diff --git a/check_lysrdiff b/check_lysrdiff
index 9a2c49779028e087f55e14b7b2054b877e71577b..680b6dc6c2ba0d6d725f2a9e38f81f0dc07a3dc2 100755
--- a/check_lysrdiff
+++ b/check_lysrdiff
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ echo $staletime MARKER \
 echo $acttime MARKER \
 | sort $state - \
 | grep -- '-end$\|MARKER' \
-| sed -e '1,/MARKER$/d' \
+| sed -e '0,/MARKER$/d' \
 > $state-active
 
 STALE=`wc -l < $state-stale`
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ $ACTIVITY = 0 ]
 then
-  echo -n 'WARNING - No activity. | activity='0 stale=$STALE failed=0
+  echo 'WARNING - No activity. | activity='0 stale=$STALE failed=0
   rm $state $state-stale $state-active
   exit 1
 fi