diff --git a/http/status.go b/http/status.go
index 2d0345e..0d55b47 100644
--- a/http/status.go
+++ b/http/status.go
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ import (
 )
 
 func statusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	lib.Write(w, "hello world")
+	lib.Write(w, "running")
 }
diff --git a/http/status_test.go b/http/status_test.go
index bfa6430..ade4d13 100644
--- a/http/status_test.go
+++ b/http/status_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ func TestStatus(t *testing.T) {
 
 	result, w := session.JSONRequest("GET", "/api/status", nil)
 	assertion.Equal(http.StatusOK, w.StatusCode)
-	assertion.Equal("hello world", result)
+	assertion.Equal("running", result)
 
 }