diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 5c10c3c3..3652c803 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ STATUS() {
 				echo -en " ${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]}${spc}: "
 				checked=false
 				until [ "${checked}" = "" ]; do
-					checked=`ssh root@${nip} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl`
+					if [ "${NCMD}" = "" ]; then
+						checked=`ssh root@${nip} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl`
+					else
+						checked=`ssh root@${nip} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl" | diff - ${NCMD} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl"`
+					fi
 					if [ "`date +%s`" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
 						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then
 							echo "Timeout occurred in waiting for replication between nodes." | mail -s "Status-Check" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}