diff --git a/offsite-power-check.sh b/offsite-power-check.sh
index f8273370..b3dbd1f2 100755
--- a/offsite-power-check.sh
+++ b/offsite-power-check.sh
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ LOGROTATE(){
 	[ ! -f ${PW_LOGFILE} ] && touch ${PW_LOGFILE}
 	[ ! -f ${PW_LOGPOWER} ] && touch ${PW_LOGPOWER}
 	backupstokeep=($(ls -d ${PW_LOGARCHIVE}/* 2> /dev/null | sort | tail -12))
+	IFS=$'\n'
+	read -rd '' -a backupstokeep <<<"${backupstokeep}"
+	unset IFS
 	for folder in $(ls -d ${PW_LOGARCHIVE}/* | sort -r); do
 		keep=0
 		for filetokeep in ${backupstokeep[@]}; do