diff --git a/scripts/scheduler/check_pid.sh b/scripts/scheduler/check_pid.sh
index 022958e..eb435b6 100644
--- a/scripts/scheduler/check_pid.sh
+++ b/scripts/scheduler/check_pid.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 PID="$1"
-TASK="$2"
-DATE="$3";
-REDIS_SERVER="$4"
-REDIS_PORT="$5"
+SHARED="$2"
+TASK="$3"
+DATE="$4";
+DEBUG="$5";
+
+# writes debug message if DEBUG variable is set
+debug() {
+    if [ $DEBUG -eq 1 ]; then
+        echo "DEBUG: "$1 $2 $3
+    fi
+}
 
 if [ "$PID" != "" ]; then
 
@@ -15,7 +22,8 @@ if [ "$PID" != "" ]; then
 	JSON_TARGET=$(echo '{ "DATE": "'$DATE'", "STATUS": "2" }' | jq -r . | base64 -w0)
 	debug "JSON_TARGET: $JSON_TARGET"
 
-	redis-cli -h $REDIS_SERVER -p $REDIS_PORT SET $TASK "$JSON_TARGET"
+        echo $JSON_TARGET | base64 -d >$SHARED/output/$TASK.json
+	#redis-cli -h $REDIS_SERVER -p $REDIS_PORT SET $TASK "$JSON_TARGET"
 
 fi;
 
diff --git a/scripts/scheduler/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/scheduler/entrypoint.sh
index de99543..19ec18f 100644
--- a/scripts/scheduler/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/scheduler/entrypoint.sh
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ execute_task() {
 
                         DEPLOY_PAYLOAD=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r .PAYLOAD) # base64 list of key-value pairs in JSON
                         deploy_additionals "$APP_DIR" "$DEPLOY_NAME" "$DEPLOY_PAYLOAD"
-        		sh /scripts/check_pid.sh "$PID" "$TASK" "$DATE" "$REDIS_SERVER" "$REDIS_PORT" &
+        		sh /scripts/check_pid.sh "$PID" "$SHARED" "$TASK" "$DATE" "$DEBUG" &
                     fi
                 fi
             done