diff --git a/app/controllers/socket.js b/app/controllers/socket.js
index acfa2c9..0ff3b4a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/socket.js
+++ b/app/controllers/socket.js
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ module.exports.broadcast_address_tx = function(address, tx) {
 };
 
 module.exports.broadcastSyncInfo = function(syncInfo) {
-  ios.sockets.emit('sync', syncInfo);
+  console.log('broadcastSyncInfo');
+  ios.sockets.in('sync').emit('status', syncInfo);
 };
diff --git a/public/js/controllers/footer.js b/public/js/controllers/footer.js
index e9d5c42..7cdfb57 100644
--- a/public/js/controllers/footer.js
+++ b/public/js/controllers/footer.js
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 angular.module('insight.system').controller('FooterController',
-  function ($scope, Global, Status) {
+  function ($scope, Global) {
   $scope.global = Global;
 
-  $scope.getFooter = function() {
-    Status.get({
-     q: 'getInfo'
-    }, function(d) {
-      $scope.info = d.info;
-    });
-  };
-
 });
 
diff --git a/public/js/controllers/status.js b/public/js/controllers/status.js
index 019c04d..267dac2 100644
--- a/public/js/controllers/status.js
+++ b/public/js/controllers/status.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 angular.module('insight.status').controller('StatusController',
-  function ($scope, $routeParams, $location, $rootScope, Global, Status, Sync) {
+  function ($scope, $routeParams, $location, $rootScope, Global, Status, Sync, get_socket) {
   $scope.global = Global;
 
   $scope.getStatus = function(q) {
@@ -28,5 +28,12 @@ angular.module('insight.status').controller('StatusController',
       $rootScope.syncError = 'Could not get sync information' + e;
     });
   };
+
+  var socket = get_socket($scope);
+  socket.emit('subscribe', 'sync');
+  socket.on('status', function(info) {
+    console.log('info '+JSON.stringify(info));
+  });
+
 });
 
diff --git a/public/views/header.html b/public/views/header.html
index 6d12e44..aae4753 100755
--- a/public/views/header.html
+++ b/public/views/header.html
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
           </div>
           <div class="no_matching text-danger" ng-show="badQuery">No matching records found!</div>
         </form>
-      <div class="status" data-ng-controller="FooterController" data-ng-init="getFooter()">
+      <div class="status" data-ng-controller="StatusController" data-ng-init="getStatus('Info')">
         <i class="small" data-ng-show="info.blocks">
-          <strong>Status:</strong> On Sync  
+          <strong>Status:</strong>  {{statusMessage}}
         </i>
         <i class="small">
           <strong> Connections: </strong> {{info.connections}}