diff --git a/src/TXMLConnector.hs b/src/TXMLConnector.hs
index a77ec6a..8deb01b 100644
--- a/src/TXMLConnector.hs
+++ b/src/TXMLConnector.hs
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ import           Control.Concurrent.STM         (TVar, atomically, modifyTVar',
                                                  newTVarIO, orElse, putTMVar,
                                                  readTMVar, readTVar,
                                                  readTVarIO, takeTMVar,
-                                                 tryReadTMVar, writeTVar)
+                                                 tryPutTMVar, tryReadTMVar,
+                                                 writeTVar)
 import           Control.Concurrent.STM.TBQueue (TBQueue, newTBQueue,
                                                  readTBQueue, writeTBQueue)
 import           Control.Monad                  (forever, void, when)
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ import           Transaq                        (AllTradesTrade (..),
                                                  CommandConnect (..),
                                                  CommandDisconnect (CommandDisconnect),
                                                  CommandGetHistoryData (CommandGetHistoryData),
+                                                 CommandServerStatus (..),
                                                  CommandSubscribe (..),
                                                  ConnectionState (Disconnected),
                                                  Language (LanguageEn),
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ data ConnectionStage = StageConnection | StageGetInfo | StageConnected | StageSh
 data MainQueueData =
     MainQueueTransaqData TransaqResponse
   | MainQueueRequest Request
+  | MainQueuePingServer
   | MainQueueShutdown
   deriving (Eq, Show)
 
@@ -213,6 +216,7 @@ data Env =
   , candleKindMap    :: TVar (M.Map Int Int)
   , brokerState      :: BrokerState
   , runVar           :: TMVar ()
+  , timerVar         :: TMVar ()
   }
 
 newtype App a = App { unApp :: ReaderT Env IO a }
@@ -243,6 +247,7 @@ start logger config qssChannel tisH = do
   orderTransactionIdMap <- newTVarIO BM.empty
   pendingOrders <- newTVarIO (fromList [])
   runVar <- newEmptyTMVarIO
+  timerVar <- newEmptyTMVarIO
   let brokerState =
         BrokerState
         {
@@ -268,6 +273,7 @@ start logger config qssChannel tisH = do
         , candleKindMap = candleKindMap
         , brokerState = brokerState
         , runVar = runVar
+        , timerVar = timerVar
         }
   threadId <- forkIO $ (runReaderT . unApp) workThread env
   return $ TXMLConnectorHandle
@@ -298,6 +304,13 @@ workThread = do
         Nothing -> log Error "TXMLConnector.WorkThread" "Unable to set callback"
         Just cb -> do
           serverConnectionState <- asks serverConnected
+          timerVar' <- asks timerVar
+          void $ liftIO $ forkIO $ whileM $ do
+            threadDelay 1000000
+            void . liftIO . atomically $ tryPutTMVar timerVar' ()
+            connStatus <- liftIO . readTVarIO $ serverConnectionState
+            pure $ connStatus /= StageShutdown
+
           void $ whileM $ do
             connStatus <- liftIO . readTVarIO $ serverConnectionState
             case connStatus of
@@ -339,11 +352,18 @@ workThread = do
       rqVar <- asks requestVar
       runVar' <- asks runVar
       queue <- asks transaqQueue
+      timerVar' <- asks timerVar
       item <- liftIO . atomically $ (MainQueueTransaqData <$> readTBQueue queue) `orElse`
         (MainQueueRequest <$> takeTMVar rqVar) `orElse`
-        (takeTMVar runVar' >> pure MainQueueShutdown)
+        (takeTMVar runVar' >> pure MainQueueShutdown) `orElse`
+        (takeTMVar timerVar' >> pure MainQueuePingServer)
       case item of
         MainQueueShutdown -> liftIO $ atomically $ writeTVar serverConn StageShutdown
+        MainQueuePingServer -> do
+          maybeServerStatus<- liftIO $ sendCommand $ toXml CommandServerStatus
+          case maybeServerStatus of
+            Left serverStatusRaw -> void $ liftIO $ parseAndWrite queue logger serverStatusRaw
+            Right () -> pure ()
         MainQueueTransaqData transaqData -> do
           tm <- asks tickMap
           case transaqData of
@@ -512,7 +532,8 @@ workThread = do
       item <- liftIO . atomically $ readTBQueue queue
       conn <- asks serverConnected
       case item of
-        TransaqResponseServerStatus serverStatus ->
+        TransaqResponseServerStatus serverStatus -> do
+          log Warning "TXMLConnector.WorkThread" $ "Incoming server status: " <> (T.pack . show) serverStatus
           case state serverStatus of
             Transaq.Disconnected -> do
               log Warning "TXMLConnector.WorkThread" "Server disconnected"
diff --git a/src/Transaq.hs b/src/Transaq.hs
index 7439c91..89ede1a 100644
--- a/src/Transaq.hs
+++ b/src/Transaq.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module Transaq
     TransaqResponse(..),
     SecurityId(..),
     CommandDisconnect(..),
+    CommandServerStatus(..),
     CommandSubscribe(..),
     CommandNewOrder(..),
     CommandCancelOrder(..),
@@ -180,6 +181,13 @@ data SecurityId =
   , seccode :: T.Text
   } deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
 
+data CommandServerStatus = CommandServerStatus
+  deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+instance TransaqCommand CommandServerStatus where
+  toXml CommandServerStatus = T.pack . showElement $ unode "command" [strAttr "id" "server_status"]
+
+
 instance Node SecurityId where
   node n SecurityId {..} = node n
     [ unode "board" (T.unpack board)