diff --git a/MyMonPlugin/monitoringplugin.py b/MyMonPlugin/monitoringplugin.py
index cd4c8a7..88027b9 100644
--- a/MyMonPlugin/monitoringplugin.py
+++ b/MyMonPlugin/monitoringplugin.py
@@ -361,12 +361,12 @@ class MonitoringPlugin(object):
 			bol = 'V' + str(level) + ':' + ' ' * level
 			if prefix:
 				bol += '%s' % prefix
-			if type(output) in [str, str, ]:
-				print((bol + output))
+			if type(output) in [str, ]:
+				print(bol + output.lstrip().rstrip().replace('\n', '\n' + bol))
 			elif type(output) in [list, ]:
-				print(('\n'.join( ['%s%s' % (bol, l) for l in output] ) ))
+				print('\n'.join( ['%s%s' % (bol, l) for l in output] ) )
 			else:
-				print(('%s%s' % (bol, output) ))
+				print('%s%s' % (bol, output) )
 
 
 	def max_returncode(self, returncodes):