diff --git a/check_staged_release.sh b/check_staged_release.sh
index 232c5cb..573da69 100755
--- a/check_staged_release.sh
+++ b/check_staged_release.sh
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
  if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then CHKSUM="GOOD"; else CHKSUM="BAD!!!!!!!!"; fi
  if [ ! -f "$f.asc" ]; then CHKSUM="----"; fi
  echo "gpg:  ${CHKSUM}"
- if [ "`cat $f.md5 2>/dev/null`" = "`openssl md5 < $f 2>/dev/null`" ]; then CHKSUM="GOOD"; else CHKSUM="BAD!!!!!!!!"; fi
+ if [ "`cat $f.md5 2>/dev/null`" = "`openssl md5 < $f 2>/dev/null | sed 's/.*= *//'`" ]; then CHKSUM="GOOD"; else CHKSUM="BAD!!!!!!!!"; fi
  if [ ! -f "$f.md5" ]; then CHKSUM="----"; fi
  echo "md5:  ${CHKSUM}"
- if [ "`cat $f.sha1 2>/dev/null`" = "`openssl sha1 < $f 2>/dev/null`" ]; then CHKSUM="GOOD"; else CHKSUM="BAD!!!!!!!!"; fi
+ if [ "`cat $f.sha1 2>/dev/null`" = "`openssl sha1 < $f 2>/dev/null | sed 's/.*= *//'`" ]; then CHKSUM="GOOD"; else CHKSUM="BAD!!!!!!!!"; fi
  if [ ! -f "$f.sha1" ]; then CHKSUM="----"; fi
  echo "sha1: ${CHKSUM}"
 done