diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index b1bf8034..4aa6f014 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@ CHECK-CERTS(){
 		SENDNOTICE "SSL Certs Check" "SSL Certs Check\n$SSLLOG"
 	else
 		# ${FOLDER}/ssl-cert-check/ssl-cert-check -f ${FOLDER}/ssl-cert-check/ssldomains
+	    IFS=$'\n'
 	    for LINE in `egrep -v '(^#|^$)' ${FOLDER}/ssl-cert-check/ssldomains`;  do
 	        HOST=${LINE%% *}
 	        PORT=${LINE#* }
@@ -1195,6 +1196,7 @@ CHECK-CERTS(){
 			# 	        [ "$PORT" == "FILE" ] && check_file_status ${HOST} "FILE" "${HOST}" || check_server_status "${HOST}" "${PORT}"
 			# unset IFS
 	    done
+		unset IFS
 	fi
 }