diff --git a/api/views/index.ejs b/api/views/index.ejs
index 9f0f71f7..247f231b 100644
--- a/api/views/index.ejs
+++ b/api/views/index.ejs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     function update_status()
     {
         // {"battery_percentage": 100.0, "cpu_usage": 0.0, "armed": false, "control_mode": "attitude", "route_setpoint": 0}}
+        console.log("updating status")
         var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
         xhr.open("GET", "/status", true);
         xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {