diff --git a/src/routes/getStatus.ts b/src/routes/getStatus.ts
index b4ea254..bc855c2 100644
--- a/src/routes/getStatus.ts
+++ b/src/routes/getStatus.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { db } from "../databases/databases";
 import { Logger } from "../utils/logger";
 import { Request, Response } from "express";
 import os from "os";
+import redis from "../utils/redis";
 
 export async function getStatus(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Response> {
     const startTime = Date.now();
@@ -9,13 +10,16 @@ export async function getStatus(req: Request, res: Response): Promise<Response>
     value = Array.isArray(value) ? value[0] : value;
     try {
         const dbVersion = (await db.prepare("get", "SELECT key, value FROM config where key = ?", ["version"])).value;
+        const numberRequests = await redis.increment("statusRequest");
+        const statusRequests = numberRequests?.replies?.[0];
         const statusValues: Record<string, any> = {
             uptime: process.uptime(),
             commit: (global as any).HEADCOMMIT || "unknown",
             db: Number(dbVersion),
             startTime,
             processTime: Date.now() - startTime,
-            loadavg: os.loadavg().slice(1) // only return 5 & 15 minute load average
+            loadavg: os.loadavg().slice(1), // only return 5 & 15 minute load average
+            statusRequests
         };
         return value ? res.send(JSON.stringify(statusValues[value])) : res.send(statusValues);
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/utils/redis.ts b/src/utils/redis.ts
index 8bdea23..6e4d1d6 100644
--- a/src/utils/redis.ts
+++ b/src/utils/redis.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ interface RedisSB {
     setAsync?(key: string, value: string): Promise<{err: Error | null, reply: string | null}>;
     delAsync?(...keys: [string]): Promise<Error | null>;
     close?(flush?: boolean): void;
+    increment?(key: string): Promise<{err: Error| null, replies: any[] | null}>;
 }
 
 let exportObject: RedisSB = {
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ let exportObject: RedisSB = {
         new Promise((resolve) => resolve({ err: null, reply: undefined })),
     delAsync: () =>
         new Promise((resolve) => resolve(null)),
+    increment: () =>
+        new Promise((resolve) => resolve({ err: null, replies: undefined })),
 };
 
 if (config.redis) {
@@ -31,7 +34,12 @@ if (config.redis) {
     exportObject.setAsync = (key, value) => new Promise((resolve) => client.set(key, value, (err, reply) => resolve({ err, reply })));
     exportObject.delAsync = (...keys) => new Promise((resolve) => client.del(keys, (err) => resolve(err)));
     exportObject.close    = (flush) => client.end(flush);
-
+    exportObject.increment = (key) => new Promise((resolve) =>
+        client.multi()
+            .incr(key)
+            .expire(key, 60)
+            .exec((err, replies) => resolve({ err, replies }))
+    );
     client.on("error", function(error) {
         Logger.error(error);
     });
diff --git a/test/cases/getStatus.ts b/test/cases/getStatus.ts
index b515427..970ebed 100644
--- a/test/cases/getStatus.ts
+++ b/test/cases/getStatus.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import assert from "assert";
 import { db } from "../../src/databases/databases";
 import { client } from "../utils/httpClient";
+import { config } from "../../src/config";
 let dbVersion: number;
 
 describe("getStatus", () => {
@@ -86,4 +87,27 @@ describe("getStatus", () => {
             })
             .catch(err => done(err));
     });
+
+    it("Should be able to get statusRequests only", function (done) {
+        if (!config.redis) this.skip();
+        client.get(`${endpoint}/statusRequests`)
+            .then(res => {
+                assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
+                assert.ok(Number(res.data) > 1);
+                done();
+            })
+            .catch(err => done(err));
+    });
+
+    it("Should be able to get status with statusRequests", function (done) {
+        if (!config.redis) this.skip();
+        client.get(endpoint)
+            .then(res => {
+                assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
+                const data = res.data;
+                assert.ok(data.statusRequests > 2);
+                done();
+            })
+            .catch(err => done(err));
+    });
 });