diff --git a/inc/services.inc b/inc/services.inc
index 85e8d521..0e21b9a4 100755
--- a/inc/services.inc
+++ b/inc/services.inc
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ SERVICE(){
 	
 
 		if [ "${1}" = "nginx" ] && ([ "${3}" == "" ] || [ "${3}" == "all" ]); then			
-			if [ "${RUN_NODE_TYPE}" != "" ] && [ "${NM_REPL_NGINX_PATHS}" != "" ] && [ "${NM_REPL_NGINX_PATHS[${RUN_NODE_TYPE}]}" != "" ] && ([ "${2}" = "restart" ] || [ "${2}" = "reload" ]); then
+			if [ "${RUN_NODE_TYPE}" != "" ] && [[ "$(declare -p NM_REPL_NGINX_PATHS)" =~ "declare -a" ]] && [ "${NM_REPL_NGINX_PATHS[${RUN_NODE_TYPE}]}" != "" ] && ([ "${2}" = "restart" ] || [ "${2}" = "reload" ]); then
 				if [ "${3}" != "ns" ]; then
 					if [ "${3}" != "q" ]; then
 						echo -en "${idsCL[LightYellow]}Verifying replication across the nodes... ${idsCL[Default]}"