diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index b6765cb2..33ea49a6 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
-						${NCMD} "checked=`ssh root@${nip} \"cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl`"
+						checked="`ssh root@10.5.10.51 \"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