diff --git a/include/transport/admininterface.h b/include/transport/admininterface.h
index e67b169d..393394eb 100644
--- a/include/transport/admininterface.h
+++ b/include/transport/admininterface.h
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ namespace Transport {
 
 class Component;
 class StorageBackend;
+class UserManager;
+class NetworkPluginServer;
 
 class AdminInterface {
 	public:
-		AdminInterface(Component *component, StorageBackend *storageBackend = NULL);
+		AdminInterface(Component *component, UserManager *userManager, NetworkPluginServer *server = NULL, StorageBackend *storageBackend = NULL);
 
 		~AdminInterface();
 
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ class AdminInterface {
 
 		Component *m_component;
 		StorageBackend *m_storageBackend;
+		UserManager *m_userManager;
+		NetworkPluginServer *m_server;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h b/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
index 4048efdd..6dc942cd 100644
--- a/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
+++ b/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ class NetworkPluginServer {
 
 		virtual ~NetworkPluginServer();
 
+		int getBackendCount() {
+			return m_clients.size();
+		}
+
 		void handleMessageReceived(NetworkConversation *conv, boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Message> &message);
 
 	private:
diff --git a/spectrum/src/main.cpp b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
index 19e6e5bb..345973e1 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/main.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	logger.setUserManager(&userManager);
 
-	AdminInterface adminInterface(&transport, storageBackend);
-
 	NetworkPluginServer plugin(&transport, &config, &userManager);
 
+	AdminInterface adminInterface(&transport, &userManager, &plugin, storageBackend);
+
 	eventLoop.run();
 }
diff --git a/src/admininterface.cpp b/src/admininterface.cpp
index f6fd419c..0302aa60 100644
--- a/src/admininterface.cpp
+++ b/src/admininterface.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "transport/storagebackend.h"
 #include "transport/conversationmanager.h"
 #include "transport/rostermanager.h"
+#include "transport/usermanager.h"
+#include "transport/networkpluginserver.h"
 #include "storageresponder.h"
 #include "log4cxx/logger.h"
 
@@ -33,9 +35,11 @@ namespace Transport {
 
 static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("AdminInterface");
 
-AdminInterface::AdminInterface(Component *component, StorageBackend *storageBackend) {
+AdminInterface::AdminInterface(Component *component, UserManager *userManager, NetworkPluginServer *server, StorageBackend *storageBackend) {
 	m_component = component;
 	m_storageBackend = storageBackend;
+	m_userManager = userManager;
+	m_server = server;
 
 	m_component->getStanzaChannel()->onMessageReceived.connect(bind(&AdminInterface::handleMessageReceived, this, _1));
 }
@@ -57,7 +61,9 @@ void AdminInterface::handleMessageReceived(Swift::Message::ref message) {
 	message->setFrom(m_component->getJID());
 
 	if (message->getBody() == "status") {
-		message->setBody("Running");
+		int users = m_userManager->getUserCount();
+		int backends = m_server->getBackendCount() - 1;
+		message->setBody("Running (" + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(users) + " users connected using " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(backends) + " backends)");
 	}
 	else {
 		message->setBody("Unknown command");