diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index b9f1b5af..c7a15a26 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ STATUS(){
 										checked=false
 										until [ "${checked}" = "" ]; do
 											if [ "${PH_CMD}" = "" ]; then
-												checked=`ssh root@${nip} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl` >/dev/null 2>&1
+												checked=`ssh root@${nip} "[ -f ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl ] && cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl`
 											else
-												checked="`${PH_CMD} \"ssh root@${nip} \"cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\"`" >/dev/null 2>&1
+												checked="`${PH_CMD} \"ssh root@${nip} \"[ -f ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl ] && cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\"`"
 											fi
 											if [ "`date +%s`" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
 												timeout=true