diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b7e85e4..d1b7428 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.1b1.dev64',
+        version='2.1b1.dev65',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/tests/test_warcprox.py b/tests/test_warcprox.py
index 5bd425b..c0d57a5 100755
--- a/tests/test_warcprox.py
+++ b/tests/test_warcprox.py
@@ -1285,32 +1285,35 @@ def test_status_api(warcprox_):
     url = 'http://localhost:%s/status' % warcprox_.proxy.server_port
     response = requests.get(url)
     assert response.status_code == 200
-    response_dict = json.loads(response.content.decode('ascii'))
-    assert set(response_dict.keys()) == {
+    status = json.loads(response.content.decode('ascii'))
+    assert set(status.keys()) == {
             'role', 'version', 'host', 'address', 'port', 'pid', 'load',
-            'queued_urls', 'queue_max_size', 'seconds_behind'}
-    assert response_dict['role'] == 'warcprox'
-    assert response_dict['version'] == warcprox.__version__
-    assert response_dict['port'] == warcprox_.proxy.server_port
-    assert response_dict['pid'] == os.getpid()
+            'queued_urls', 'queue_max_size', 'seconds_behind', 'threads'}
+    assert status['role'] == 'warcprox'
+    assert status['version'] == warcprox.__version__
+    assert status['port'] == warcprox_.proxy.server_port
+    assert status['pid'] == os.getpid()
+    assert status['threads'] == warcprox_.proxy.pool._max_workers
 
 def test_svcreg_status(warcprox_, service_registry):
     if service_registry:
         start = time.time()
         while time.time() - start < 15:
-            svc = service_registry.available_service('warcprox')
-            if svc:
+            status = service_registry.available_service('warcprox')
+            if status:
                 break
             time.sleep(0.5)
-        assert svc
-        assert set(svc.keys()) == {
+        assert status
+        assert set(status.keys()) == {
                 'id', 'role', 'version', 'host', 'port', 'pid', 'load',
                 'queued_urls', 'queue_max_size', 'seconds_behind',
-                'first_heartbeat', 'heartbeat_interval', 'last_heartbeat'}
-        assert svc['role'] == 'warcprox'
-        assert svc['version'] == warcprox.__version__
-        assert svc['port'] == warcprox_.proxy.server_port
-        assert svc['pid'] == os.getpid()
+                'first_heartbeat', 'heartbeat_interval', 'last_heartbeat',
+                'threads'}
+        assert status['role'] == 'warcprox'
+        assert status['version'] == warcprox.__version__
+        assert status['port'] == warcprox_.proxy.server_port
+        assert status['pid'] == os.getpid()
+        assert status['threads'] == warcprox_.proxy.pool._max_workers
 
 def test_timestamped_queue():
     # see also test_queue.py
diff --git a/warcprox/controller.py b/warcprox/controller.py
index 24bcc54..8f56b86 100644
--- a/warcprox/controller.py
+++ b/warcprox/controller.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class WarcproxController(object):
         status_info['queued_urls'] = self.proxy.recorded_url_q.qsize()
         status_info['queue_max_size'] = self.proxy.recorded_url_q.maxsize
         status_info['seconds_behind'] = self.proxy.recorded_url_q.seconds_behind()
+        status_info['threads'] = self.proxy.pool._max_workers
 
         self.status_info = self.service_registry.heartbeat(status_info)
         self.logger.log(
diff --git a/warcprox/warcproxy.py b/warcprox/warcproxy.py
index 5505215..b6c96d6 100644
--- a/warcprox/warcproxy.py
+++ b/warcprox/warcproxy.py
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ class WarcProxyHandler(warcprox.mitmproxy.MitmProxyHandler):
                 'queue_max_size': self.server.recorded_url_q.maxsize,
                 'seconds_behind': self.server.recorded_url_q.seconds_behind(),
                 'pid': os.getpid(),
+                'threads': self.server.pool._max_workers,
             }
             payload = json.dumps(
                     status_info, indent=2).encode('utf-8') + b'\n'