diff --git a/src/MempoolStatus.cpp b/src/MempoolStatus.cpp
index bd5193a..d562401 100644
--- a/src/MempoolStatus.cpp
+++ b/src/MempoolStatus.cpp
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ MempoolStatus::read_network_info()
 
     network_info local_copy;
 
+    local_copy.status                     = network_info::get_status_uint(rpc_network_info.status);
     local_copy.height                     = rpc_network_info.height;
     local_copy.target_height              = rpc_network_info.target_height;
     local_copy.difficulty                 = rpc_network_info.difficulty;
diff --git a/src/MempoolStatus.h b/src/MempoolStatus.h
index 04248a7..44607ea 100644
--- a/src/MempoolStatus.h
+++ b/src/MempoolStatus.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct MempoolStatus
     // the current info timesout.
     struct network_info
     {
+        uint64_t status {0};
         uint64_t height  {0};
         uint64_t target_height  {0};
         uint64_t difficulty  {0};
@@ -72,6 +73,32 @@ struct MempoolStatus
         uint64_t info_timestamp  {0};
 
         bool current {false};
+
+        static uint64_t
+        get_status_uint(const string& status)
+        {
+            if (status == CORE_RPC_STATUS_OK)
+                return 1;
+
+            if (status == CORE_RPC_STATUS_BUSY)
+                return 2;
+
+            // default
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        static string
+        get_status_string(const uint64_t& status)
+        {
+            if (status == 1)
+                return CORE_RPC_STATUS_OK;
+
+            if (status == 2)
+                return CORE_RPC_STATUS_BUSY;
+
+            // default
+            return 0;
+        }
     };
 
     static boost::thread m_thread;
diff --git a/src/page.h b/src/page.h
index 52b0b44..8c80da2 100644
--- a/src/page.h
+++ b/src/page.h
@@ -5447,7 +5447,7 @@ namespace xmreg
                 = MempoolStatus::current_network_info;
 
             j_info = json {
-               {"status"                    , local_copy_network_info.current},
+               {"status"                    , MempoolStatus::network_info::get_status_string(local_copy_network_info.status)},
                {"current"                   , local_copy_network_info.current},
                {"height"                    , local_copy_network_info.height},
                {"target_height"             , local_copy_network_info.target_height},