diff --git a/filter.sh b/filter.sh
index bb14ec9..cc5f833 100755
--- a/filter.sh
+++ b/filter.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ function get_unread_entries {
 function filter_entries {
     echo "[INFO] Filtering entries..."
     # fuer jede Zeile in $MF_FILTERLIST
-    printf %s "$MF_FILTERLIST" | while read -r line; do
+    echo "$MF_FILTERLIST" | while read -r line; do
         echo $line #d
         if [[ $MF_DEBUG -eq 1 ]]; then
             echo "[DEBUG] set search values"