diff --git a/canto_running_log.sh b/canto_running_log.sh
index 44f637c4904fcf50c37eaad967fabd187797828f..41799ba790fadb4151e0ee1924310346d5d89740 100755
--- a/canto_running_log.sh
+++ b/canto_running_log.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LOGS="logs"
 LOGFILE="${CANTOSPACE}/${LOGS}/canto_server_running.log"
 
 #this line retrieves the canto container id
-DOCKERNAME=$(docker ps -a --filter status=running --filter name=^/canto$ { print $1 })
+DOCKERNAME=$(docker ps -a --filter status=running --filter name=^/canto$ | awk { print $1 })
 
 	if [[ ! -z "${DOCKERNAME}" ]]; then
 	echo "Canto running on container ${DOCKERNAME} - see canto_server_running.log for the log messages"