diff --git a/global/overlay/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_eidas_metadata.age.sh b/global/overlay/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_eidas_metadata.age.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5a538e39..68cead4d
--- a/global/overlay/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_eidas_metadata.age.sh
+++ b/global/overlay/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_eidas_metadata.age.sh
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ exp=$(date -d $dstr +%s)
 now=$(date +%s)
 
 d=$(expr $exp - $now)
-if [ $d -ge $diff_crit ]; then
+if [ $d -lt $diff_crit ]; then
    echo "CRITICAL - metadata in $1 expires in $d seconds"
    echo $status
    exit $STATE_CRITICAL
-elif [ $d -ge $diff_warn ]; then
+elif [ $d -lt $diff_warn ]; then
    echo "WARNING - metadata in $1 expires in $d seconds"
    echo $status
    exit $STATE_WARNING