diff --git a/checks/check_extra713 b/checks/check_extra713
index 6a493804..27eb9add 100644
--- a/checks/check_extra713
+++ b/checks/check_extra713
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ extra713(){
   # Guardduty Regions are not the same as REGIONS
   PYTHON=$(which python)
   if [ ! -z "${PYTHON}" ]; then
+    #textInfo "Using python and boto3 for getting Guardduty Available Regions"
     GD_REGIONS=($($PYTHON -c "import boto3 ; session = boto3.session.Session() ; print (session.get_available_regions('guardduty'))"))
+    for GD_REGION in "${GD_REGIONS[@]}"; do GD_REGIONS_PARSED+="$(echo "$GD_REGION" | cut -d \' -f 2 | cut -d \' -f 1 && echo " ")"; done
   else
-    GD_REGIONS=$REGIONS
+    GD_REGIONS_PARSED=$REGIONS
   fi
 
   # "Check if GuardDuty is enabled (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
-  for GD_REGION in "${GD_REGIONS[@]}"; do
-    regx="$(echo "$GD_REGION" | cut -d \' -f 2 | cut -d \' -f 1)"
+  for regx in $GD_REGIONS_PARSED; do
     LIST_OF_GUARDDUTY_DETECTORS=$($AWSCLI guardduty list-detectors $PROFILE_OPT --region $regx --output text 2> /dev/null | cut -f2)
     if [[ $LIST_OF_GUARDDUTY_DETECTORS ]];then
       while read -r detector;do