diff --git a/changedetectionio/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
index c6f95f1e..8bbb747d 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
     watch_api.add_resource(api_v1.Watch, '/api/v1/watch/<string:uuid>',
                            resource_class_kwargs={'datastore': datastore, 'update_q': update_q})
 
+    watch_api.add_resource(api_v1.SystemInfo, '/api/v1/systeminfo',
+                           resource_class_kwargs={'datastore': datastore, 'update_q': update_q})
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/changedetectionio/api/api_v1.py b/changedetectionio/api/api_v1.py
index a432bc67..d44c990e 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/api/api_v1.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/api/api_v1.py
@@ -122,3 +122,33 @@ class CreateWatch(Resource):
             return {'status': "OK"}, 200
 
         return list, 200
+
+class SystemInfo(Resource):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        # datastore is a black box dependency
+        self.datastore = kwargs['datastore']
+        self.update_q = kwargs['update_q']
+
+    @auth.check_token
+    def get(self):
+        import time
+        overdue_watches = []
+
+        # Check all watches and report which have not been checked but should have been
+
+        for uuid, watch in self.datastore.data.get('watching', {}).items():
+            # see if now - last_checked is greater than the time that should have been
+            # this is not super accurate (maybe they just edited it) but better than nothing
+            t = watch.threshold_seconds()
+            if not t:
+                t = self.datastore.threshold_seconds
+            time_since_check = time.time() - watch.get('last_checked')
+            if time_since_check > t:
+                overdue_watches.append(uuid)
+
+        return {
+                   'queue_size': self.update_q.qsize(),
+                   'overdue_watches': overdue_watches,
+                   'uptime': round(time.time() - self.datastore.start_time, 2),
+                   'watch_count': len(self.datastore.data.get('watching', {}))
+               }, 200
diff --git a/changedetectionio/store.py b/changedetectionio/store.py
index bd86039a..6182aef8 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/store.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/store.py
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
     def __init__(self, datastore_path="/datastore", include_default_watches=True, version_tag="0.0.0"):
         # Should only be active for docker
         # logging.basicConfig(filename='/dev/stdout', level=logging.INFO)
-        self.needs_write = False
+        self.__data = App.model()
         self.datastore_path = datastore_path
         self.json_store_path = "{}/url-watches.json".format(self.datastore_path)
+        self.needs_write = False
         self.proxy_list = None
+        self.start_time = time.time()
         self.stop_thread = False
 
-        self.__data = App.model()
-
         # Base definition for all watchers
         # deepcopy part of #569 - not sure why its needed exactly
         self.generic_definition = deepcopy(Watch.model(datastore_path = datastore_path, default={}))
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py
index dd66012e..504a9554 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py
@@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ def test_api_simple(client, live_server):
     # @todo how to handle None/default global values?
     assert watch['history_n'] == 2, "Found replacement history section, which is in its own API"
 
+    # basic systeminfo check
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("systeminfo"),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key},
+    )
+    info = json.loads(res.data)
+    assert info.get('watch_count') == 1
+    assert info.get('uptime') > 0.5
+
+
     # Finally delete the watch
     res = client.delete(
         url_for("watch", uuid=watch_uuid),