diff --git a/header.html b/header.html
index 49371f74..189a7c81 100644
--- a/header.html
+++ b/header.html
@@ -104,7 +104,14 @@
                 </div>
                 <div class="pull-left info">
                     <p>Status</p>
-                    <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-circle text-success"></i> Nominal</a>
+                    <?php 
+                        $pistatus = exec('pgrep dnsmasq | wc -l');
+                        if ($pistatus > "0") {
+                            echo '<a href="#"><i class="fa fa-circle" style="color:#7FFF00"></i> Active</a>';
+                        } else {
+                            echo '<a href="#"><i class="fa fa-circle" style="color:#FF0000"></i> Offline</a>';
+                        }
+                    ?>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <!-- sidebar menu: : style can be found in sidebar.less -->