diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 26e9e14a..c398801c 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ STATUS(){
 					partitions2=`echo ${partitions[*]}`
 					partitions3=(${partitions2})
 					for partition in "${partitions3[@]}"; do
-						if [ "${partition}" != "udev" ]; then
+						if [ "${partition}" != "udev" ] && [ "${partition}" != "/dev/sda1" ]; then
 							freespace=`${NCMD} df -hPBM ${partition} | awk '{print $4}' |tail -1|sed 's/M$//g'`
-							if [ "${freespace}" -le "1000" ]; then
+							if [ "${freespace}" -le "5000" ]; then
 								fs_status='error'
 								fs_status_color='Red'
 								if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${partition} : ${freespace} MB free" | mail -s "Free Space Critical: '${NM_NODETYPES[$NTYPE]}-Node${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi