diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index 199c0a68..25805b7f 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ piholeLogging() {
 }
 
 piholeStatus() {
-  if [[ $(cat /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf | grep "#addn-hosts=/") ]] ; then
+  if [[ $(grep -i "^#addn-hosts=/" /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf) ]] ; then
     #list is commented out
     if [[ "${1}" == "web" ]] ; then
       echo 0;
     else
       echo "::: Pi-hole blocking is Disabled";
     fi
-  elif [[ $(cat /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf | grep "^addn-hosts=/") ]] ; then
+  elif [[ $(grep -i "^addn-hosts=/" /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf) ]] ; then
     #list set
     if [[ "${1}" == "web" ]] ; then
       echo 1;