diff --git a/sync/sync.sh b/sync/sync.sh
index ea9902e..4bb5df3 100644
--- a/sync/sync.sh
+++ b/sync/sync.sh
@@ -2,28 +2,33 @@
 
 Mirror-Clear(){
   # existing remotes
-  local response=$(curl -s -X "GET" "https://gitlab.skynet.ie/api/v4/projects/$1/remote_mirrors" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $TOKEN")
+  local id=$(tr -d '\n\t\r ' <<<"${1}" )
+  local token=$(tr -d '\n\t\r ' <<<"$TOKEN" )
+  local response=$(curl -X "GET" "https://gitlab.skynet.ie/api/v4/projects/$id/remote_mirrors" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $token")
 
   # https://stackoverflow.com/a/67638584
-  readarray -t local my_array < <(jq -c '.[]' <<< $response)
+  readarray -t my_array < <(jq -c '.[]' <<< $response)
   # iterate through the Bash array
   for item in "${my_array[@]}"; do
-    local id=$(jq --raw-output '.id' <<< "$item")
-    curl -s -X "DELETE" "https://gitlab.skynet.ie/api/v4/projects/$1/remote_mirrors/$id" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $TOKEN"
+    local id_mirror=$(jq --raw-output '.id' <<< "$item")
+    curl -X "DELETE" "https://gitlab.skynet.ie/api/v4/projects/$id/remote_mirrors/$id_mirror" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $token"
   done
 }
 
 Mirror-Create(){
   # make sure the values are clean of extra characters
-  local ID=${1}
+  local id=$(tr -d '\n\t\r ' <<<"${1}" )
   local REPO_TMP=$(tr -d '\n\t\r ' <<<"${2}" )
   local REPO=${REPO_TMP#"https://"}
+  local token=$(tr -d '\n\t\r ' <<<"$TOKEN" )
+  local token_remote=$(tr -d '\n\t\r ' <<<"$TOKEN_REMOTE" )
 
-  local body="url=https://oauth2:$TOKEN_REMOTE@$REPO&enabled=true&only_protected_branches=false&keep_divergent_refs=false"
+  local body="url=https://oauth2:$token_remote@$REPO&enabled=true&only_protected_branches=false&keep_divergent_refs=false"
   local uri="https://gitlab.skynet.ie/api/v4/projects/$id/remote_mirrors"
   echo $uri
+  echo $body
   local tmp=""
-  curl -sS -X "POST" "$uri" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $TOKEN" --data $body > tmp
+  curl -X "POST" "$uri" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $token" --data $body
 }
 
 Main() {