diff --git a/getvods.sh b/getvods.sh
index 78612ac..cf40d07 100755
--- a/getvods.sh
+++ b/getvods.sh
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ utf-16-surrogate-pair-decode() {
    remain="$(printf '\\U%8.8x' "${U}")${BASH_REMATCH[4]}${remain}"
    out="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
   done
-  printf "%s%s\n" "${out}" "${remain}"
+  printf "${out}${remain}\n"
 }
 
 printf "VODs of ${login}\n"