diff --git a/defaults.inc b/defaults.inc
index 137e335..9d206c2 100755
--- a/defaults.inc
+++ b/defaults.inc
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ VERS=2.2.10-07042023
 DS_FOLDER=/opt/idssys/dsmon
 DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER=/opt/idssys/nodemgmt/crontabs
 
-[ ! -d ${DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER} ] && mkdir ${DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER} && chmod -Rf 0777 ${DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER}
-
 
 SENDNOTICE(){
 	[ "${PUSHOVER_APP_TOKEN}" != "" ] && PUSH_TO_MOBILE "${2}
diff --git a/dsmon.sh b/dsmon.sh
index ae1fbc3..dda40ed 100755
--- a/dsmon.sh
+++ b/dsmon.sh
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ GETCRONTABS(){
 	declare -A host_ip
 	declare -A host_name
 	
+	[ ! -d ${DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER} ] && mkdir ${DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER} && chmod -Rf 0777 ${DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER}
+	
 	while read hostid hostname hostip hostlimits; do
 		if [ "$hostid" != "id" ]; then
 			host_ip[${hostid}]=$(echo $hostip | cut -d ";" -f1)