diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/JobOperationsController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/JobOperationsController.cs
index c60f074d..cc21f1b4 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/JobOperationsController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/JobOperationsController.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,28 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         }
 
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get current job status for a job
+        /// </summary>       
+        /// <param name="gid"></param>
+        /// <returns>A single job's current status</returns>
+        [HttpGet("status/{gid}")]
+        public async Task<IActionResult> GetJobStatus([FromRoute] Guid gid)
+        {
+            if (serverState.IsClosed)
+                return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
+
+            //This is called by the UI to monitor any operation that triggers a job so it really should be available to any logged in user
+            // if (!Authorized.HasReadFullRole(HttpContext.Items, AyaType.ServerJob))
+            // {
+            //     return StatusCode(403, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
+            // }
+
+            if (!ModelState.IsValid)           
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
+            return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(await JobsBiz.GetJobStatusAsync(gid)));
+        }
+
 
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -148,7 +170,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             OpsJob j = new OpsJob();
             j.Name = "TestJob";
             j.JobType = JobType.TestJob;
-            await JobsBiz.AddJobAsync(j);          
+            await JobsBiz.AddJobAsync(j);
             await EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabaseAsync(new Event(UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), 0, AyaType.ServerJob, AyaEvent.Created, $"{j.JobType} {j.Name}"), ct);
             return Accepted(new { JobId = j.GId });//202 accepted
         }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/JobStatus.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/JobStatus.cs
index 5efbd771..2b26cd31 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/JobStatus.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/JobStatus.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
     /// </summary>
     public enum JobStatus : int
     {
+        Absent=0,
         Sleeping = 1,
         Running = 2,
         Completed = 3,
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/JobsBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/JobsBiz.cs
index 2a63cb87..8e8d432f 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/JobsBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/JobsBiz.cs
@@ -138,6 +138,20 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the status of a job
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="jobId"></param>        
+        internal static async Task<JobStatus> GetJobStatusAsync(Guid jobId)
+        {
+            using (AyContext ct = ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext)
+            {
+                var o = await ct.OpsJob.AsNoTracking().SingleOrDefaultAsync(z => z.GId == jobId);
+                if (o == null) return JobStatus.Absent;
+                return o.JobStatus;
+            }
+        }
         #endregion Job ops
 
         #region PROCESSOR