diff --git a/inc/status.inc b/inc/status.inc
index b1aebc33..f991eeec 100755
--- a/inc/status.inc
+++ b/inc/status.inc
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ It was down for $(SHOW_TIME $(expr $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${
 						echo "${NTYPE} Nodes ---"
 						for rcheck in "${!var}"; do
 							echo "${rcheck} folder (${NM_REPL_CHECK_LOC[${rcheck}]}/test.*.repl)"
-							if [ $(${PH_CMD} 'ls ${NM_REPL_CHECK_LOC[${rcheck}]}/test.*.repl 2>/dev/null | wc -l') -gt 0 ]; then
+							if [ $(${PH_CMD} ls ${NM_REPL_CHECK_LOC[${rcheck}]}/test.*.repl 2>/dev/null | wc -l) -gt 0 ]; then
 								for replfile in $(${PH_CMD} ${NM_REPL_CHECK_LOC[${rcheck}]}/test.*.repl); do
 									echo -en "${replfile} : "
 									[ $(expr $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/.replclean)) -ge 1200 ] && echo "Removing" || echo "Not Removing"