diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 519a11c..561a32f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2640,13 +2640,13 @@ detect_desktop_environment()
 				desktop_environment="Xfce"
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'BLACKBOX_PID' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
 				if [[ -n $( grep -is 'fluxbox' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-					version=$( get_de_version 'fluxbox' 'fluxbox[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+					version=$( get_de_version 'fluxbox' '^fluxbox' '2' )
 					desktop_environment='Fluxbox'
 				else
 					desktop_environment='Blackbox'
 				fi
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'OPENBOX_PID' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'openbox' 'openbox[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+				version=$( get_de_version 'openbox' '^openbox' '2' )
 				if [[ -n $( grep -is 'lxde' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
 					if [[ -n $version ]];then
 						version="(Openbox $version)"
@@ -2656,23 +2656,24 @@ detect_desktop_environment()
 					desktop_environment='Openbox'
 				fi
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'ICEWM' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'icewm' 'icewm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+				version=$( get_de_version 'icewm' '^icewm' '2' )
 				desktop_environment='IceWM'
 			fi
 		fi
 		# a few manual hacks for things that don't id with xprop, these are just good guesses
+		# note that gawk is going to exit after first occurance of search string, so no need for extra
 		if [[ -z $desktop_environment ]];then
 			if [[ -n $( grep -is 'fvwm-crystal'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'fvwm' 'fvwm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+				version=$( get_de_version 'fvwm' '^fvwm' '2' )
 				desktop_environment='FVWM-Crystal'
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'fvwm'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'fvwm' 'fvwm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+				version=$( get_de_version 'fvwm' '^fvwm' '2' )
 				desktop_environment='FVWM'
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'pekwm'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'pekwm' 'pekwm.*([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '3' )
+				version=$( get_de_version 'pekwm' '^pekwm' '3' )
 				desktop_environment='pekwm'
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'awesome' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'awesome' 'awesome' '2' )
+				version=$( get_de_version 'awesome' '^awesome' '2' )
 				desktop_environment='Awesome'
 			fi
 		fi