diff --git a/check_curl.sh b/check_curl.sh
index de03c36..0195e13 100755
--- a/check_curl.sh
+++ b/check_curl.sh
@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ elif [ $(echo "$RESPONSE_TIME_MS > $WARN_TIME" | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 # Check critical string
-BODY_CONTAINS=" "
+BODY_CONTAINS=""
 if [ -n "$CRIT_STRING" ]; then
-  BODY=$(curl -s $FOLLOW_REDIRECTS $INSECURE "$HEADERS" "$RESOLVE" "$TIMEOUT" "$URL")
+  BODY=$(curl -s $FOLLOW_REDIRECTS $INSECURE "$HEADERS" $RESOLVE $TIMEOUT "$URL")
   # shellcheck disable=SC2076
   if ! [[ $BODY =~ "$CRIT_STRING" ]]; then
       if $SANITIZE_HTML; then
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ if [ -n "$CRIT_STRING" ]; then
     echo "CRITICAL - response body does not contain the required string: $BODY"
     exit 2
   else
-    BODY_CONTAINS=" and contained substring "
+    BODY_CONTAINS=" and contained substring"
   fi
 fi
 
@@ -441,5 +441,5 @@ else
   perfdata_str="| $perfdata"
 fi
 
-echo "OK - response time was $RESPONSE_TIME seconds, code $HTTP_CODE.${BODY_CONTAINS}-> $URL $perfdata_str"
+echo "OK - response time was $RESPONSE_TIME seconds, code $HTTP_CODE${BODY_CONTAINS}. $perfdata_str"
 exit 0