diff --git a/bin/monitor.php b/bin/monitor.php
index a71b3d9c2..2c429e503 100644
--- a/bin/monitor.php
+++ b/bin/monitor.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require(dirname(__FILE__)."/config.php");
 require(WWW_DIR.'/lib/postprocess.php');
-$version="0.1r767";
+$version="0.1r768";
 
 $db = new DB();
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ $_php = $_nice." -n${array['NICENESS']} ".getenv('PHP');
 $_tmux = getenv('TMUXCMD');
 $_sed = getenv('SED');
 $_tee = getenv('TEE');
+$_mysqladmin = getenv('MYSQLADMIN');
 $_count_releases = 0;
 $_imports = $array['NZB_THREADS'];
 $_bin = dirname(__FILE__)."/../bin";
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ $_backfill_increment = "UPDATE groups set backfill_target=backfill_target+1 wher
 $mysql_command_1 = "$_mysql --defaults-file=$_conf/my.cnf -u$_DB_USER -h $_DB_HOST $_DB_NAME -e \"$_backfill_increment\"";
 $reset_bin = "UPDATE binaries SET procstat=0, procattempts=0, regexID=NULL, relpart=0, reltotalpart=0, relname=NULL;";
 $mysql_command_2 = "$_mysql --defaults-file=$_conf/my.cnf -u$_DB_USER -h $_DB_HOST $_DB_NAME -e \"$reset_bin\"";
-$mysqladmin = "/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=$_conf/my.cnf -u$_DB_USER -h $_DB_HOST status | /usr/bin/awk '{print $22;}'";
+$mysqladmin = "$_mysqladmin --defaults-file=$_conf/my.cnf -u$_DB_USER -h $_DB_HOST status | /usr/bin/awk '{print $22;}'";
 
 //got microtime
 function microtime_float()
diff --git a/conf/jonnyboys_defaults.sh b/conf/jonnyboys_defaults.sh
index 0853ae759..462410d35 100644
--- a/conf/jonnyboys_defaults.sh
+++ b/conf/jonnyboys_defaults.sh
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ command -v php5 >/dev/null 2>&1 && export PHP=`command -v php5` || { export PHP=
 command -v tmux >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require tmux but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export TMUXCMD=`command -v tmux`
 command -v nice >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require nice but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export NICE=`command -v nice`
 command -v tee >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require tee but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export TEE=`command -v tee`
+command -v mysqladmin >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require mysqladmin but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export MYSQLADMIN=`command -v mysqladmin`
 
 if [[ $USE_HTOP == "true" ]]; then
   command -v htop >/dev/null 2>&1|| { echo >&2 "I require htop but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export HTOP=`command -v htop`
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 80296bac8..645659a6d 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ command -v php5 >/dev/null 2>&1 && export PHP=`command -v php5` || { export PHP=
 command -v tmux >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require tmux but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export TMUXCMD=`command -v tmux`
 command -v nice >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require nice but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export NICE=`command -v nice`
 command -v tee >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require tee but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export TEE=`command -v tee`
+command -v mysqladmin >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require mysqladmin but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export MYSQLADMIN=`command -v mysqladmin`
 
 if [[ $USE_HTOP == "true" ]]; then
   command -v htop >/dev/null 2>&1|| { echo >&2 "I require htop but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } && export HTOP=`command -v htop`