diff --git a/tomb b/tomb
index 294a19b..0ad259d 100755
--- a/tomb
+++ b/tomb
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ gpg_decrypt() {
     # fix for gpg 1.4.11 where the --status-* options don't work ;^/
     local gpgver=$(gpg --version --no-permission-warning | awk '/^gpg/ {print $3}')
     local gpgpass="$1\n$TOMBKEY"
+    local gpgstatus
 
     [[ $gpgver == "1.4.11" ]] && {
         _verbose "GnuPG is version 1.4.11 - adopting status fix."
@@ -860,19 +861,16 @@ gpg_decrypt() {
     } || { # using status-file in gpg != 1.4.11
 
         # TODO: use mkfifo
-        _tmp_create
-	    statusfile=$TOMBTMP
-
         TOMBSECRET=`print - "$gpgpass" | \
             gpg --batch --passphrase-fd 0 --no-tty --no-options \
             --status-fd 2 --no-mdc-warning --no-permission-warning \
-            --no-secmem-warning 2> $statusfile`
+            --no-secmem-warning` 2>&1 | read -r -d'\n' gpgstatus
 
         unset gpgpass
 
         ret=1
 
-        [[ "${mapfile[$statusfile]}" =~ "DECRYPTION_OKAY" ]] && { ret=0 }
+        [[ "${gpgstatus}" =~ "DECRYPTION_OKAY" ]] && { ret=0 }
 
 
     }
@@ -1372,7 +1370,7 @@ forge_key() {
     # Do not overwrite any files accidentally
     [[ -r "$destkey" ]] && {
         _warning "Forging this key would overwrite an existing file. Operation aborted."
-        ls -lh $destkey
+        ls -lh $destkey }
 
     # Update algorithm if it was passed on the command line with -o
     { option_is_set -o } && { algopt="$(option_value -o)" }