diff --git a/check-postfix-fatal-errors.sh b/check-postfix-fatal-errors.sh
index db946e6..7952a1d 100755
--- a/check-postfix-fatal-errors.sh
+++ b/check-postfix-fatal-errors.sh
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
-_err_msg="$(grep -E "^$(LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" date +'%b %d ')" $MAIL_LOG | grep " fatal:")"
+_err_msg="$(grep -E "^$(LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" date +'%b %d ' | sed -e 's/0\([0-9]\)/ \1/g')" $MAIL_LOG | grep " fatal:")"
 
 if [[ -n "$_err_msg" ]] ; then
    if $terminal; then