diff --git a/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h b/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
index e0ce31f9..5572780a 100644
--- a/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
+++ b/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ class NetworkPluginServer {
 			return m_clients;
 		}
 
+		const std::vector<std::string> &getCrashedBackends() {
+			return m_crashedBackends;
+		}
+
 		void collectBackend();
 
 		bool moveToLongRunBackend(User *user);
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ class NetworkPluginServer {
 		bool m_isNextLongRun;
 		std::map<unsigned long, FileTransferManager::Transfer> m_filetransfers;
 		FileTransferManager *m_ftManager;
+		std::vector<std::string> m_crashedBackends;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/include/transport/usermanager.h b/include/transport/usermanager.h
index 5ea47d5c..2601be21 100644
--- a/include/transport/usermanager.h
+++ b/include/transport/usermanager.h
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ class UserManager : public Swift::EntityCapsProvider {
 		/// \param user JID of user.
 		void disconnectUser(const Swift::JID &user);
 
+		void messageToXMPPSent() { m_sentToXMPP++; }
+		void messageToBackendSent() { m_sentToBackend++; }
+
+		unsigned long getMessagesToXMPP() { return m_sentToXMPP; }
+		unsigned long getMessagesToBackend() { return m_sentToBackend; }
+		
+
 	private:
 		void handlePresence(Swift::Presence::ref presence);
 		void handleMessageReceived(Swift::Message::ref message);
@@ -134,6 +141,8 @@ class UserManager : public Swift::EntityCapsProvider {
 		StorageResponder *m_storageResponder;
 		UserRegistry *m_userRegistry;
 		Swift::Timer::ref m_removeTimer;
+		unsigned long m_sentToXMPP;
+		unsigned long m_sentToBackend;
 		friend class RosterResponder;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index f3f891f0..2ae551af 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleSessionFinished(Backend *c) {
 
 	// If there are users associated with this backend, it must have crashed, so print error output
 	// and disconnect users
+	if (!c->users.empty()) {
+		m_crashedBackends.push_back(c->id);
+	}
+
 	for (std::list<User *>::const_iterator it = c->users.begin(); it != c->users.end(); it++) {
 		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Backend " << c << " disconnected (probably crashed) with active user " << (*it)->getJID().toString());
 		(*it)->setData(NULL);
diff --git a/src/statsresponder.cpp b/src/statsresponder.cpp
index 802a1bbd..bf4e4b5f 100644
--- a/src/statsresponder.cpp
+++ b/src/statsresponder.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ bool StatsResponder::handleGetRequest(const Swift::JID& from, const Swift::JID&
 		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("users/online"));
 		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("contacts/online"));
 		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("contacts/total"));
-		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("backends"));
+		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("messages/from-xmpp"));
+		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("messages/to-xmpp"));
+		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("backends/running"));
+		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("backends/crashed"));
 		response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("memory-usage"));
 	}
 	else {
@@ -115,8 +118,11 @@ bool StatsResponder::handleGetRequest(const Swift::JID& from, const Swift::JID&
 			else if (item.getName() == "users/online") {
 				response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("users/online", "users", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(m_userManager->getUserCount())));
 			}
-			else if (item.getName() == "backends") {
-				response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("backends", "backends", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(m_server->getBackendCount())));
+			else if (item.getName() == "backends/running") {
+				response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("backends/running", "backends", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(m_server->getBackendCount())));
+			}
+			else if (item.getName() == "backends/crashed") {
+				response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("backends/crashed", "backends", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(m_server->getCrashedBackends().size())));
 			}
 			else if (item.getName() == "memory-usage") {
 				response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("memory-usage", "KB", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(usedMemory())));
@@ -127,6 +133,12 @@ bool StatsResponder::handleGetRequest(const Swift::JID& from, const Swift::JID&
 			else if (item.getName() == "contacts/total") {
 				response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("contacts/total", "contacts", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(contactsTotal)));
 			}
+			else if (item.getName() == "messages/from-xmpp") {
+				response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("messages/from-xmpp", "messages", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(m_userManager->getMessagesToBackend())));
+			}
+			else if (item.getName() == "messages/to-xmpp") {
+				response->addItem(StatsPayload::Item("messages/to-xmpp", "messages", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(m_userManager->getMessagesToXMPP())));
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/usermanager.cpp b/src/usermanager.cpp
index 08823715..ed99e668 100644
--- a/src/usermanager.cpp
+++ b/src/usermanager.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("UserManager");
 UserManager::UserManager(Component *component, UserRegistry *userRegistry, StorageBackend *storageBackend) {
 	m_cachedUser = NULL;
 	m_onlineBuddies = 0;
+	m_sentToXMPP = 0;
+	m_sentToBackend = 0;
 	m_component = component;
 	m_storageBackend = storageBackend;
 	m_storageResponder = NULL;