iPipes"
@@ -397,7 +402,7 @@ function processCheck(){
       
 
       commandAsJson="$(jq -nR --arg data """${myFullscript} $myparams""" '$data')"
-
+      outAsJson="$(    jq -nR --arg data """${_output}""" '$data')"
 
       local JSONPARAMS="
         check_source=${MY_NAME}
@@ -407,9 +412,8 @@ function processCheck(){
         execution_start=$iTsStart
         execution_end=$iTsEnd
         performance_data="\"${outPerfdata}\""
-        plugin_output="\"$( cat "${_outfile}" )\""
-
-    "
+        plugin_output=$outAsJson
+      "
      
       data=$( eval jo -p -d. $JSONPARAMS )
 
@@ -434,6 +438,7 @@ function processCheck(){
       else
         _elog "${_logPrefix} rc=$rc - WARNING: $(http.getStatuscode) the check response was NOT sent to Icinga"
         _rc=$_rc+1
+        _FoundErrors+="Response was not sent to Icinga."
         _echo
         _echo For Debugging:
         _echo "$data"
@@ -453,7 +458,7 @@ function processCheck(){
   typeset -i local iCheckTime=$iCheckEnd-$iCheckStart
 
   _log "${_logPrefix} finished after $iCheckTime sec with returncode $_rc"
-  test $_rc -eq 0 || (_echo; _echo "    >>> Check ${checkName} was not OK. See Output block above!"; _echo; _echo)
+  test $_rc -eq 0 || (_echo; _echo "ERRORS: [${checkName}] $_FoundErrors"; _echo; _echo)
 }
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # help
@@ -546,6 +551,13 @@ function showVersion(){
 
 . "$( dirname $0 )/inc_functions.sh"
 
+if [ "$1" = "--version" ] || [ "$1" = "-v" ]; then
+  echo "$( basename $0) v$_version"
+  echo "$_license .. $_copyright"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+
 _echo "
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