diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 74f46ecb..54b49668 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ STATUS() {
 			spc1=${cw}-${#NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]}
 			until [ $c = ${spc1} ]; do spc="${spc} "; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
 			echo -en " ${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]}$spc: "
-			if [ $(pgrep ${srvc} | wc -l) -gt "0" ]; then
+			if [ $(pgrep ${srvc} | wc -l) -lt "1" ]; then
+				echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not Running${idsCL[Default]}"
+				touch ${FOLDER}/localhost-${srvc}.down
+			elif [ -f ${FOLDER}/localhost-${srvc}.down ]; then
 				echo -e "${idsCL[Green]}Running${idsCL[Default]}"
-				else echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not Running${idsCL[Default]}"
+				rm -f ${FOLDER}/localhost-${srvc}.down
 			fi
 		done
 		echo
@@ -71,9 +74,12 @@ STATUS() {
 			spc1=${cw}-${#NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]}
 			until [ $c = ${spc1} ]; do spc="${spc} "; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
 			echo -en " ${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]}$spc: "
-			if [ $(${NCMD} pgrep ${srvc} | wc -l) -gt "0" ]; then
+			if [ $(${NCMD} pgrep ${srvc} | wc -l) -lt "1" ]; then
+				echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not Running${idsCL[Default]}"
+				touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down
+			elif [ -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down ]; then
 				echo -e "${idsCL[Green]}Running${idsCL[Default]}"
-				else echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not Running${idsCL[Default]}"
+				rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down
 			fi
 		done
 		echo