diff --git a/utils/whatisdoing.sh b/utils/whatisdoing.sh
index 1e51e390..d97d7906 100755
--- a/utils/whatisdoing.sh
+++ b/utils/whatisdoing.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 nsamples=1
 sleeptime=0
-pid=$(ps auxww | grep 'redis-server' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
+pid=$(ps auxww | grep '[r]edis-server' | awk '{print $2}')
 
 for x in $(seq 1 $nsamples)
   do