Dashboard Cron errors when asterisk isn't running

The following cron email is sent from dashboard when asterisk is not running

Exception: Asterisk is not connected in file /usr/src/freepbx/framework/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/libraries/php-asmanager.php on line 236
Stack trace:
  1. Exception->() /usr/src/freepbx/framework/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/libraries/php-asmanager.php:236
  2. AGI_AsteriskManager->send_request() /usr/src/freepbx/dashboard/classes/AsteriskInfo.class.php:27
  3. AsteriskInfo2->get_channel_totals() /usr/src/freepbx/dashboard/classes/SysInfo.class.php:94
  4. SysInfo->getAstInfo() /usr/src/freepbx/dashboard/classes/SysInfo.class.php:55
  5. SysInfo->getSysInfo() /usr/src/freepbx/dashboard/Dashboard.class.php:211
  6. Dashboard->genSysInfo() /usr/src/freepbx/dashboard/Dashboard.class.php:245
  7. Dashboard->getSysInfo() /usr/src/freepbx/dashboard/Dashboard.class.php:193
  8. Dashboard->runTrigger() /usr/src/freepbx/dashboard/scheduler.php:35