diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 55066507..fe159e1c 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -90,18 +90,24 @@ case "$1" in
 		nid=1
 		for nip in "${NODE_HOSTS[@]}"
 		do
-			echo -e "${idsCL[Yellow]}Setting folder permissions for Node ${nid} ($nip)${idsCL[Default]}"
+			if [[ $(/sbin/ip -o -4 addr list ens192 | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1) == *"${nip}"* ]]; then
+				nip='localhost'
+				NCMD=''
+			else
+				NCMD='ssh root@${nip}'
+			fi
+			echo -e "${idsCL[Yellow]}Setting folder permissions for Node ${nid} (${nip})${idsCL[Default]}"
 			echo -en "${idsCL[Cyan]}LetsEncrypt Certs    ${idsCL[Default]}"
-			ssh root@${nip} chown -R root:letsencrypt /etc/letsencrypt
-			ssh root@${nip} chmod -R 6775 /etc/letsencrypt
+			${NCMD} chown -R root:letsencrypt /etc/letsencrypt
+			${NCMD} chmod -R 6775 /etc/letsencrypt
 			echo -e "${idsCL[Green]}Complete${idsCL[Default]}"
 			echo -en "${idsCL[Cyan]}Webserver folders    ${idsCL[Default]}"
-			ssh root@${nip} chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
-			ssh root@${nip} chmod -R 7775 /var/www
+			${NCMD} chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
+			${NCMD} chmod -R 7775 /var/www
 			echo -e "${idsCL[Green]}Complete${idsCL[Default]}"
 			echo -en "${idsCL[Cyan]}Gogs Folder          ${idsCL[Default]}"
-			ssh root@${nip} chown -R gogs:gogs /var/www/gogs
-			ssh root@${nip} chmod -R 7775 /var/www/gogs
+			${NCMD} chown -R gogs:gogs /var/www/gogs
+			${NCMD} chmod -R 7775 /var/www/gogs
 			echo -e "${idsCL[Green]}Complete${idsCL[Default]}"
 			echo ""
 			nid=`expr $nid + 1`