diff --git a/include/functions b/include/functions
index fb82e319..4c363faa 100644
--- a/include/functions
+++ b/include/functions
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@
             # If 'file' is an directory, use -d
             if [ -d ${CHECKFILE} ]; then
                 FILEVALUE=$(ls -d -l ${CHECKFILE} | cut -c 2-10)
-                PROFILEVALUE=$(grep '^permdir' ${PROFILE} | grep ":${CHECKFILE}:" | cut -d: -f3)
+                PROFILEVALUE=$(grep '^permdir' ${PROFILE} | grep "=${CHECKFILE}:" | cut -d: -f2)
             else
                 FILEVALUE=$(ls -l ${CHECKFILE} | cut -c 2-10)
-                PROFILEVALUE=$(grep '^permfile' ${PROFILE} | grep ":${CHECKFILE}:" | cut -d: -f3)
+                PROFILEVALUE=$(grep '^permfile' ${PROFILE} | grep "=${CHECKFILE}:" | cut -d: -f2)
             fi
             if [ "${FILEVALUE}" = "${PROFILEVALUE}" ]; then PERMS="OK"; else PERMS="BAD"; fi
         fi
diff --git a/include/tests_file_permissions b/include/tests_file_permissions
index 2c43fc0e..108b830e 100644
--- a/include/tests_file_permissions
+++ b/include/tests_file_permissions
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         LogText "Test: Checking file permissions"
         for PROFILE in ${PROFILES}; do
             LogText "Using profile ${PROFILE} for baseline."
-            FIND=$(${EGREPBINARY} '^permfile=|^permdir=' ${PROFILE} | ${CUTBINARY} -d= -f2)
+            FIND=$(${EGREPBINARY} '^permfile=|^permdir=' ${PROFILE} | ${CUTBINARY} -d= -f2 | ${CUTBINARY} -d: -f1)
             for I in ${FIND}; do
                 LogText "Checking ${I}"
                 CheckFilePermissions "${I}"