diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 0c7896fb..eb3cc62c 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ NEWCERT(){
 	if [ "${NEW_CERT}" != "" ]; then
 		echo -e "${idsCL[LightGreen]}Requesting Certificate for '${idsCL[Yellow]}${NEW_CERT}${idsCL[LightGreen]}'...${idsCL[Default]}"
 		echo ""
-		do_with_root $CERT_DAEMON certonly --webroot -w /var/www/html -d ${NEW_CERT} 2>&1 | tee /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun
+		do_with_root $CERT_DAEMON certonly --webroot -w /var/www/html -d ${NEW_CERT}
 		if [ -f /etc/letsencrypt/live/${NEW_CERT}/cert.pem ]; then
-			do_with_root chown -R root:letsencrypt /etc/letsencrypt 2>&1 | tee /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun
-			do_with_root chmod -R 6775 /etc/letsencrypt 2>&1 | tee /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun
-			yes | cp -rfH /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun /etc/letsencrypt/cert-request.lastrun
+			do_with_root chown -R root:letsencrypt /etc/letsencrypt
+			do_with_root chmod -R 6775 /etc/letsencrypt
+			rm -f  /etc/letsencrypt/cert-request.lastrun
+			echo ${NEW_CERT} >  /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun
 			echo -en "${idsCL[LightYellow]}Waiting for certifcate replication between the nodes... ${idsCL[Default]}"
 			checked=false
 			until [ "${checked}" = "" ]; do