diff --git a/inc/status.inc b/inc/status.inc
index ccb2ed2b..5f1918f5 100755
--- a/inc/status.inc
+++ b/inc/status.inc
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ STATUS_NODE(){
 						CUFC="${idsCL[Green]}"
 						if [ -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn ] || [ -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn ]; then
 							if [ ! -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm ]; then
-								touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm
+								echo "${cpu_usage}%" >| ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm
 							elif [ $(expr $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm)) -ge 18 ]; then
 								[ -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.sent ] && SENDNOTICE "${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}[${nip}] NORMAL CPU USAGE" "${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}[${nip}] has returned to normal cpu usage: ${cpu_usage}%"
 								rm -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.*
@@ -465,20 +465,20 @@ STATUS_NODE(){
 						CUFC="${idsCL[LightYellow]}"
 						[ -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm ] && rm -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm
 						if [ ! -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn ]; then
-							touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn
+							echo "${cpu_usage}%" >| ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn
 						elif [ $(expr $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn)) -ge 180 ]; then
 							SENDNOTICE "${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}[${nip}] WARNING HIGH CPU USAGE" "${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}[${nip}] has high cpu usage: ${cpu_usage}%"
-							touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn
+							echo "${cpu_usage}%" >| ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.warn
 							touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.sent
 						fi
 					else
 						CUFC="${idsCL[LightRed]}"
 						[ -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm ] && rm -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.norm
 						if [ ! -f ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.crit ]; then
-							touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.crit
+							echo "${cpu_usage}%" >| ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.crit
 						elif [ $(expr $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.crit)) -ge 60 ]; then
 							SENDNOTICE "${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}[${nip}] CRITICAL HIGH CPU USAGE" "${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}[${nip}] has CRITICALLY high cpu usage: ${cpu_usage}%" 1
-							touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.crit
+							echo "${cpu_usage}%" >| ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.crit
 							touch ${NM_TMPFOLDER}/${nip}.cpu_usage.sent
 						fi
 					fi