diff --git a/frobulator b/frobulator
index c7d7b47..9c13639 100755
--- a/frobulator
+++ b/frobulator
@@ -2868,7 +2868,7 @@ frobulator.http () {
 	echo $1
 	echo $2
 
-	if [[ "${url_status_type}" = "[uU][rR]lL]" ]]
+	if [[ "${url_status_type}" = [uU][rR]lL] ]]
 	then
 		url_status=$(curl									\
 						--silent							\
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@ frobulator.http () {
 															"${url}"
 					)
 
-	elif [[ "${url_status_type}" = "[cC][oO][nN][tT][eE][nN][tT]" ]]
+	elif [[ "${url_status_type}" = [cC][oO][nN][tT][eE][nN][tT] ]]
 	then
 		url_status=$(curl														\
 					--silent													\