diff --git a/ani-cli b/ani-cli
index aea317b..c567283 100755
--- a/ani-cli
+++ b/ani-cli
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 if [ $resume_watching -eq 0 ]; then
     search_results=$(search_anime "$query")
 else
-    search_results=$(cut -f1 $logfile)
+    search_results=$(sed -n -E 's/\t[0-9]*//p' $logfile)
 fi
 
 [ -z "$search_results" ] && die "No search results found"
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ if [ $resume_watching -eq 0 ]; then
     read ep_choice_start ep_choice_end
     printf "$c_reset"
 else
-    ep_choice_start=$(awk "/${selection_id}/ { print \$2 }" $logfile)
+	ep_choice_start=$(sed -n -E "s/${selection_id}\t//p" $logfile)
 fi
 
 { # checking input
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ open_episode () {
 	if [ $is_download -eq 0 ]; then
         # write anime and episode number
 		if $(grep -w "${selection_id}" $logfile >/dev/null); then
-			awk -F'\t' "
-				BEGIN {OFS=\"\\t\"}; NR != $choice; NR == $choice { \$2=$((episode+1));print }
+			sed -E "
+				s/^${selection_id}\t[0-9]+/${selection_id}\t$((episode+1))/
 			" $logfile > "${logfile}.new" && mv "${logfile}.new" $logfile
 		else
 			printf "%s\t%d\n" "$selection_id" $((episode+1)) >> $logfile