diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_lua.sh b/dnsapi/dns_lua.sh
index 9506929..be77b9d 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_lua.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_lua.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dns_lua_add() {
     return 1
   fi
 
-  count=$(printf "%s\n" "$response" | _egrep_o "\"name\":\"$fulldomain\"" | wc -l | tr -s " ")
+  count=$(printf "%s\n" "$response" | _egrep_o "\"name\":\"$fulldomain\"" | wc -l | tr -d " ")
   _debug count "$count"
   if [ "$count" = "0" ]; then
     _info "Adding record"