diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 58b43157..79af7fe5 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ Footer() {
   ####################################################
   # Need to clean up the lanuage array of duplicates #
   ####################################################
-  UNIQUE_LINTED_ARRAY=($(for LANG in "${LINTED_LANGUAGES_ARRAY[@]}"; do echo "${LANG}"; done | sort -u))
+  mapfile -t UNIQUE_LINTED_ARRAY < <(for LANG in "${LINTED_LANGUAGES_ARRAY[@]}"; do echo "${LANG}"; done | sort -u)
 
   ##############################
   # Prints for errors if found #