diff --git a/reader/JFJochHttpReader.cpp b/reader/JFJochHttpReader.cpp
index 6a8117fb..5ae5c9b6 100644
--- a/reader/JFJochHttpReader.cpp
+++ b/reader/JFJochHttpReader.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "../frame_serialize/CBORStream2Deserializer.h"
 #include "../broker/gen/model/Image_buffer_status.h"
 #include "../broker/gen/model/Plots.h"
+#include "../broker/gen/model/Broker_status.h"
 #include "../image_analysis/bragg_integration/CalcISigma.h"
 
 void JFJochHttpReader::Close() {
@@ -43,6 +44,53 @@ ImageBufferStatus JFJochHttpReader::GetImageBufferStatus() const {
     }
 }
 
+BrokerStatus JFJochHttpReader::GetBrokerStatus() const {
+    httplib::Client cli_cmd(addr);
+
+    auto res = cli_cmd.Get("/status");
+    if (!res || res->status != httplib::StatusCode::OK_200)
+        throw JFJochException(JFJochExceptionCategory::InputParameterInvalid,
+                              "Could not get image buffer status");
+
+    try {
+        org::openapitools::server::model::Broker_status input = nlohmann::json::parse(res->body);
+        BrokerStatus ret{};
+        ret.broker_version = input.getBrokerVersion();
+        ret.gpu_count = input.getGpuCount();
+        if (input.progressIsSet())
+            ret.progress = input.getProgress();
+
+        if (input.getState() == "Inactive")
+            ret.state = JFJochState::Inactive;
+        else if (input.getState() == "Idle")
+            ret.state = JFJochState::Idle;
+        else if (input.getState() == "Measuring")
+            ret.state = JFJochState::Measuring;
+        else if (input.getState() == "Error")
+            ret.state = JFJochState::Error;
+        else if (input.getState() == "Busy")
+            ret.state = JFJochState::Busy;
+        else if (input.getState() == "Pedestal")
+            ret.state = JFJochState::Calibration;
+
+        if (input.getMessageSeverity() == "info")
+            ret.message_severity = BrokerStatus::MessageSeverity::Info;
+        else if (input.getMessageSeverity() == "success")
+            ret.message_severity = BrokerStatus::MessageSeverity::Success;
+        else if (input.getMessageSeverity() == "warning")
+            ret.message_severity = BrokerStatus::MessageSeverity::Warning;
+        else if (input.getMessageSeverity() == "error")
+            ret.message_severity = BrokerStatus::MessageSeverity::Error;
+        if (input.brokerVersionIsSet())
+            ret.broker_version = input.getBrokerVersion();
+
+        return ret;
+    } catch (std::exception &e) {
+        throw JFJochException(JFJochExceptionCategory::InputParameterInvalid,
+                              "Could not parse image buffer status");
+    }
+}
+
 uint64_t JFJochHttpReader::GetNumberOfImages() const {
     std::unique_lock ul(http_mutex);
 
diff --git a/reader/JFJochHttpReader.h b/reader/JFJochHttpReader.h
index fc33c3be..8a322cd2 100644
--- a/reader/JFJochHttpReader.h
+++ b/reader/JFJochHttpReader.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #define JFJOCH_JFJOCHHTTPREADER_H
 
 #include "JFJochReader.h"
+#include "../common/BrokerStatus.h"
 #include "../common/ImageBuffer.h"
 
 class JFJochHttpReader : public JFJochReader {
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ public:
     void Close() override;
 
     void UploadUserMask(const std::vector<uint32_t>& mask);
+
+    BrokerStatus GetBrokerStatus() const;
 };