diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_cpanel.sh b/dnsapi/dns_cpanel.sh
index f91725a4..0c9def67 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_cpanel.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_cpanel.sh
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ _myget() {
 
 _get_root() {
   _myget 'json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_apiversion=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=ZoneEdit&cpanel_jsonapi_func=fetchzones'
-  _domains=$(echo "$_result" | sed 's/.*\(zones.*\[\).*/\1/' | cut -d':' -f2 | sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/{//g')
+  _domains=$(echo "$_result" | _egrep_o '"[a-z0-9\.\-]*":\["; cPanel first' | cut -d':' -f1 | sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/{//g')
   _debug "_result is: $_result"
   _debug "_domains is: $_domains"
   if [ -z "$_domains" ]; then
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ _findentry() {
   _debug "In _findentry"
   #returns id of dns entry, if it exists
   _myget "json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_apiversion=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=ZoneEdit&cpanel_jsonapi_func=fetchzone_records&domain=$_domain"
-  _id=$(echo "$_result" | sed "s/.*\(line.*$fulldomain.*$txtvalue\).*/\1/" | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ',' -f 1)
+  _id=$(echo "$_result" | sed -e "s/},{/},\n{/g" | grep "$fulldomain" | grep "$txtvalue" | _egrep_o 'line":[0-9]+' | cut -d ':' -f 2)
   _debug "_result is: $_result"
   _debug "fulldomain. is $fulldomain."
   _debug "txtvalue is $txtvalue"