diff --git a/script/service-still-runnable b/script/service-still-runnable
index 3b3085c..6a29050 100755
--- a/script/service-still-runnable
+++ b/script/service-still-runnable
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # This script is part of Booth.
 # It checks whether the given resource (service) still has a chance
 # to run on the local cluster, so that booth knows whether to
 # acquire the ticket here.
 
 set -e
 
 service="${1:?Need a resource name as first argument.}"
 
 
 # We expect an output like
 #   p_dummy        (ocf::pacemaker:Dummy): Started geo-rz2-a 
 
 if crm_simulate --ticket-grant "$BOOTH_TICKET" --simulate --live-check |
 	sed -n '/^Revised cluster status:/,$p' |
-	egrep "^\s+$service\s+\(.*\): Started (\S+)$"
+	egrep "^[[:space:]]+$service[[:space:]]+\(.*\):[[:space:]]+Started ([^[:space:]]+) *$" >/dev/null
 then
 	# can be started - we're done.
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 
 # Some error occured.
 # Try to help the admin with a bit of diagnostic.
 #
 # disallow ms-resources, ie. only primitives wanted here
 if ! crm_resource -l | grep -v ":" | grep "$service" ; then
 	ha_logger "Defined resource '$service' in $BOOTH_CONF_PATH is not a primitive??"
 fi
 
 exit 1