diff --git a/.github/workflows/details-check-generate-matrix.sh b/.github/workflows/details-check-generate-matrix.sh
index bba9e8d5d..2c0803519 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/details-check-generate-matrix.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/details-check-generate-matrix.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ while read -r line; do
 	export gamename
 	distro=$(echo "$line" | awk -F, '{ print $4 }')
 	export distro
-	echo -n "{" >> "shortnamearray.json"
-	echo -n "\"shortname\":" >> "shortnamearray.json"
-	echo -n "\"${shortname}\"" >> "shortnamearray.json"
-	echo -n "}," >> "shortnamearray.json"
+	{
+		echo -n "{";
+		echo -n "\"shortname\":";
+		echo -n "\"${shortname}\"";
+		echo -n "},";
+	} >> "shortnamearray.json"
 done < <(tail -n +2 serverlist.csv)
 sed -i '$ s/.$//' "shortnamearray.json"
 echo -n "]" >> "shortnamearray.json"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/serverlist-validate-game-icons.sh b/.github/workflows/serverlist-validate-game-icons.sh
index 2fdb0ff8f..b3ba7e418 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/serverlist-validate-game-icons.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/serverlist-validate-game-icons.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 cd "${datadir}" || exit
 
+exitcode=0
+
 echo ""
 echo "Checking that all the game servers listed in serverlist.csv have a shortname-icon.png file"
 for shortname in $(tail -n +2 serverlist.csv | cut -d ',' -f1); do
@@ -16,9 +18,11 @@ done
 
 echo ""
 echo "Checking if an unexpected gameicon exists"
-for gameicon in $(ls -1 gameicons); do
+shopt -s nullglob
+for gameiconpath in gameicons/*; do
+	gameicon="$(basename "${gameiconpath}")"
 	# check if $gameicon is in serverlist.csv
-	if ! grep -q "${gameicon%-icon.png}" serverlist.csv; then
+	if ! grep -q -F "${gameicon%-icon.png}" serverlist.csv; then
 		echo "ERROR: gameicon ${gameicon} is not in serverlist.csv"
 		exitcode=1
 	else
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ done
 
 echo ""
 echo "Checking that the number of gameicons matches the number of servers in serverlist.csv"
-gameiconcount="$(ls -1 gameicons | wc -l)"
+gameiconcount="$(find gameicons -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f | wc -l)"
 serverlistcount="$(tail -n +2 serverlist.csv | wc -l)"
 if [ "${gameiconcount}" -ne "${serverlistcount}" ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: game icons (${gameiconcount}) does not match serverlist.csv ($serverlistcount)"
@@ -37,4 +41,4 @@ else
 	echo "OK: gameiconcount ($gameiconcount) matches serverlistcount ($serverlistcount)"
 fi
 
-exit ${exitcode}
+exit "${exitcode}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/serverlist-validate.sh b/.github/workflows/serverlist-validate.sh
index 7d931372d..3d83d89da 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/serverlist-validate.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/serverlist-validate.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ echo "Checking that all the game servers are listed in all csv files"
 echo "this check will ensure serverlist.csv has the same number of lines (-2 lines) as the other csv files"
 # count the number of lines in the serverlist.csv
 cd "${datadir}" || exit
+
+exitcode=0
 serverlistcount="$(tail -n +2 serverlist.csv | wc -l)"
 echo "serverlistcount: $serverlistcount"
 # get list of all csv files starting with ubunutu debian centos
-csvlist="$(ls -1 | grep -E '^(ubuntu|debian|centos|rhel|almalinux|rocky).*\.csv$')"
+shopt -s nullglob
+csvlist=(ubuntu*.csv debian*.csv centos*.csv rhel*.csv almalinux*.csv rocky*.csv)
 # loop though each csv file and make sure the number of lines is the same as the serverlistcount
-for csv in $csvlist; do
+for csv in "${csvlist[@]}"; do
 	csvcount="$(wc -l < "${csv}")"
 	csvcount=$((csvcount - 2))
 	if [ "$csvcount" -ne "$serverlistcount" ]; then
@@ -35,4 +38,4 @@ for shortname in $(tail -n +2 serverlist.csv | cut -d ',' -f1); do
 	fi
 done
 
-exit ${exitcode}
+exit "${exitcode}"
diff --git a/lgsm/modules/alert_telegram.sh b/lgsm/modules/alert_telegram.sh
index 6a9c36c88..ace95d4db 100644
--- a/lgsm/modules/alert_telegram.sh
+++ b/lgsm/modules/alert_telegram.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ EOF
 )
 
 fn_print_dots "Sending Telegram alert"
-telegramsend=$(curl --connect-timeout 3 -sSL -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "$(echo -n "${json}" | jq -c .)" ${curlcustomstring} "https://${telegramapi}/bot${telegramtoken}/sendMessage" | grep "error_code")
+
+curlcustomargs=()
+if [ -n "${curlcustomstring}" ]; then
+	read -r -a curlcustomargs <<< "${curlcustomstring}"
+fi
+
+telegramsend=$(curl --connect-timeout 3 -sSL -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "$(echo -n "${json}" | jq -c .)" "${curlcustomargs[@]}" "https://${telegramapi}/bot${telegramtoken}/sendMessage" | grep "error_code")
 
 if [ -n "${telegramsend}" ]; then
 	fn_print_fail_nl "Sending Telegram alert: ${telegramsend}"