diff --git a/inc/status.inc b/inc/status.inc
index b66be3ed..f04ef076 100755
--- a/inc/status.inc
+++ b/inc/status.inc
@@ -794,7 +794,10 @@ STATUS_SCANTIMES(){
 	echo -en "${idsCL[Yellow]}Pulling data and calculating average scan times for the last '${LAST}' scans ... "
 
 	lastscantime=$(tail -n 1 ${NM_LOGFOLDER}/status-check.scantimes)
-	scantimes=($(tail -n ${LAST} ${NM_LOGFOLDER}/status-check.scantimes))
+	scantimes=$(tail -n ${LAST} ${NM_LOGFOLDER}/status-check.scantimes)
+	IFS=$'\n'
+	read -rd '' -a scantimes <<<"${scantimes}"
+	unset IFS
 	scantimes_total=0; scansfound=0
 	for scantime in "${scantimes[@]}"; do
 		[[ "${scantime}" = *"~"* ]] && scantime=${scantime#*~}