diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/templates/rccn-functions.sh.erb b/modules/rhizo_base/templates/rccn-functions.sh.erb
index d8f423d..b8eea5e 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/templates/rccn-functions.sh.erb
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/templates/rccn-functions.sh.erb
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ mmc () {
 }
 
 ns () {
-  expect -c 'spawn -noecho telnet 0 4245; expect >; send enable\r; expect #; send "show ns\r"; expect #' | grep ALIVE;
+  expect -c 'spawn -noecho telnet 0 4245; expect >; send enable\r; expect #; send "show ns\r"; expect #' | grep NSEI | grep ALIVE;
 }
 
 pp () {