diff --git a/log b/log
index 38c53db..d2f71e4 100755
--- a/log
+++ b/log
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # file /var/log/efingerd.log has to be writeable by UID
 # efingerd runs under for this to work
 
-echo `date` "$3" fingered from "$1@$2" >>/var/log/efingerd.log
+echo "$(date)" "$3" fingered from "$1@$2" >>/var/log/efingerd.log
diff --git a/luser b/luser
index 2862b4f..42361b0 100755
--- a/luser
+++ b/luser
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ "$3" = "root" ]; then
-
-  echo "you've reached"
+  printf "you've reached\n"
   figlet -f smslant envs.net
 
   cat <<EOM