diff --git a/inc/status.inc b/inc/status.inc
index 1f70c62b..2c3cff50 100755
--- a/inc/status.inc
+++ b/inc/status.inc
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ STATUS_NODE(){
 						[ -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm ] && rm -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm
 						if [ ! -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn ]; then
 							touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn
-						elif [ $(expr $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn)) -ge 180 ]; then
+						elif [ $(expr $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn)) -ge 18 ]; then
 							SENDNOTICE "${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}[${nip}] WARNING HIGH CPU USAGE" "${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}[${nip}] has high cpu usage: ${cpu_usage}%"
 							touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn
 						fi