diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 135e12d..e3242a1 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.5.31
-####  Date: November 13 2008
+####  version: 0.5.32
+####  Date: November 14 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash 3.02, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
 ####  As time permits functionality improvements and recoding will occur.
@@ -1002,7 +1002,10 @@ get_audio_data()
 				print driver
 			}
 		}'  /proc/asound/cards )
-	fi
+	fi\
+	# this is to safeguard against line breaks from results > 1, which if inserted into following
+	# array will create a false array entry. This is a hack, not a permanent solution.
+	alsa_driver=$( echo $alsa_driver )
 	# this isn't perfect, but if one card was found in lscpci, we're passing
 	# this array constructor that card driver name. This should work for most people
 	# but if you can think of anything better, please post the code patch
@@ -1046,17 +1049,18 @@ get_audio_alsa_data()
 
 	# now we'll get the alsa data if the file exists
 	if [[ -e /proc/asound/version ]];then
-		alsa_data=$( gawk '{
+		alsa_data=$( gawk '
 			{ IGNORECASE=1 }
 			# some alsa strings have the build date in (...)
-			# also remove trailing .
-			gsub( "Driver | [(].*[)]|\.$","",$0 )
-			gsub(/,/, " ", $0)
-			gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
-			gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
-			if ( $0 != "" ){
-				print $0
-			}
+			# remove trailing . and remove possible second line if compiled by user
+			$0 !~ /compile/ {
+				gsub( "Driver | [(].*[)]|\.$","",$0 )
+				gsub(/,/, " ", $0)
+				gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
+				gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
+				if ( $0 != "" ){
+					print $0
+				}
 		}' /proc/asound/version )
 	fi
 	echo "$alsa_data"