diff --git a/ffmuc-mesh-vpn-wireguard-vxlan/files/lib/gluon/gluon-mesh-wireguard-vxlan/checkuplink b/ffmuc-mesh-vpn-wireguard-vxlan/files/lib/gluon/gluon-mesh-wireguard-vxlan/checkuplink
index 7190bd0a..79331777 100755
--- a/ffmuc-mesh-vpn-wireguard-vxlan/files/lib/gluon/gluon-mesh-wireguard-vxlan/checkuplink
+++ b/ffmuc-mesh-vpn-wireguard-vxlan/files/lib/gluon/gluon-mesh-wireguard-vxlan/checkuplink
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if [ "$(uci get wireguard.mesh_vpn.enabled)" == "true" ] || [ "$(uci get wiregua
 	# Check connectivity to supernode
 	wget http://[$(wg  | grep fe80 | awk '{split($3,A,"/")};{print A[1]}')%$MESH_VPN_IFACE]/  --timeout=5 -O/dev/null -q
 	if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
-		GWMAC=$(batctl gwl | grep \* | awk '{print $2}')
+		GWMAC=$(batctl gwl | awk '/[*]/{print $2}')
 		batctl ping -c 5 $GWMAC &> /dev/null
 		if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
 			CONNECTED=1