diff --git a/mm-scripts.sh b/mm-scripts.sh
index f8661f4..664677b 100755
--- a/mm-scripts.sh
+++ b/mm-scripts.sh
@@ -259,17 +259,14 @@ MMSTART(){
 		echo -en "${idsCL[LightCyan]}${msg}${spc} ${idsCL[White]}: ${idsCL[Default]}"
 		
 		### CHECK FOR PLEX MOUNT
-		files=$(shopt -s nullglob dotglob; echo ${PLEX_MOUNT}/*)
-		echo "HERE: $files"
-		if (( ! ${#files} )); then
+		if ( ! -f ${PLEX_MOUNT}/mounted ); then
 			echo "$(date) - Plex Media Not Mounted, will try and fix" >> $logfile
 			umount ${PLEX_MOUNT} >/dev/null 2>&1
 			sleep 2s
 			mount -a >/dev/null 2>&1
 			sleep 2s
 			
-			files=$(shopt -s nullglob dotglob; echo ${PLEX_MOUNT}/*)
-			if (( ! ${#files} )); then
+			if ( ! -f ${PLEX_MOUNT}/mounted ); then
 				if [ -f ${MMFOLDER}/mm.plexmount.fail ]; then
 					fd=$(( `date +%s` - `stat -L --format %Y ${MMFOLDER}/mm.plexmount.fail` ))
 					if [ ${fd} -gt 3600 ]; then
@@ -656,8 +653,7 @@ MMSTATUS(){
 				until [ $c = ${spc1} ]; do spc="${spc} "; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
 				echo -en "${idsCL[White]}${msg}${spc}${idsCL[White]} : ${idsCL[Default]}"
 				
-				files=$(shopt -s nullglob dotglob; echo ${PLEX_MOUNT}/*)
-				if (( ! ${#files} )) && [ ! -f ${MMFOLDER}/mm.plexmount.fail2 ]; then			
+				if ( ! -f ${PLEX_MOUNT}/mounted ) && [ ! -f ${MMFOLDER}/mm.plexmount.fail2 ]; then			
 					echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not Mounted${idsCL[Default]}"
 
 				elif [ -f ${MMFOLDER}/mm.plexmount.fail2 ]; then