diff --git a/bashbot-lib.sh b/bashbot-lib.sh
index 60aee6c..361ff2d 100755
--- a/bashbot-lib.sh
+++ b/bashbot-lib.sh
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ getfirst_name(){
   || {
     grep "\"language_code\"$" <<< "${first_name}" >/dev/null && utf-16-surrogate-pair-decode "${first_name:14:-17}"
   } || {
-    grep "\"last_name\"$" <<< "${first_name}" >/dev/null && utf-16-surrogate-pair-decode "${first_name:14:-13}"
+    grep "\"last_name\"$" <<< "${first_name}" >/dev/null && utf-16-surrogate-pair-decode "${first_name:14:-13}" && return 0
   } || {
     grep "},\"chat\"$" <<< "${first_name}" >/dev/null && utf-16-surrogate-pair-decode "${first_name:14:-9}"
   }
+  return 1
 }
 
 getlast_name(){
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ getlast_name(){
 }
 
 getusr_name(){
-  local user_name="$(getfirst_name ${1}) $(getlast_name ${1})"
+  local user_name="$({ getfirst_name ${1} && getlast_name ${1}; } | sed ":a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ /")"
   [ "${user_name}" != "" ] && printf "%s" "${user_name}"
 }