diff --git a/scripts/common-functions b/scripts/common-functions
index d217755..05fed66 100644
--- a/scripts/common-functions
+++ b/scripts/common-functions
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cve2cvss()
     local CVE=$1
     local cvss="$(grep $CVE -A3 $CVE2CVSS | grep score:)"
 
-    echo ${cvss:-score: unknown}
+    echo ${cvss##*:}
 }
 
 current_branch()
diff --git a/scripts/cve_tools/cve2metadata.sh b/scripts/cve_tools/cve2metadata.sh
index 67e05c7..bd217d0 100755
--- a/scripts/cve_tools/cve2metadata.sh
+++ b/scripts/cve_tools/cve2metadata.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ do
 	then
 		echo -n "$sha"
 		cvss="$(cve2cvss $cve)"
-		echo -n " $cvss"
+		echo -n " score:${cvss:-unknown}"
 		bsc="$(cve2bugzilla $cve)"
 		echo " $cve $bsc"
 	else