diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 249bc5be..fc72ccf4 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -1173,10 +1173,12 @@ SERVICE(){
 		$NCMD systemctl $2 $1
 		if [[ "enable,disable" = *"${2}"* ]] || [ "${1}" = "daemon-reload" ]; then
 			echo -e "${idsCL[Green]}OK${idsCL[Default]}"
-		elif [[ $(${NCMD} pgrep ${1} | wc -l) -gt "0" ]]; then
+		elif [ "$(${NCMD} systemctl is-active ${1})" != "active" ]; then
 			echo -e "${idsCL[Green]}OK${idsCL[Default]}"
-			elif [ "$2" = "stop" ]; then echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}STOPPED${idsCL[Default]}"
-			else echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}ERROR${idsCL[Default]}"
+		elif [ "$2" = "stop" ]; then
+			echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}STOPPED${idsCL[Default]}"
+		else
+			echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}ERROR${idsCL[Default]}"
 		fi
 		nid=`expr $nid + 1`
 	done