diff --git a/plugins/other/esxi b/plugins/other/esxi
index 866e02cd..2a316506 100755
--- a/plugins/other/esxi
+++ b/plugins/other/esxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-GREP="/usr/bin/grep"
-SED="/usr/bin/sed"
+GREP="/bin/grep"
+SED="/bin/sed"
 TAIL="/usr/bin/tail"
 SSH="/usr/bin/ssh"
 BASENAME="/usr/bin/basename"
@@ -254,9 +254,10 @@ if [ -n "$vmlist" ]; then
 	n=0
 	while [ -n "${id[$n]}" ]; do
 		#echo ${id[$n]} ${name[$n]}  ${vmcpu[$n]} ${vmmem[$n]}
+		nicename=`echo ${name[$n]} | sed 's/[^a-z|A-Z|0-9]/\_/g'`
 		case $which_info in
-			"cpu" ) echo "${name[$n]}".value "${vmcpu[$n]}";;
-			"mem" | "gmem" | "hmem" ) echo "${name[$n]}".value "$((${vmmem[$n]}))";;
+			"cpu" ) echo "$nicename".value "${vmcpu[$n]}";;
+			"mem" | "gmem" | "hmem" ) echo "$nicename".value "$((${vmmem[$n]}))";;
 		esac
 		(( n++ ))
 	done