diff --git a/checks/check_gitea_update b/checks/check_gitea_update
index 1cf9eac..0e5325e 100755
--- a/checks/check_gitea_update
+++ b/checks/check_gitea_update
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-gitea_remote_version=$(curl --silent https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases | grep "/releases/tag" | grep -v "\-rc" | grep -v "\-dev" | cut -d ">" -f 2 | cut -d "<" -f 1 | head -n 1| sed -e 's/^v//' )
+gitea_remote_version=$(curl --silent https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases | grep "/releases/tag" | grep -v "\-rc" | grep -v "\-dev" | cut -d ">" -f 2 | cut -d "<" -f 1 | head -n 1| sed -e 's/^v//' | awk '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/://' )
 #gitea_remote_version=$(curl --silent https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases | grep "css-truncate-target" | grep -v "\-rc" | cut -d "v" -f 2 | cut -d "<" -f 1 | head -n 1)
 
 if [ "$gitea_local_version" = "$gitea_remote_version" ]