diff --git a/mqtt_srv.py b/mqtt_srv.py
index 2ce00c4..1580703 100755
--- a/mqtt_srv.py
+++ b/mqtt_srv.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ def writeLog(msg, svr="INFO"):
 def check_router():
     stats["uptime"] = uptime()
     stats["version"] = VERSION
+    stats["status"] = "on"
     cmnd = "crontab -l"
     status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmnd)