diff --git a/src/test_certs_r4_with_bc.sh b/src/test_certs_r4_with_bc.sh
index 3fa08b9..486c079 100755
--- a/src/test_certs_r4_with_bc.sh
+++ b/src/test_certs_r4_with_bc.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ test_ta () {
 
     tafileBasename=$(basename $tafile)
 
+    # strip off the friendly name
+    tafileBasename=$(echo $tafileBasename | egrep -o '[^-]+_ta.der$')
+
     # strip off the file suffix to get the OID name
     if [[ $(expr match "$tafileBasename" ".*_ta\.pem$") != 0 ]]; then
         oid=${tafileBasename%_ta.pem}
diff --git a/src/test_certs_r4_with_oqs.sh b/src/test_certs_r4_with_oqs.sh
index 0a562bb..cb822a3 100755
--- a/src/test_certs_r4_with_oqs.sh
+++ b/src/test_certs_r4_with_oqs.sh
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ test_ta () {
 
     # strip off the file suffix to get the OID name
     if [[ $(expr match "$tafileBasename" ".*_ta\.der$") != 0 ]]; then
-        oid=${tafileBasename%_ta.der}
-
-        printf "DEBUG: filename: $tafileBasename, OID: $oid\n"
-        
+        oid=${tafileBasename%_ta.der}        
     else  # It's some other filename
         printf "ERROR: file name is not in the expected format: %s\n" $tafileBasename
         printf "ERROR: file name is not in the expected format: %s\n" $tafileBasename >> $logfile