diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-sync b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-sync
index c63ee38ad..91560aa0c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-sync
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-sync
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
 # Check to see if we are already running
-IS_RUNNING=$(ps aux | pgrep -f "so-playbook-sync" | wc -l)
-[ "$IS_RUNNING" -gt 3 ] && echo "$(date) - Multiple Playbook Sync processes already running...exiting." && exit 0
+NUM_RUNNING=$(pgrep -cf "so-playbook-sync")
+[ "$NUM_RUNNING" -gt 1 ] && echo "$(date) - $NUM_RUNNING Playbook sync processes running...exiting." && exit 0
 
 docker exec so-soctopus python3 playbook_play-sync.py
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-sensor-clean b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-sensor-clean
index 3b871ad80..22a0ae22b 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-sensor-clean
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-sensor-clean
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ clean() {
 }
 
 # Check to see if we are already running
-IS_RUNNING=$(ps aux | pgrep -f "so-sensor-clean" | wc -l)
-[ "$IS_RUNNING" -gt 3 ] && echo "$(date) - $IS_RUNNING sensor clean script processes running...exiting." >>$LOG && exit 0
+NUM_RUNNING=$(pgrep -cf "so-sensor-clean")
+[ "$NUM_RUNNING" -gt 1 ] && echo "$(date) - $NUM_RUNNING sensor clean script processes running...exiting." >>$LOG && exit 0
 
 if [ "$CUR_USAGE" -gt "$CRIT_DISK_USAGE" ]; then
 	while [ "$CUR_USAGE" -gt "$CRIT_DISK_USAGE" ]; do