diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index daf00a79..6017ec79 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ NODEUPDATE() {
 		for nip in "${!var}"; do
 			if [[ $(/sbin/ip -o -4 addr list eth0 | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1) == *"${nip}"* ]]; then
 				nip='localhost  '
-				NCMD=''
+				NCMD='ssh root@$localhost'
 			else
 				NCMD="ssh root@${nip}"
 			fi