diff --git a/tools/monitoring/nagios-plugins/nova-services.sh b/tools/monitoring/nagios-plugins/nova-services.sh
index df88a59..636ceec 100644
--- a/tools/monitoring/nagios-plugins/nova-services.sh
+++ b/tools/monitoring/nagios-plugins/nova-services.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 source ~/openrc
 
-output=$(nova service-list | grep down)
+output=$(nova service-list | tail -n +3 | grep down)
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo -n "CRITICAL - OpenStack Nova services down: "
     echo "${output}" | awk '{print $2,$4}' | while read LINE; do