diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 9aff3b8f..6623f79f 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -415,8 +415,10 @@ STATUS(){
 									echo -e " ${idsCL[LightCyan]}${NM_NODETYPES[$NTYPE]}-Node1 (${!PH}) <--> ${idsST[Bold]}${NM_NODETYPES[$NTYPE]}-Node${nid} (${nip})${idsST[Reset]}${idsCL[Default]}"
 									DIVIDER false green
 								fi
-								checkhost=$(CHECK_HOST ${nip})
-								if [ "${checkhost}" != "false" ]; then
+								
+								# checkhost=$(CHECK_HOST ${nip})
+								#if [ "${checkhost}" != "false" ]; then
+								if [ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${!PH}.down ] || [ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down ]; then
 									if [ -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down ]; then
 										if [ -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.errtime ]; then
 											toterrtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${nip}.errtime)
@@ -434,7 +436,6 @@ STATUS(){
 										if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 											if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "report" ]; then
 												c=0; cw=30; spc=''
-												echo "${cw}-${#REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]}"
 												spc1=${cw}-${#REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]}
 												until [ $c = ${spc1} ]; do spc="${spc} "; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
 											else
@@ -493,10 +494,8 @@ STATUS(){
 									done
 								else
 									if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
-										echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Node is Down!${idsCL[Default]}"
-									fi
-									if [ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down ]; then
-										touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down
+										[ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${!PH}.down ] && echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}${NM_NODETYPES[$NTYPE]}-Node1 (${!PH}) is offline${idsCL[Default]}"
+										[ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down ] && echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}${NM_NODETYPES[$NTYPE]}-Node${nip: -1} (${nip}) is offline${idsCL[Default]}"
 									fi
 								fi
 								if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then echo; fi