diff --git a/getssl b/getssl
index c2cb729..594861d 100755
--- a/getssl
+++ b/getssl
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@
 # 2016-04-17 Improving the wording in a couple of comments and info statements. (0.30)
 # 2016-05-04 Improve check for if DNS_DEL_COMMAND is blank. (0.31)
 # 2016-05-06 Setting umask to 077 for security of private keys etc. (0.32) 
-# 2016-05-10 update to reflect changes in stating acme server json (0.33)
+# 2016-05-10 update to reflect changes in staging ACME server json (0.33)
+# 2016-05-10 tidying up checking of json following AMCE changes. (0.34)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PROGNAME=${0##*/}
-VERSION="0.33"
+VERSION="0.34"
 
 # defaults
 CA="https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org"
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ check_challenge_completion() { # checks with the ACME server if our challenge is
     fi
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    status=$(echo $response | grep -Po '"status":[ ]*"[^"]+"' | cut -d : -f 2 | sed 's/"//g' | tr -d ' ')
+    status=$(echo $response | grep -Po '"status":[ ]*"[^"]+"' | cut -d '"' -f 4)
 
     # If ACME respose is valid, then break out of loop
     if [ "$status" == "valid" ] ; then
@@ -834,14 +835,15 @@ for d in $alldomains; do
 
   if [[ $VALIDATE_VIA_DNS == "true" ]]; then # set up the correct DNS token for verification
     # get the dns component of the ACME response
-    dns01=$(echo "$response" | egrep -o  '{[^{]*"type":"dns-01"[^}]*')
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    dns01=$(echo $response | grep -Po  '{[^{]*"type":[ ]*"dns-01"[^}]*')
     debug dns01 "$dns01"
 
     # get the token from the dns component
-    token=$(echo "$dns01" | sed 's/,/\n'/g| grep '"token":'| cut -d : -f 2|sed 's/"//g')
+    token=$(echo "$dns01" | sed 's/,/\n'/g| grep '"token":'| cut -d '"' -f 4)
     debug token "$token"
 
-    uri=$(echo "$dns01" | sed 's/,/\n'/g| grep '"uri":'| cut -d : -f 2,3|sed 's/"//g')
+    uri=$(echo "$dns01" | sed 's/,/\n'/g| grep '"uri":'| cut -d '"' -f 4)
     debug uri "$uri"
 
     keyauthorization="$token.$thumbprint"
@@ -883,10 +885,10 @@ for d in $alldomains; do
     debug http01 "$http01"
 
     # get the token from the http component
-    token=$(echo "$http01" | sed 's/,/\n'/g| grep '"token":'| cut -d : -f 2|sed 's/"//g' | tr -d ' ')
+    token=$(echo "$http01" | sed 's/,/\n'/g| grep '"token":'| cut -d '"' -f 4)
     debug token "$token"
 
-    uri=$(echo "$http01" | sed 's/,/\n'/g| grep '"uri":'| cut -d : -f 2,3|sed 's/"//g' | tr -d ' ')
+    uri=$(echo "$http01" | sed 's/,/\n'/g| grep '"uri":'| cut -d '"' -f 4)
     debug uri "$uri"
 
     #create signed authorization key from token.