diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_dynu.sh b/dnsapi/dns_dynu.sh
index ab3f54b0..8eec9b58 100644
--- a/dnsapi/dns_dynu.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_dynu.sh
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ _get_recordid() {
     return 0
   fi
 
-  _dns_record_id=$(printf "%s" "$response" | _egrep_o "{[^}]*}" | grep "\"text_data\":\"$txtvalue\"" | _egrep_o ",[^,]*," | grep ',"id":' | tr -d ",," | cut -d : -f 2)
+  _dns_record_id=$(printf "%s" "$response" | sed -e 's/[^{]*\({[^}]*}\)[^{]*/\1\n/g' | grep "\"text_data\":\"$txtvalue\"" | sed -e 's/.*"id":\([^,]*\).*/\1/')
 
   return 0
 }