diff --git a/find_veth_docker.sh b/find_veth_docker.sh
index 4f10cf6..b54f4ac 100755
--- a/find_veth_docker.sh
+++ b/find_veth_docker.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ do
   # #using the PID, we can get the interface index of the eth0 interfae inside the container
   # INDEX=$(sudo cat /proc/$PID/net/igmp |grep "$INTF"| awk '{print $1}') 
   # #using the index, we can identify the veth interface
-  veth=$(sudo ip a|grep "${INDEX} veth"|awk '{print $2}'|cut -d '@' -f 1)
+  veth=$(sudo ip a|grep -e "^${INDEX} veth"|awk '{print $2}'|cut -d '@' -f 1)
   if [[ -z $veth ]]
   then
     veth="N/A\t" #add extra Tabs straight away for prettify