diff --git a/inc/status.inc b/inc/status.inc
index 7a866467..9872aac4 100755
--- a/inc/status.inc
+++ b/inc/status.inc
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ STATUS(){
 		nc_count=0; completed=false
 		until [ "${completed}" == "true" ]; do
 			for nodestatus in ${STATUSRUN_TMPFOLDER}/status-check.*.done; do
-				if [ "${nodestatus}" != "*" ]; then
-					NTS=$(grep -oP '(?<=status-check.).*?(?=.done)' <<< "${nodestatus}")
+				NTS=$(grep -oP '(?<=status-check.).*?(?=.done)' <<< "${nodestatus}")
+				if [ "${NTS}" != "*" ]; then
 					# echo -e "$(cat ${STATUSRUN_TMPFOLDER}/status-check.${NTS}.running)"
 					rm -f ${STATUSRUN_TMPFOLDER}/status-check.${NTS}.done
 					((nc_count++))