diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/ACL.php b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/ACL.php
index 5fa4b7a05..72187e4e9 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/ACL.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/ACL.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ $ccAcl->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('library'))
 	  ->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('schedule'))
 	  ->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('api'))
 	  ->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('nowplaying'))
+	  ->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('systemstatus'))
 	  ->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('search'))
       ->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('dashboard'))
       ->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('preference'))
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ $ccAcl->allow('G', 'index')
       ->allow('H', 'search')
 	  ->allow('H', 'playlist')
 	  ->allow('A', 'user')
+	  ->allow('A', 'systemstatus')
       ->allow('A', 'preference');
 
 $aclPlugin = new Zend_Controller_Plugin_Acl($ccAcl);
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/navigation.php b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/navigation.php
index a2af6d9fe..0aad75da0 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/navigation.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/navigation.php
@@ -75,10 +75,24 @@ $pages = array(
     ),
 	array(
 		'label'      => 'Help',
-		'module'     => 'default',
-		'controller' => 'dashboard',
-		'action'     => 'help',
-		'resource'	=>	'dashboard'
+		'uri'     => '#',
+		'resource'	=>	'dashboard',
+        'pages'      => array(
+            array(
+                'label'      => 'About',
+                'module'     => 'default',
+                'controller' => 'dashboard',
+                'action'     => 'help',
+                'resource'	=>	'dashboard'
+            ),
+            array(
+                'label'      => 'System Status',
+                'module'     => 'default',
+                'controller' => 'systemstatus',
+                'action'     => 'index',
+                'resource'	=>	'systemstatus'
+            )
+        )
 	)
 );
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/SystemstatusController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/SystemstatusController.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7059fad0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/SystemstatusController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+class SystemstatusController extends Zend_Controller_Action
+{
+    public function init()
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    public function indexAction()
+    {
+        $ss = new Application_Model_Systemstatus();
+
+        $stats = array("Total R");
+        
+        $this->view->status = $ss->getResults();
+    }
+
+    public function getLogFileAction()
+    {
+        $log_files = array("PLAYOUT_ENGINE_RUNNING_SECONDS"=>"/var/log/airtime/pypo/pypo.log",
+                "LIQUIDSOAP_RUNNING_SECONDS"=>"/var/log/airtime/pypo-liquidsoap/ls_script.log",
+                "MEDIA_MONITOR_RUNNING_SECONDS"=>"/var/log/airtime/media-monitor/media-monitor.log",
+                "SHOW_RECORDER_RUNNING_SECONDS"=>"/var/log/airtime/show-recorder/show-recorder.log");
+
+        $id = $this->_getParam('id');
+        Logging::log($id);
+
+        if (array_key_exists($id, $log_files)){
+            $filepath = $log_files[$id];
+            $filename = basename($filepath);
+            header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
+            header("Content-Length: " . filesize($filepath));
+            // !! binary mode !!
+            $fp = fopen($filepath, 'rb');
+
+            //We can have multiple levels of output buffering. Need to
+            //keep looping until all have been disabled!!!
+            //http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-end-flush.php
+            while (@ob_end_flush());
+
+            fpassthru($fp);
+            fclose($fp);
+
+            //make sure to exit here so that no other output is sent.
+            exit;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Systemstatus.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Systemstatus.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..665a327b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Systemstatus.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+class Application_Model_Systemstatus
+{
+
+    private function getCheckSystemResults(){
+        exec("airtime-check-system", $output);
+
+        //require_once "/usr/lib/airtime/utils/airtime-check-system.php";
+
+        $status = array();
+        foreach($output as $row){
+            $row = trim($row);
+            if (substr_count($row, "=") == 1 && "--" != substr($row, 0, 2)){
+                list($key, $value) = array_map("trim", explode("=", $row));
+                $status[$key] = $value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $status;
+    }
+
+    public function getResults(){
+        $keyValues = $this->getCheckSystemResults();
+
+        $results = array();
+        $key = "AIRTIME_VERSION";
+        $results[$key] = array("Airtime Version", $keyValues[$key], false);
+
+        $triplets = array(array("PLAYOUT_ENGINE_RUNNING_SECONDS", "Playout Engine Status", true),
+                array("LIQUIDSOAP_RUNNING_SECONDS", "Liquidsoap Status", true),
+                array("MEDIA_MONITOR_RUNNING_SECONDS", "Media-Monitor Status", true),
+                array("SHOW_RECORDER_RUNNING_SECONDS", "Show-Recorder Status", true));
+                
+        foreach($triplets as $triple){
+            list($key, $desc, $downloadLog) = $triple;
+            $results[$key] = array($desc, $this->convertRunTimeToPassFail($keyValues[$key]), $downloadLog); 
+        }
+
+        return $results;
+    }
+
+    private function convertRunTimeToPassFail($runTime){
+        return $runTime > 3 ? "Pass" : "Fail";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/systemstatus/get-log-file.phtml b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/systemstatus/get-log-file.phtml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/systemstatus/get-log-file.phtml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/systemstatus/index.phtml b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/systemstatus/index.phtml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b48f5c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/systemstatus/index.phtml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php foreach($this->status as $key=>$value): ?>
+    <?php list($desc, $status, $downloadLog) = $value;?>
+    <div>
+        <?php echo $desc; ?>
+        <?php echo $status; ?>
+        <?php if ($downloadLog): ?>
+            <a href="systemstatus/get-log-file/id/<?php echo $key ?>">Log file</a>
+        <?php endif; ?>
+    </div>
+<?php endforeach; ?>
diff --git a/utils/airtime-check-system.php b/utils/airtime-check-system.php
index 27fd527a0..c9023de3e 100644
--- a/utils/airtime-check-system.php
+++ b/utils/airtime-check-system.php
@@ -1,52 +1,59 @@
 <?php
 
-$airtimeIni = AirtimeCheck::GetAirtimeConf();
-$airtime_base_dir = $airtimeIni['general']['airtime_dir'];
+$sapi_type = php_sapi_name();
 
-require_once "$airtime_base_dir/library/php-amqplib/amqp.inc";
+//detect if we are running via the command line
+if (substr($sapi_type, 0, 3) == 'cli') {
+    //we are running from the command-line
+    
+    set_error_handler("myErrorHandler");
+    
+    $airtimeIni = AirtimeCheck::GetAirtimeConf();
+    $airtime_base_dir = $airtimeIni['general']['airtime_dir'];
 
-set_error_handler("myErrorHandler");
+    require_once "$airtime_base_dir/library/php-amqplib/amqp.inc";
 
-AirtimeCheck::GetCpuInfo();
-AirtimeCheck::GetRamInfo();
-AirtimeCheck::CheckOsTypeVersion();
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::GetCpuInfo());
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::GetRamInfo());
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::CheckOsTypeVersion());
 
-AirtimeCheck::CheckConfigFilesExist();
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::CheckConfigFilesExist());
 
+    $apiClientCfg = AirtimeCheck::GetApiClientCfg();
 
-$apiClientCfg = AirtimeCheck::GetApiClientCfg();
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::CheckDbConnection($airtimeIni));
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::PythonLibrariesInstalled());
 
-AirtimeCheck::GetDbConnection($airtimeIni);
-AirtimeCheck::PythonLibrariesInstalled();
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::CheckRabbitMqConnection($airtimeIni));
 
-AirtimeCheck::CheckRabbitMqConnection($airtimeIni);
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::GetAirtimeServerVersion($apiClientCfg));
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::CheckAirtimeDaemons());
+    output_status(AirtimeCheck::CheckIcecastRunning());
+    echo PHP_EOL;
+    
+    if (AirtimeCheck::$check_system_ok){
+        output_msg("System setup looks OK!");
+    } else {
+        output_msg("There appears to be problems with your setup. Please visit");
+        output_msg("http://wiki.sourcefabric.org/x/HABQ for troubleshooting info.");
+    }
 
-//AirtimeCheck::CheckApacheVHostFiles();
-
-AirtimeCheck::GetAirtimeServerVersion($apiClientCfg);
-AirtimeCheck::CheckAirtimeDaemons();
-AirtimeCheck::CheckIcecastRunning();
-
-echo PHP_EOL;
-if (AirtimeCheck::$check_system_ok){
-    output_msg("System setup looks OK!");
-} else {
-    output_msg("There appears to be problems with your setup. Please visit");
-    output_msg("http://wiki.sourcefabric.org/x/HABQ for troubleshooting info.");
+    echo PHP_EOL;
 }
 
-echo PHP_EOL;
-
-function output_status($key, $value) 
+function output_status($statuses)
 {
-    echo sprintf("%-31s= %s", $key, $value).PHP_EOL;
+    foreach($statuses as $status){
+        list ($key, $value) = $status;
+        echo sprintf("%-31s= %s", $key, $value).PHP_EOL;
+    }
 }
 
 function output_msg($msg)
 {
-    //echo "  -- ".PHP_EOL;
-    echo "  -- $msg".PHP_EOL;
-    //echo "  -- ".PHP_EOL;
+    global $sapi_type;
+    if (substr($sapi_type, 0, 3) == 'cli')
+        echo "  -- $msg".PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 class AirtimeCheck {
@@ -82,9 +89,11 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
             }
         }
 
-        output_status($process_id_str, $pid);
+        $statuses[] = array($process_id_str, $pid);
+        $statuses[] = array($process_running_str, $numSecondsRunning);
+        //output_status($process_id_str, $pid);
 
-        output_status($process_running_str, $numSecondsRunning);
+        //output_status($process_running_str, $numSecondsRunning);
         if (is_numeric($numSecondsRunning) && (int)$numSecondsRunning < 3) {
             self::$check_system_ok = false;
             output_msg("WARNING! It looks like the $name engine is continually restarting.");
@@ -95,38 +104,42 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
                     output_msg($line);
                 }
             }
-        } 
+        }
+        return $statuses;
     }
    
     public static function CheckAirtimeDaemons()
     {
-        self::CheckAirtimeDaemonRunning("/var/run/airtime-playout.pid",
+        $statuses = array();
+        $statuses = array_merge($statuses, self::CheckAirtimeDaemonRunning("/var/run/airtime-playout.pid",
                                 "PLAYOUT_ENGINE_PROCESS_ID",
                                 "PLAYOUT_ENGINE_RUNNING_SECONDS",
                                 "playout",
                                 "/var/log/airtime/pypo/pypo.log"
-                                );
+                                ));
 
-        self::CheckAirtimeDaemonRunning("/var/run/airtime-liquidsoap.pid",
+        $statuses = array_merge($statuses, self::CheckAirtimeDaemonRunning("/var/run/airtime-liquidsoap.pid",
                                 "LIQUIDSOAP_PROCESS_ID",
                                 "LIQUIDSOAP_RUNNING_SECONDS",
                                 "Liquidsoap",
                                 "/var/log/airtime/pypo-liquidsoap/ls_script.log"
-                                );
+                                ));
 
-        self::CheckAirtimeDaemonRunning("/var/run/airtime-media-monitor.pid",
+        $statuses = array_merge($statuses, self::CheckAirtimeDaemonRunning("/var/run/airtime-media-monitor.pid",
                                 "MEDIA_MONITOR_PROCESS_ID",
                                 "MEDIA_MONITOR_RUNNING_SECONDS",
                                 "Media Monitor",
                                 "/var/log/airtime/media-monitor/media-monitor.log"
-                                );
+                                ));
 
-        self::CheckAirtimeDaemonRunning("/var/run/airtime-show-recorder.pid",
+        $statuses = array_merge($statuses, self::CheckAirtimeDaemonRunning("/var/run/airtime-show-recorder.pid",
                                 "SHOW_RECORDER_PROCESS_ID",
                                 "SHOW_RECORDER_RUNNING_SECONDS",
                                 "Show Recorder",
                                 "/var/log/airtime/media-monitor/show-recorder.log"
-                                );                                
+                                ));
+                                
+        return $statuses;
     }
 
     
@@ -142,7 +155,9 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
         } else {
             self::$check_system_ok = false;
         }
-        output_status("ICECAST_PROCESS_ID", $status);
+        
+        //output_status("ICECAST_PROCESS_ID", $status);
+        return array(array("ICECAST_PROCESS_ID", $status));
     }
 
     public static function GetCpuInfo()
@@ -152,7 +167,8 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
         
         $choppedStr = explode(":", $output[0]);
         $status = trim($choppedStr[1]);
-        output_status("CPU", $status);
+        //output_status("CPU", $status);
+        return array(array("CPU", $status));
     }
 
     public static function GetRamInfo()
@@ -161,14 +177,16 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
         exec($command, $output, $result);
         $choppedStr = explode(":", $output[0]);
         $status = trim($choppedStr[1]);
-        output_status("Total RAM", $status);	
+        //output_status("Total RAM", $status);
+        return array(array("Total RAM", $status));
 
-	$output = null;
+        $output = null;
         $command = "cat /proc/meminfo |grep 'MemFree' ";
         exec($command, $output, $result);
         $choppedStr = explode(":", $output[0]);
         $status = trim($choppedStr[1]);
-        output_status("Free RAM", $status);	
+        //output_status("Free RAM", $status);
+        return array(array("Free RAM", $status));
     }
 
     public static function CheckConfigFilesExist()
@@ -191,7 +209,8 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
             }
         }
 
-        output_status("AIRTIME_CONFIG_FILES", $allFound);
+        //output_status("AIRTIME_CONFIG_FILES", $allFound);
+        return array(array("AIRTIME_CONFIG_FILES", $allFound));
         
     }
 
@@ -219,7 +238,7 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
         return $ini;
     }
 
-    public static function GetDbConnection($airtimeIni)
+    public static function CheckDbConnection($airtimeIni)
     {
         $host = $airtimeIni["database"]["host"];
         $dbname = $airtimeIni["database"]["dbname"];
@@ -235,7 +254,8 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
             $status = AirtimeCheck::CHECK_OK;
         }
 
-        output_status("POSTGRESQL_DATABASE", $status);
+        //output_status("POSTGRESQL_DATABASE", $status);
+        return array(array("POSTGRESQL_DATABASE", $status));
     }
     
     private static function isMinVersionSatisfied($minVersion, $version){
@@ -283,10 +303,17 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
         
     public static function PythonLibrariesInstalled()
     {
-        output_status("PYTHON_KOMBU_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("kombu", self::KOMBU_MIN_VERSION));
-        output_status("PYTHON_POSTER_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("poster", self::POSTER_MIN_VERSION));
-        output_status("PYTHON_MUTAGEN_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("mutagen", self::MUTAGEN_MIN_VERSION));
-        output_status("PYTHON_PYINOTIFY_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("pyinotify", self::PYINOTIFY_MIN_VERSION));
+        
+        //output_status("PYTHON_KOMBU_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("kombu", self::KOMBU_MIN_VERSION));
+        //output_status("PYTHON_POSTER_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("poster", self::POSTER_MIN_VERSION));
+        //output_status("PYTHON_MUTAGEN_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("mutagen", self::MUTAGEN_MIN_VERSION));
+        //output_status("PYTHON_PYINOTIFY_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("pyinotify", self::PYINOTIFY_MIN_VERSION));
+        $statuses[] = array("PYTHON_KOMBU_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("kombu", self::KOMBU_MIN_VERSION));
+        $statuses[] = array("PYTHON_POSTER_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("poster", self::POSTER_MIN_VERSION));
+        $statuses[] = array("PYTHON_MUTAGEN_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("mutagen", self::MUTAGEN_MIN_VERSION));
+        $statuses[] = array("PYTHON_PYINOTIFY_VERSION", self::CheckPythonLibrary("pyinotify", self::PYINOTIFY_MIN_VERSION));
+        
+        return $statuses;
     }
 
     public static function CheckDbTables()
@@ -334,18 +361,19 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
             self::$check_system_ok = false;
         }
         
-        output_status("RABBITMQ_SERVER", $status);
+        //output_status("RABBITMQ_SERVER", $status);
+        return array(array("RABBITMQ_SERVER", $status));
     }
 
     public static function GetAirtimeServerVersion($apiClientCfg)
     {
-
         $baseUrl = $apiClientCfg["base_url"];
         $basePort = $apiClientCfg["base_port"];
         $apiKey = "%%api_key%%";
 
         $url = "http://$baseUrl:$basePort/api/version/api_key/$apiKey";
-        output_status("AIRTIME_VERSION_URL", $url);
+        //output_status("AIRTIME_VERSION_URL", $url);
+        $statuses[] = array("AIRTIME_VERSION_URL", $url);
 
         $apiKey = $apiClientCfg["api_key"];
         $url = "http://$baseUrl:$basePort/api/version/api_key/$apiKey";
@@ -354,7 +382,8 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
 
         $version = "Could not contact server";
         if ($rh !== false) {
-            output_status("APACHE_CONFIGURED", "YES");
+            //output_status("APACHE_CONFIGURED", "YES");
+            $statuses[] = array("APACHE_CONFIGURED", "YES");
             while (($buffer = fgets($rh)) !== false) {
                 $json = json_decode(trim($buffer), true);
                 if (!is_null($json)){
@@ -362,9 +391,12 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            output_status("APACHE_CONFIGURED", "NO");
+            //output_status("APACHE_CONFIGURED", "NO");
+            $statuses[] = array("APACHE_CONFIGURED", "NO");
         }
-        output_status("AIRTIME_VERSION", $version);
+        //output_status("AIRTIME_VERSION", $version);
+        $statuses[] = array("AIRTIME_VERSION", $version);
+        return $statuses;
     }
 
     public static function CheckApacheVHostFiles(){
@@ -418,13 +450,23 @@ class AirtimeCheck {
             $os_string = "Unknown";
         }
 
-	// Figure out if 32 or 64 bit
-  	$command = "file -b /sbin/init";
-	exec($command, $output, $result);
-	$splitStr = explode(",", $output[0]);
-	$os_string .= $splitStr[1];
+        // Figure out if 32 or 64 bit
+        $command = "file -b /sbin/init";
+        exec($command, $output, $result);
+        $splitStr = explode(",", $output[0]);
+        $os_string .= $splitStr[1];
 
-        output_status("OS", $os_string);
+        //output_status("OS", $os_string);
+        return array(array("OS", $os_string));
+    }
+
+    public static function CheckFreeDiskSpace(){
+        exec("df -h", $output);
+        $split_rows = array();
+        foreach ($output as $row){
+            $split_rows[] = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $row);
+        }
+        return $split_rows;
     }
 }