diff --git a/lib/grep.sh b/lib/grep.sh
index f551ac1..43d8d4a 100644
--- a/lib/grep.sh
+++ b/lib/grep.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ fi
 # export grep settings
 if ((${#_omb_grep_options[@]} > 0)); then
   _omb_util_alias grep="grep ${_omb_grep_options[*]}"
-  _omb_util_alias grep="fgrep ${_omb_grep_options[*]}"
-  _omb_util_alias grep="egrep ${_omb_grep_options[*]}"
+  _omb_util_alias fgrep="fgrep ${_omb_grep_options[*]}"
+  _omb_util_alias egrep="egrep ${_omb_grep_options[*]}"
 fi
 
 # clean up