diff --git a/pkg/eve/FindActiveChannels.go b/pkg/eve/FindActiveChannels.go
index 2be8ec3..f71fb45 100644
--- a/pkg/eve/FindActiveChannels.go
+++ b/pkg/eve/FindActiveChannels.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func GetActiveChannels(fileList []string) []string {
 	t := time.Now()
 
 	layout := "20060102"
-	todayString := fmt.Sprintf(t.Format(layout))
+	todayString := fmt.Sprint(t.Format(layout))
 
 	for _, file := range fileList {
 		if !strings.Contains(file, "Corp") {
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ func IsCurrentLog(file string) bool {
 	timeToday := time.Now()
 	timeYesterday := time.Now().Add(-24 * time.Hour)
 	layout := "20060102"
-	todayString := fmt.Sprintf(timeToday.Format(layout))
-	yesterdayString := fmt.Sprintf(timeYesterday.Format(layout))
+	todayString := fmt.Sprint(timeToday.Format(layout))
+	yesterdayString := fmt.Sprint(timeYesterday.Format(layout))
 	fileNameSplit := strings.Split(file, "/")
 	fileName := fileNameSplit[len(fileNameSplit)-1] // returns file name without any "/" prefixes