diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/files/plugins/check_testcloud b/roles/nagios_server/files/plugins/check_testcloud
index f17b397016..647755145e 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/files/plugins/check_testcloud
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/files/plugins/check_testcloud
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ $WARNING=4
 
 if [ $RUNNING_VMS -gt $CRITICAL ]
 then
-    echo "Testcloud: CRITICAL Number of VMs running: $running_vms"
+    echo "Testcloud: CRITICAL Number of VMs running: $RUNNING_VMS"
     exit 2
 elif [ $RUNNING_VMS -gt $WARNING ]
 then
-    echo "Testcloud: WARNING Number of VMs running: $running_vms"
+    echo "Testcloud: WARNING Number of VMs running: $RUNNING_VMS"
     exit 1
 else
-    echo "Testcloud: OK Number of VMs running: $running_vms"
+    echo "Testcloud: OK Number of VMs running: $RUNNING_VMS"
     exit 0
 fi