diff --git a/src/controller/MatchController.ts b/src/controller/MatchController.ts
index d23dd03..9e4923b 100644
--- a/src/controller/MatchController.ts
+++ b/src/controller/MatchController.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ export class MatchController {
     }
   }
 
+  getMatchCount() {
+    return Object.keys(this.matches).length;
+  }
+
   async receiveMatchData(data: IAuthedData) {
     if (data.timestamp == null) {
       data.timestamp = Date.now();
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b9a139d..cfb9db2 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { WebsocketIncoming } from "./connector/websocketIncoming";
 import express from "express";
 import logging from "./util/Logging";
+import { MatchController } from "./controller/MatchController";
 const Log = logging("Status");
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ const app = express();
 const port = 5101;
 
 app.get("/status", (req, res) => {
-  res.json({ status: "UP" });
+  const status = { status: "UP", matchesRunning: MatchController.getInstance().getMatchCount() };
+  res.json(status);
 });
 
 app.listen(port, () => {