diff --git a/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite b/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
index 030978216..386b1f6df 100755
--- a/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
+++ b/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ get_config() {
 
     [ -z "$LOGFILE" ] && LOGFILE=/var/log/messages
 
-    if ( ps ax 2> /dev/null | qt grep 'syslogd.*-C' ) ; then
+    if ( ps ax 2> /dev/null | grep -v grep |  qt grep 'syslogd.*-C' ) ; then
 	LOGREAD="logread"
     elif [ -f $LOGFILE ]; then
 	LOGREAD="cat $LOGFILE"
diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall b/Shorewall/shorewall
index e94c6bd15..ade219a93 100755
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ get_config() {
 
 	[ -z "$LOGFILE" ] && LOGFILE=/var/log/messages
 
-	if ( ps ax 2> /dev/null | qt grep 'syslogd.*-C' ) ; then
+	if ( ps ax 2> /dev/null | grep -v grep | qt grep 'syslogd.*-C' ) ; then
 	    LOGREAD="logread"
 	elif [ -f $LOGFILE ]; then
 	    LOGREAD="cat $LOGFILE"