diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index c6a6592d..9fc5f1a5 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ DOWNLIST(){
 	# for downitem in $(</tmp/downlist); do
 	for downitem in `find /opt/idssys/nodemgmt -name "*.down"`; do
 		ditem=${downitem##*/}
-		ditem=`echo ${ditem} | sed 's|.*.down||'`
+		ditem=${ditem//.down}
 		host=${ditem##*-}
 		item=`echo ${ditem} | sed 's|.*/||'`