diff --git a/backend/controllers/systems.js b/backend/controllers/systems.js
index f54c75a..452d8a5 100644
--- a/backend/controllers/systems.js
+++ b/backend/controllers/systems.js
@@ -147,6 +147,21 @@ async function load_systems(systemClients) {
   // console.log("Loaded Systems: " + systemList.length + " that have been active since: " + fromDate);
 }
 
+exports.get_system_status = async function (req, res) {
+  var shortName = req.params.shortName.toLowerCase();
+  var system = systemList.find(function (element) {
+    return element.shortName == shortName;
+  });
+
+  var response = {
+    active: system.active,
+    lastActive: system.lastActive,
+    clientCount: system.clientCount,
+    callAvg: system.callAvg,
+  }
+  res.contentType('json');
+  res.send(JSON.stringify(response));
+}
 
 exports.get_systems = async function (req, res) {
   /* going to use a cron job to update the system list every 2 minutes
diff --git a/backend/index.js b/backend/index.js
index 080d023..666a0c6 100644
--- a/backend/index.js
+++ b/backend/index.js
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ function addSystemClients(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function addTotalClients(req, res, next) {
-
   req.totalClients = Object.keys(clients).length;
   next();
 }
@@ -153,6 +152,9 @@ app.get('/events/:id', events.getEvent);
 app.get('/:shortName/stats', stats.get_stats);
 app.get('/stats', addTotalClients, sys_stats.siteStats)
 
+/*------    SYSTEM STATUS   ----------*/
+app.get('/status/:shortName', systems.get_system_status);
+
 
 function get_clients(req, res) {
   if (req.params.shortName) {