diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index b26bdff..e89769a 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ function getJicofoStatus() {
     $status = trim(shell_exec('systemctl is-active jicofo'));
     return ($status === 'active') ? 'running' : 'not running';
 }
+function getJicofoStats($command) {
+    $data = shell_exec($command);
+    $decodedData = json_decode($data, true);
+    if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
+        return ['error' => 'Failed to decode the JSON reply from the service.'];
+    }
+    return $decodedData;
+}
 
 
 // get JVB data
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index b7ec3d8..269e1cf 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ if ($request === '/nginx' || $request === "/$scriptname/nginx") {
 
 // jicofo status
 } elseif ($request === '/jicofo' || $request === "/$scriptname/jicofo") {
+    $jicofoStatsCommand = 'curl -s http://localhost:8888/stats';
+    $jicofoStatsData = getJicofoStats($jicofoStatsCommand);
     $data = [
         'jicofo_status'		=> getJicofoStatus(),
+        'jicofo_API_stats'	=> $jicofoStatsData;
     ];
     echo json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT) . "\n";