diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 44c41ae..f24cb94 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 		# different systems before this can be trusted much. Note that there 
 		# is a hack here to handle cases where search term has 1 or 2 words with space
 		# also, the assumption that temp1 is cpu fan and temp2 is sys temp is not always right.
-		/M\/B Temp|MB Temp|SYS Temp|temp2:/ {
+		/^(M\/B|MB|SYS) Temp|^temp2:/ {
 			if ( $1 == "temp2:" ) {
 				tempData1=$2
 				tempData2=$3
@@ -3055,7 +3055,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		/CPU Temp|temp1:/ {
+		/^CPU Temp|^temp1:/ {
 			if ( $1 == "temp1:" ) {
 				tempData1=$2
 				tempData2=$3
@@ -3076,7 +3076,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 			}
 		}
 		# note: can be cpu fan:, cpu fan speed:, etc
-		/CPU Fan(.*):/ {
+		/^CPU Fan(.*):/ {
 			if ( $3 ~ /(.+):/ ){
 				cpuFan=$4
 			}
@@ -3084,18 +3084,18 @@ get_sensors_data()
 				cpuFan=$3
 			}
 		}
-		/fan1:/ {
+		/^fan1:/ {
 			sysFan1=$2
 		}
-		/fan2:/ {
+		/^fan2:/ {
 			sysFan2=$2
 		}
-		/fan3:/ {
+		/^fan3:/ {
 			sysFan3=$2
 		}
 		
 		END {
-			# rough hack to get rid of bad fan speeds for cases where fan1 and cpu fan speeds are the same:
+			# rough hack to get rid of bad fan speeds for cases where fan1/2/3 and cpu fan speed are the same:
 			if ( cpuFan == sysFan1 && cpuFan != 0 ) {
 				sysFan1 = ""
 			}