diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 3652c803..86e83472 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ STATUS() {
 					if [ "${NCMD}" = "" ]; then
 						checked=`ssh root@${nip} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl`
 					else
-						checked=`ssh root@${nip} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl" | diff - ${NCMD} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl"`
+						${NCMD} 'checked=`ssh root@${nip} "cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl`'
 					fi
 					if [ "`date +%s`" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
 						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then