diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/media/update/silananalyzer.py b/python_apps/pypo/media/update/silananalyzer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5054c98d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/media/update/silananalyzer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+from threading import Thread
+
+import traceback
+import time
+import subprocess
+import json
+
+
+class SilanAnalyzer(Thread):
+    """
+    The purpose of the class is to query the server for a list of files which
+    do not have a Silan value calculated. This class will iterate over the
+    list calculate the values, update the server and repeat the process until
+    the server reports there are no files left.
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def start_silan(apc, logger):
+        me = SilanAnalyzer(apc, logger)
+        me.start()
+        me.join()
+
+    def __init__(self, apc, logger):
+        Thread.__init__(self)
+        self.api_client = apc
+        self.logger = logger
+
+    def main(self):
+        while True:
+            # keep getting few rows at a time for current music_dir (stor
+            # or watched folder).
+            total = 0
+
+            # return a list of pairs where the first value is the
+            # file's database row id and the second value is the
+            # filepath
+            files = self.api_client.get_files_without_silan_value()
+            total_files = len(files)
+            if total_files == 0: return
+            processed_data = []
+            for f in files:
+                full_path = f['fp']
+                # silence detect(set default queue in and out)
+                try:
+                    command = ['silan', '-b', '-f', 'JSON', full_path]
+                    proc = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+                    out = proc.communicate()[0].strip('\r\n')
+                    info = json.loads(out)
+                    data = {}
+                    data['cuein'] = str('{0:f}'.format(info['sound'][0][0]))
+                    data['cueout'] = str('{0:f}'.format(info['sound'][-1][1]))
+                    processed_data.append((f['id'], data))
+                    total += 1
+                    if total % 5 == 0:
+                        self.logger.info("Total %s / %s files has been processed.." % (total, total_files))
+                except Exception, e:
+                    self.logger.error(e)
+                    self.logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
+
+            try:
+                self.api_client.update_cue_values_by_silan(processed_data)
+            except Exception ,e:
+                self.logger.error(e)
+                self.logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
+
+            self.logger.info("Processed: %d songs" % total)
+
+    def run(self):
+        while True:
+            try:
+                self.logger.info("Running Silan analyzer")
+                self.main()
+            except Exception, e:
+                self.logger.error('Silan Analyzer Exception: %s', traceback.format_exc())
+                self.logger.error(e)
+            self.logger.info("Sleeping for 5...")
+            time.sleep(60 * 5)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from api_clients import api_client
+    import logging
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    api_client = api_client.AirtimeApiClient()
+    SilanAnalyzer.start_silan(api_client, logging)
+
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/pypocli.py b/python_apps/pypo/pypocli.py
index 42cef00cc..941f3610a 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/pypocli.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/pypocli.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from listenerstat import ListenerStat
 from pypomessagehandler import PypoMessageHandler
 
 from media.update.replaygainupdater import ReplayGainUpdater
+from media.update.silananalyzer import SilanAnalyzer
 
 from configobj import ConfigObj
 
@@ -126,21 +127,21 @@ def keyboardInterruptHandler(signum, frame):
 
 def liquidsoap_running_test(telnet_lock, host, port, logger):
     logger.debug("Checking to see if Liquidsoap is running")
-    success = True
     try:
         telnet_lock.acquire()
         tn = telnetlib.Telnet(host, port)
         msg = "version\n"
         tn.write(msg)
         tn.write("exit\n")
-        logger.info("Found: %s", tn.read_all())
+        response = tn.read_all()
+        logger.info("Found: %s", response)
     except Exception, e:
         logger.error(str(e))
-        success = False
+        return False
     finally:
         telnet_lock.release()
 
-    return success
+    return "Liquidsoap" in response
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     api_client = api_client.AirtimeApiClient()
 
     ReplayGainUpdater.start_reply_gain(api_client)
+    SilanAnalyzer.start_silan(api_client, logger)
 
     success = False
     while not success:
diff --git a/utils/airtime-silan.py b/utils/airtime-silan.py
index fcaa6e88e..00e94d77e 100644
--- a/utils/airtime-silan.py
+++ b/utils/airtime-silan.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ from api_clients import api_client as apc
 
 import logging
 import json
-import shutil
-import commands
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess