diff --git a/lib/reference-db.sh b/lib/reference-db.sh
index 8ad91c0..be6b2c6 100755
--- a/lib/reference-db.sh
+++ b/lib/reference-db.sh
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ build_wordpress_section() {
         # Check for common domain folder patterns
         if [[ "$path_after_home" == public_html ]]; then
             # This is the primary domain - get it from user info
-            domain=$(grep "^USER|${username}|" "$SYSREF_DB" | cut -d'|' -f3 || true)
+            domain=$(grep -F "USER|${username}|" "$SYSREF_DB" 2>/dev/null | cut -d'|' -f3 || true)
         elif [[ "$path_after_home" =~ ^public_html/(.+) ]]; then
             # Could be subdomain or subdirectory - extract folder name
             local folder=$(echo "$path_after_home" | cut -d'/' -f2)
diff --git a/lib/user-manager.sh b/lib/user-manager.sh
index 42553d6..d5ebdba 100755
--- a/lib/user-manager.sh
+++ b/lib/user-manager.sh
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ get_interworx_user_info() {
     local email=""
     if [ -x "/usr/local/interworx/bin/nodeworx.pex" ] && [ -n "$primary_domain" ]; then
         email=$(nodeworx -u -n -c Siteworx -a listAccounts 2>/dev/null | \
-            grep -A20 "\"domain\" => \"$primary_domain\"" | \
-            grep "\"email\"" | head -1 | sed 's/.*=> "\(.*\)".*/\1/')
+            grep -F "\"domain\" => \"$primary_domain\"" 2>/dev/null | head -1 | \
+            grep "\"email\"" 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's/.*=> "\(.*\)".*/\1/')
     fi
 
     echo "USER_EXISTS=yes"
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ get_interworx_user_domains() {
     if [ -d "/etc/httpd/conf.d" ]; then
         grep -l "SuexecUserGroup ${username}" /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhost_*.conf 2>/dev/null | \
             sed 's|.*/vhost_||; s|\.conf$||' | \
-            grep -v "^${username}\." | \
+            grep -vF "${username}." 2>/dev/null | \
             sort -u
     fi
 }
@@ -580,14 +580,14 @@ select_user_interactive() {
 get_user_processes() {
     local username="$1"
 
-    ps aux | grep "^${username}" | grep -v grep
+    ps aux | grep -F "$username" 2>/dev/null | grep -v grep
 }
 
 get_user_top_processes() {
     local username="$1"
     local limit="${2:-10}"
 
-    ps aux | grep "^${username}" | grep -v grep | sort -k3 -rn | head -n "$limit"
+    ps aux | grep -F "$username" 2>/dev/null | grep -v grep | sort -k3 -rn | head -n "$limit"
 }
 
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