diff --git a/docker/tester/root/usr/bin/entrypoint b/docker/tester/root/usr/bin/entrypoint
index ee29519a7f7..d0f499549c5 100755
--- a/docker/tester/root/usr/bin/entrypoint
+++ b/docker/tester/root/usr/bin/entrypoint
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ case "$CMD" in
 "test")
     if [ -z "$FALCO_VERSION" ]; then
         echo "Automatically figuring out Falco version."
-        FALCO_VERSION=$("$BUILD_DIR/$BUILD_TYPE/userspace/falco/falco" --version | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f3 | tr -d '\r')
+        FALCO_VERSION_FULL=$("$BUILD_DIR/$BUILD_TYPE/userspace/falco/falco" --version)
+        FALCO_VERSION=$(echo "$FALCO_VERSION_FULL" | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f3  | tr -d '\r')
         echo "Falco version: $FALCO_VERSION"
     fi
     if [ -z "$FALCO_VERSION" ]; then