diff --git a/restore-mysql-daily b/restore-mysql-daily
index fd24b59..a43468e 100644
--- a/restore-mysql-daily
+++ b/restore-mysql-daily
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
     -d|--dry-run) 
         DRY_RUN=true 
-        CMD='echo -e "\t$(tput setaf 3)EXECUTE: $(tput sgr 0)"'; echo
+        CMD="echo -e \t$(tput setaf 3)EXECUTE: $(tput sgr 0)"; echo
         shift 1
         ;;
     -a|--archive)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ echo -e "\nrestoring"
 START=$(date +%s)
 
 echo -e "\n--START: $(date +%F\ %T)\nrestoring most recent backups from $ARCHPATH"
-echo -e "\tstopping replication\n";
+echo -e "\tstopping replication";
 $CMD mysql -e "STOP SLAVE;"
 
 NEWDATE=$(ls -1r "$ARCHPATH" | head -1)
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ NEWPATH="$ARCHPATH$NEWDATE/$SUBDIR"
 if [[ $FULLRESTORE == false ]]; then
     OLDDATE=$(ls -1rt "$ARCHPATH" | head -1)
     OLDPATH="$ARCHPATH$OLDDATE/$SUBDIR"
-    echo -e "compartive restoration selected:\n\tfiles from:\t'$NEWDATE'\n\tcompared to:\t'$OLDDATE'"
+    echo -e "\n\ncompartive restoration selected:\n\tfiles from:\t'$NEWDATE'\n\tcompared to:\t'$OLDDATE'"
 else
-    echo "full restorion selected: comparisons will not be made, all non-excluded databases will be restored"
+    echo "\n\nfull restorion selected: comparisons will not be made, all non-excluded databases will be restored"
 fi
 
 echo -e "\nfinding files in '$NEWPATH*.gz'"