diff --git a/src/ini_file_reader.c b/src/ini_file_reader.c
index e85054c..54adc37 100644
--- a/src/ini_file_reader.c
+++ b/src/ini_file_reader.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ static int iniDoProccessSet(char *pSet, char **ppSetEnd,
     {
         char *cmd;
         cmd = value + 2;
-        *(value + value_len - 1) = '\0';
+        *(value + value_len - 1) = '\0'; //remove '}'
         if ((result=getExecResult(cmd, output, sizeof(output))) != 0)
         {
             logWarning("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "
@@ -1217,6 +1217,11 @@ static int iniDoProccessSet(char *pSet, char **ppSetEnd,
                     __LINE__, cmd, result, STRERROR(result));
             return result;
         }
+        if (*output == '\0')
+        {
+            logWarning("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "
+                    "empty reply when exec: %s", __LINE__, cmd);
+        }
         value = trim(output);
         value_len = strlen(value);
     }
diff --git a/src/shared_func.c b/src/shared_func.c
index fcb6485..5189e3b 100644
--- a/src/shared_func.c
+++ b/src/shared_func.c
@@ -387,27 +387,22 @@ int getExecResult(const char *command, char *output, const int buff_size)
 
 	if((fp=popen(command, "r")) == NULL)
 	{
+        *output = '\0';
 		return errno != 0 ? errno : EMFILE;
 	}
 
 	pCurrent = output;
-	remain_bytes = buff_size;
+	remain_bytes = buff_size - 1;
 	while (remain_bytes > 0 && \
 		(bytes_read=fread(pCurrent, 1, remain_bytes, fp)) > 0)
 	{
 		pCurrent += bytes_read;
 		remain_bytes -= bytes_read;
 	}
-
 	pclose(fp);
 
-	if (remain_bytes <= 0)
-	{
-		return ENOSPC;
-	}
-
 	*pCurrent = '\0';
-	return 0;
+	return remain_bytes > 0 ? 0 : ENOSPC;
 }
 
 #endif