diff --git a/inc/status.inc b/inc/status.inc
index 29effa0e..246bd71d 100755
--- a/inc/status.inc
+++ b/inc/status.inc
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})"
 	end=`date +%s`
 	runtime=$((end-start))
 	echo -e "Runtime: ${runtime}\n"
-	echo ${runtime} >> /opt/idssys/nodemgmt/status-check.scantimes
+	[ "${ST_ACTION}" == "report" ] && echo ${runtime} >> ${NM_LOGFOLDER}/status-check.scantimes
 }
 
 REPLCHECK(){