diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 778184e7..92e94f71 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -1253,8 +1253,8 @@ SERVICE(){
 		echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}(${1}) is not an allowed service.${idsCL[Default]}"
 		exit 1	
 	fi
-	if [[ "start,stop,restart,reload,enable,disable" != *"${2}"* ]] && [ "${1}" != "daemon-reload" ]; then
-		echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}(${3}) is not an allowed service action.${idsCL[Default]}"
+	if [ "${NM_SRVCOPTS[${2}]}" = "" ]; then
+		echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}(${2}) is not an allowed service action.${idsCL[Default]}"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	if [ "$2" = "start" ] &&  [ "$1" = "haproxy" ]; then TACT='restart'; else TACT="${2}"; fi