diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 78e64c19..524ee148 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ NODEUPDATES() {
 				if [[ ${RUN_NODE_IP} == *"${nip}"* ]]; then
 					nip='localhost  '
 				fi
+				touch /tmp/.nodeupdate.${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]// /-}.running
 				NODEUPDATE "${nip}" "${2}" "${NMCMD}" &
 				((ncount++))
 			fi
@@ -377,7 +378,6 @@ NODEUPDATE(){
 	NCMD="ssh -tq -o ConnectTimeout=3 -o ConnectionAttempts=1 root@${nip}"
 	NODE="${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]} [${nip}]"
 	tmpfile=/tmp/.nodeupdate.${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]// /-}
-	touch ${tmpfile}.running
 	
 	if [ ${noup} -eq 0 ]; then
 		c=0; spca=''; spc1=`expr ${cw} - ${#NODE}`; until [ $c = ${spc1} ]; do spca="${spca} "; c=`expr $c + 1`; done