diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 41eb2849..4d40508a 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -368,12 +368,11 @@ NODEUPDATES() {
 		var=${NTYPE}_HOSTS[@]
 		for nip in "${!var}"; do
 			if [ ! -f /tmp/.nodeupdate.${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]// /-}.running ]; then
-				if [[ ${RUN_NODE_IP} == *"${nip}"* ]]; then
-					nip='localhost  '
+				if [[ ${RUN_NODE_IP} != *"${nip}"* ]]; then
+					touch /tmp/.nodeupdate.${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]// /-}.running
+					NODEUPDATE "${nip}" "${2}" "${NMCMD}" &
+					((ncount++))
 				fi
-				touch /tmp/.nodeupdate.${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]// /-}.running
-				NODEUPDATE "${nip}" "${2}" "${NMCMD}" &
-				((ncount++))
 			fi
 		done
 	done