diff --git a/APP-MANAGER b/APP-MANAGER
index ad93b7da2..a327478c2 100755
--- a/APP-MANAGER
+++ b/APP-MANAGER
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ function _clean_launchers() {
 		rm -f "$AMCACHEDIR"/mountpoints
 		for var in "$DATADIR"/applications/AppImages/*.desktop; do
 			# full path to appimage
-			appimagename=$(grep "^Exec=" 0<"$var" 2>/dev/null | head -1 | cut -c 6- | sed 's/"//g; s/\s.*$//')
+			appimagename=$(awk -F'=| ' '/Exec=/{print $2; exit}' "$var" | sed 's/"//g; s/\s.*$//')
 			# name of the appimage
 			launcher2del=$(basename -- "$(echo "$appimagename" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')")
 			# removable mount point where the appimage may be stored
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ function _update_launchers() {
 	else
 		echo " ◆ Update local AppImages integrated manually"
 		for var in "$DATADIR"/applications/AppImages/*.desktop; do
-			appimage_full_path=$(grep "^Exec=" 0<"$var" 2>/dev/null | head -1 | cut -c 6- | sed 's/"//g; s/\s.*$//')
+			appimage_full_path=$(awk -F'=| ' '/Exec=/{print $2; exit}' "$var" | sed 's/"//g; s/\s.*$//')
 			appimagename=$(basename -- "$appimage_full_path")
 			appimage_path=$(echo "$appimage_full_path" | sed -E 's|/[^/]+$|/|; s/\/*$//g')
 			printf "%b\n File: %b%b\033[0m\n Path: %b" "$DIVIDING_LINE" "${Green}" "$appimagename" "$appimage_path"