diff --git a/root/var/signalytic/clientapps/streamline/streamline-emr/monitor b/root/var/signalytic/clientapps/streamline/streamline-emr/monitor
index 9caf5ace..824a808e 100755
--- a/root/var/signalytic/clientapps/streamline/streamline-emr/monitor
+++ b/root/var/signalytic/clientapps/streamline/streamline-emr/monitor
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fi
 
 # get container info
 APP_CONTAINER=${APP_CONTAINER:-streamline-emr}
-if [ -f ${LOCATION}/.env ]; then
+if grep -q "^APP_CONTAINER=" ${LOCATION}/.env > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   APP_CONTAINER=$(sed -n 's/APP_CONTAINER=//p' ${LOCATION}/.env)
 fi
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pushd $LOCATION > /dev/null
   done
   # get resource usage
   echo "checking streamline-emr resource usage"
-  status=$(docker stats --no-stream --format '{"name":"{{.Name}}","cpu_p":"{{.CPUPerc}}","mem_p":"{{.MemPerc}}","mem_u":"{{.MemUsage}}","net_io":"{{.NetIO}}"},"block_io":"{{.BlockIO}}"}' ${APP_CONTAINER})
+  status=$(docker stats --no-stream --format '{"name":"{{.Name}}","cpu_p":"{{.CPUPerc}}","mem_p":"{{.MemPerc}}","mem_u":"{{.MemUsage}}","net_io":"{{.NetIO}}","block_io":"{{.BlockIO}}"}' ${APP_CONTAINER})
   if [ "${status}" ]; then
     echo $status
     if [ "$SYSTEMLOG" -eq 1 ]; then