diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_cpanel.sh b/dnsapi/dns_cpanel.sh
index 99baf13a..86d42506 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_cpanel.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_cpanel.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ _myget() {
 
 _get_root() {
   _myget 'json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_apiversion=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=ZoneEdit&cpanel_jsonapi_func=fetchzones'
-  _domains=$(echo "$_result" | cut -d ':' -f9 | sed -e 's/"//g' -e 's/{//g' )
+  _domains=$(echo "$_result" | cut -d ':' -f9 | sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/{//g' )
   _debug "_result is: $_result"
   _debug "_domains is: $_domains"
   if [ -z "$_domains" ]; then