diff --git a/check_monit.py b/check_monit.py
index 96dc452..e31c32a 100755
--- a/check_monit.py
+++ b/check_monit.py
@@ -109,7 +109,14 @@ def get_service_output(service_type, element):
 
     # Service Type Program
     if service_type == 7:
-        return element.findall('program/output')[0].text
+        return_value = None
+        for output_item in element.findall('program/output'):
+            # type( output_item ) is <class 'xml.etree.ElementTree.Element'>
+            return_value = output_item.text if return_value is None else f"{return_value}; {output_item.text}"
+        if return_value is None:
+            return_value = 'no command output available'
+
+        return return_value
 
     return 'Service (type={0}) not implemented'.format(service_type)
 
@@ -121,8 +128,8 @@ def get_service_states(services):
     for service in services:
         # Get the monitor state for the service (0: Not, 1: Yes, 2: Init, 4: Waiting)
         monitor = int(service.find('monitor').text)
-        # if the monitor is yes or initialize, check its status
-        if monitor in (1, 2):
+        # ignore 'Monitor_not' (0)
+        if monitor != 0:
             status = int(service.find('status').text)
             if status == 0:
                 count_ok += 1
diff --git a/test_check_monit.py b/test_check_monit.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8034a65..d616615
--- a/test_check_monit.py
+++ b/test_check_monit.py
@@ -40,10 +40,18 @@ def test_service_output(self):
         actual = get_service_output(3, input_element)
         self.assertEqual(actual, 'unittest')
 
+        input_element = ET.ElementTree(ET.fromstring("""<doc><program><output></output></program></doc>"""))
+        actual = get_service_output(7, input_element)
+        self.assertEqual(actual, 'no command output available')
+
         input_element = ET.ElementTree(ET.fromstring("""<doc><program><output>foobar</output></program></doc>"""))
         actual = get_service_output(7, input_element)
         self.assertEqual(actual, 'foobar')
 
+        input_element = ET.ElementTree(ET.fromstring("""<doc><program><output>foot</output><output>bath</output></program></doc>"""))
+        actual = get_service_output(7, input_element)
+        self.assertEqual(actual, 'foot; bath')
+
 class UtilTesting(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch('builtins.print')