diff --git a/bin/hardening/99.1_timeout_tty.sh b/bin/hardening/99.1_timeout_tty.sh
index 1c39958..45d65d5 100755
--- a/bin/hardening/99.1_timeout_tty.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening/99.1_timeout_tty.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set -e # One error, it's over
 set -u # One variable unset, it's over
 
 USER='root'
-PATTERN='^TMOUT='
+PATTERN='TMOUT='
 VALUE='600'
 FILES_TO_SEARCH='/etc/bash.bashrc /etc/profile.d/* /etc/profile'
 FILE='/etc/profile.d/CIS_99.1_timeout.sh'
diff --git a/bin/postinstall/tripwire.sh b/bin/postinstall/tripwire.sh
index 3533830..43f5f29 100755
--- a/bin/postinstall/tripwire.sh
+++ b/bin/postinstall/tripwire.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ echo "Generating Local database with newly created key..."
 /usr/sbin/twadmin --create-cfgfile -S /etc/tripwire/site.key /etc/tripwire/twcfg.txt # Init database with generated local key file
 echo "Testing tripwire database update"
 tripwire -m i # Test configuration update
-~
diff --git a/lib/utils.sh b/lib/utils.sh
index abd9e72..118cf35 100644
--- a/lib/utils.sh
+++ b/lib/utils.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ replace_in_file() {
 
     backup_file "$FILE"
     debug "Replacing $SOURCE to $DESTINATION in $FILE"
-    SOURCE=$(sed 's@/@\\\/@g' <<< $PATTERN)
+    SOURCE=$(sed 's@/@\\\/@g' <<< $SOURCE)
     debug "sed -i 's/$SOURCE/$DESTINATION/g' $FILE"
     sed -i "s/$SOURCE/$DESTINATION/g" $FILE
     FNRET=0