diff --git a/scripts/healthcheck.sh b/scripts/healthcheck.sh
index af2c635..6161d54 100755
--- a/scripts/healthcheck.sh
+++ b/scripts/healthcheck.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash 
+SKIPGSAD=${SKIPGSAD:-false}
 FUNC=$(cat /usr/local/etc/running-as)
 ContainerShutdown() {
 	# Flush logs;
@@ -39,8 +40,10 @@ case  $FUNC in
 		nmap -p 9390 localhost| grep -qs "9390.*open" || exit 1
 	;;
 	gsad)
-		#gsad should be listening on 9392
-		curl -f http://localhost:9392/ || curl -kf https://localhost:9392/ || exit 1
+		if [ "$SKIPGSAD" == "false" ]; then
+			#gsad should be listening on 9392
+			curl -f http://localhost:9392/ || curl -kf https://localhost:9392/ || exit 1
+		fi
 	;;
 	redis)
 		redis-cli -s /run/redis/redis.sock ping || exit 1
@@ -80,8 +83,10 @@ case  $FUNC in
 			SERVICE="$SERVICE openvas\n"
 		fi	
 		# gsad
-		curl -f http://localhost:9392/ || curl -kf https://localhost:9392/ || FAIL=3 
+		if [ "$SKIPGSAD" == "false" ]; then
+			curl -f http://localhost:9392/ || curl -kf https://localhost:9392/ || FAIL=3 
 			if [ $FAIL -eq 3 ]; then SERVICE="$SERVICE gsad\n"; fi
+		fi
 		# redis
 		redis-cli -s /run/redis/redis.sock ping || FAIL=4 
 			if [ $FAIL -eq 4 ]; then SERVICE="$SERVICE redis\n"; fi
diff --git a/scripts/single.sh b/scripts/single.sh
index a6d3602..b91b54f 100755
--- a/scripts/single.sh
+++ b/scripts/single.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if [ $GVMD_ARGS == "blank" ]; then
 	GVMD_ARGS='--'
 fi
 if [ "$DEBUG" == "true" ]; then
-	for var in USERNAME PASSWORD RELAYHOST SMTPPORT REDISDBS QUIET CREATE_EMPTY_DATABASE SKIPSYNC RESTORE DEBUG HTTPS GSATIMEOUT ; do 
+	for var in USERNAME PASSWORD RELAYHOST SMTPPORT REDISDBS QUIET CREATE_EMPTY_DATABASE SKIPSYNC RESTORE DEBUG HTTPS GSATIMEOUT SKIPGSAD; do 
 		echo "$var = ${var}"
 	done
 fi
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ function DBCheck {
 		echo 0
         fi
 }
-# Need something new here to check for existing 'old' /data and fix all the links.
-# maybe an option passed to fs-setup?
 
 # 21.4.4-01 and up uses a slightly different structure on /data, so we look for the old, and correct if we find it. 
 if [ -f /data/var-log/gvmd.log ]; then
@@ -473,7 +471,8 @@ echo "Starting Open Scanner Protocol daemon for OpenVAS..."
 # But if we leave the socket owned by root, gvmd can not communicate with it.
 chgrp gvm /var/run/ospd/ospd.sock
 chgrp gvm /var/run/ospd/ospd-openvas.sock
-if [ SKIPGSAD="false"]; then
+
+if [ SKIPGSAD == "false" ]; then
 	echo "Starting Greenbone Security Assistant..."
 	#su -c "gsad --verbose --http-only --no-redirect --port=9392" gvm
 	if [ $HTTPS == "true" ]; then