diff --git a/bin/hprtranscode.bash b/bin/hprtranscode.bash
index 239a5b4..1b80865 100755
--- a/bin/hprtranscode.bash
+++ b/bin/hprtranscode.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright Ken Fallon - Released into the public domain. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/ 
 #============================================================
 PATH=$PATH:/home/ken/sourcecode/hpr/hpr_hub/bin/
-source /home/ken/tmp/pip3.9/bin/activate
+#source /home/ken/tmp/pip3.9/bin/activate
 
 TEMP_DIR="/var/tmp/"
 CHANNELS="1"
diff --git a/bin/showstatus.bash b/bin/showstatus.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c7f4b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/showstatus.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright Ken Fallon - Released into the public domain. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/ 
+#============================================================
+
+curl --silent --netrc-file ${HOME}/.netrc "https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/cms/status.php"