diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-nodewatcher/files/usr/sbin/nodewatcher b/src/packages/fff/fff-nodewatcher/files/usr/sbin/nodewatcher
index 6e0e5389..f9d6e65d 100755
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-nodewatcher/files/usr/sbin/nodewatcher
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-nodewatcher/files/usr/sbin/nodewatcher
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ crawl() {
     fi
 
     #Checks whether either fastd or L2TP is connected
-    if [ pidof fastd >/dev/null ] || [ grep -q '1' /sys/class/net/l2tp*/carrier ] ; then
+    if pidof fastd >/dev/null || grep -q '1' /sys/class/net/l2tp*/carrier 2> /dev/null ; then
         vpn_active="<vpn_active>1</vpn_active>"
     else
         vpn_active="<vpn_active>0</vpn_active>"