diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3805416a4e..55b2379d9d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ use {
     Witness,
   },
   bitcoincore_rpc::{Client, RpcApi},
-  chain::Chain,
   chrono::{DateTime, TimeZone, Utc},
   ciborium::Value,
   clap::{ArgGroup, Parser},
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ use {
 };
 
 pub use self::{
+  chain::Chain,
   fee_rate::FeeRate,
   index::Index,
   inscriptions::{Envelope, Inscription, InscriptionId},
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ macro_rules! tprintln {
 
 mod arguments;
 mod blocktime;
-mod chain;
+pub mod chain;
 mod config;
 mod decimal;
 mod decimal_sat;
diff --git a/src/subcommand/server.rs b/src/subcommand/server.rs
index 3c3b1ec499..d767ba53d6 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/server.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/server.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use {
       PreviewAudioHtml, PreviewCodeHtml, PreviewFontHtml, PreviewImageHtml, PreviewMarkdownHtml,
       PreviewModelHtml, PreviewPdfHtml, PreviewTextHtml, PreviewUnknownHtml, PreviewVideoHtml,
       RangeHtml, RareTxt, RuneHtml, RunesHtml, SatHtml, SatInscriptionJson, SatInscriptionsJson,
-      SatJson, StatusHtml, TransactionHtml,
+      SatJson, TransactionHtml,
     },
   },
   axum::{
@@ -769,8 +769,13 @@ impl Server {
   async fn status(
     Extension(server_config): Extension<Arc<ServerConfig>>,
     Extension(index): Extension<Arc<Index>>,
-  ) -> ServerResult<PageHtml<StatusHtml>> {
-    Ok(index.status()?.page(server_config))
+    AcceptJson(accept_json): AcceptJson,
+  ) -> ServerResult<Response> {
+    Ok(if accept_json {
+      Json(index.status()?).into_response()
+    } else {
+      index.status()?.page(server_config).into_response()
+    })
   }
 
   async fn search_by_query(
diff --git a/src/templates.rs b/src/templates.rs
index aae0b5f953..4a53f94836 100644
--- a/src/templates.rs
+++ b/src/templates.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ mod rare;
 mod rune;
 mod runes;
 pub mod sat;
-mod status;
+pub mod status;
 mod transaction;
 
 #[derive(Boilerplate)]
diff --git a/src/templates/status.rs b/src/templates/status.rs
index 540e4a418f..2181cf2261 100644
--- a/src/templates/status.rs
+++ b/src/templates/status.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 use super::*;
 
-#[derive(Boilerplate)]
-pub(crate) struct StatusHtml {
-  pub(crate) blessed_inscriptions: u64,
-  pub(crate) cursed_inscriptions: u64,
-  pub(crate) chain: Chain,
-  pub(crate) height: Option<u32>,
-  pub(crate) inscriptions: u64,
-  pub(crate) lost_sats: u64,
-  pub(crate) minimum_rune_for_next_block: Rune,
-  pub(crate) rune_index: bool,
-  pub(crate) runes: u64,
-  pub(crate) sat_index: bool,
-  pub(crate) started: DateTime<Utc>,
-  pub(crate) transaction_index: bool,
-  pub(crate) unrecoverably_reorged: bool,
-  pub(crate) uptime: Duration,
+#[derive(Boilerplate, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct StatusHtml {
+  pub blessed_inscriptions: u64,
+  pub cursed_inscriptions: u64,
+  pub chain: Chain,
+  pub height: Option<u32>,
+  pub inscriptions: u64,
+  pub lost_sats: u64,
+  pub minimum_rune_for_next_block: Rune,
+  pub rune_index: bool,
+  pub runes: u64,
+  pub sat_index: bool,
+  pub started: DateTime<Utc>,
+  pub transaction_index: bool,
+  pub unrecoverably_reorged: bool,
+  pub uptime: Duration,
 }
 
 impl PageContent for StatusHtml {
diff --git a/tests/json_api.rs b/tests/json_api.rs
index ab3dfb8e8e..2be51014f4 100644
--- a/tests/json_api.rs
+++ b/tests/json_api.rs
@@ -365,3 +365,49 @@ fn get_block() {
     }
   );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn get_status() {
+  let rpc_server = test_bitcoincore_rpc::spawn();
+
+  create_wallet(&rpc_server);
+
+  inscribe(&rpc_server);
+
+  let response =
+    TestServer::spawn_with_server_args(&rpc_server, &["--index-sats"], &["--enable-json-api"])
+      .json_request("/status");
+
+  assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+
+  let mut status_json: StatusHtml = serde_json::from_str(&response.text().unwrap()).unwrap();
+
+  let dummy_started = "2012-12-12 12:12:12+00:00"
+    .parse::<DateTime<Utc>>()
+    .unwrap();
+
+  let dummy_uptime = Duration::from_secs(1);
+
+  status_json.started = dummy_started;
+  status_json.uptime = dummy_uptime;
+
+  pretty_assert_eq!(
+    status_json,
+    StatusHtml {
+      blessed_inscriptions: 1,
+      cursed_inscriptions: 0,
+      chain: Chain::Mainnet,
+      height: Some(2),
+      inscriptions: 1,
+      lost_sats: 0,
+      minimum_rune_for_next_block: Rune(99246114928149462),
+      rune_index: false,
+      runes: 0,
+      sat_index: true,
+      started: dummy_started,
+      transaction_index: false,
+      unrecoverably_reorged: false,
+      uptime: dummy_uptime,
+    }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index abc086ed83..0942ad1acf 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ use {
     blockdata::constants::COIN_VALUE,
     Network, OutPoint, Txid,
   },
+  chrono::{DateTime, Utc},
   executable_path::executable_path,
   ord::{
+    chain::Chain,
     rarity::Rarity,
     subcommand::runes::RuneInfo,
     templates::{
       block::BlockJson, inscription::InscriptionJson, inscriptions::InscriptionsJson,
-      output::OutputJson, sat::SatJson,
+      output::OutputJson, sat::SatJson, status::StatusHtml,
     },
     Edict, InscriptionId, Rune, RuneId, Runestone, SatPoint,
   },