diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 944c3a9b..8316df60 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ NEWCERT(){
 	if [ "${NEW_CERT}" != "" ]; then
 		echo -e "${idsCL[LightGreen]}Requesting Certificate for '${idsCL[Yellow]}${NEW_CERT}${idsCL[LightGreen]}'...${idsCL[Default]}"
 		echo ""
-		do_with_root $CERT_DAEMON certonly --webroot -w /var/www/html -d ${NEW_CERT}
+		do_with_root $CERT_DAEMON certonly --webroot -w /var/www/html -d ${NEW_CERT} 2>&1 | tee /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun
 		if [ -f /etc/letsencrypt/live/${NEW_CERT}/cert.pem ]; then
-			do_with_root chown -R root:letsencrypt /etc/letsencrypt
-			do_with_root chmod -R 6775 /etc/letsencrypt
+			do_with_root chown -R root:letsencrypt /etc/letsencrypt 2>&1 | tee /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun
+			do_with_root chmod -R 6775 /etc/letsencrypt 2>&1 | tee /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun
+			yes | cp -rfH /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/cert-request.lastrun /etc/letsencrypt/cert-request.lastrun
 			echo -en "${idsCL[LightYellow]}Waiting for certifcate replication between the nodes... ${idsCL[Default]}"
 			until [ "${synccomplete}" = "true" ]; do
 				synccomplete=true
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ NEWCERT(){
 						else NCMD="ssh root@${nip}"
 					fi
 					if [ "${NCMD}" != "" ]; then
-						check=`${NCMD} "cat /etc/letsencrypt/cert-renewal.lastrun" | diff - /etc/letsencrypt/cert-renewal.lastrun`
+						check=`${NCMD} "cat /etc/letsencrypt/cert-request.lastrun" | diff - /etc/letsencrypt/cert-request.lastrun`
 						if [ "${check}" != "" ]; then
 							synccomplete=false
 						fi