diff --git a/DAPNETGateway.cpp b/DAPNETGateway.cpp
index f6e1af4..07140bc 100644
--- a/DAPNETGateway.cpp
+++ b/DAPNETGateway.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 #include "Version.h"
 #include "Thread.h"
 #include "Timer.h"
-#include "Log.h"
 #include "REGEX.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
+#include "Log.h"
 #include "GitVersion.h"
 
 #include <regex>
@@ -260,8 +261,6 @@ int CDAPNETGateway::run()
 	ret = m_pocsagNetwork->open();
 	if (!ret) {
 		::LogError("Cannot open the repeater network port");
-		::LogFinalise();
-
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -272,8 +271,6 @@ int CDAPNETGateway::run()
 
 	if (dapnetAuthKey.length() == 0 || dapnetAuthKey == "TOPSECRET") {
 		::LogError("AuthKey not set or invalid");
-		::LogFinalise();
-		
 		return 1;
 	}
 		
@@ -283,10 +280,7 @@ int CDAPNETGateway::run()
 		m_pocsagNetwork->close();
 		delete m_pocsagNetwork;
 		delete m_dapnetNetwork;
-
 		::LogError("Cannot open the DAPNET network port");
-		::LogFinalise();
-
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -296,10 +290,7 @@ int CDAPNETGateway::run()
 		m_dapnetNetwork->close();
 		delete m_pocsagNetwork;
 		delete m_dapnetNetwork;
-
 		::LogError("Cannot login to the DAPNET network");
-		::LogFinalise();
-
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -319,8 +310,10 @@ int CDAPNETGateway::run()
 		if (m_regexWhitelist->load())
 		regexWhitelist = m_regexWhitelist->get();
 
-	LogMessage("DAPNETGateway-%s is starting", VERSION);
-	LogMessage("Built %s %s (GitID #%.7s)", __TIME__, __DATE__, gitversion);
+	LogInfo("DAPNETGateway-%s is starting", VERSION);
+	LogInfo("Built %s %s (GitID #%.7s)", __TIME__, __DATE__, gitversion);
+
+	writeJSONStatus("DAPNETGateway is starting");
 
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned char buffer[200U];
@@ -431,14 +424,15 @@ int CDAPNETGateway::run()
 		CThread::sleep(10U);
 	}
 
+	LogInfo("DAPNETGateway is stopping");
+	writeJSONStatus("DAPNETGateway is stopping");
+
 	m_pocsagNetwork->close();
 	delete m_pocsagNetwork;
 
 	m_dapnetNetwork->close();
 	delete m_dapnetNetwork;
 
-	::LogFinalise();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -624,3 +618,14 @@ bool CDAPNETGateway::sendMessage(CPOCSAGMessage* message) const
 		return true;
 	}
 }
+
+void CDAPNETGateway::writeJSONStatus(const std::string& status)
+{
+	nlohmann::json json;
+
+	json["timestamp"] = CUtils::createTimestamp();
+	json["message"]   = status;
+
+	WriteJSON("status", json);
+}
+
diff --git a/DAPNETGateway.h b/DAPNETGateway.h
index 28ed57a..55d16fd 100644
--- a/DAPNETGateway.h
+++ b/DAPNETGateway.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-*   Copyright (C) 2018 by Jonathan Naylor G4KLX
+*   Copyright (C) 2018,2023 by Jonathan Naylor G4KLX
 *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ private:
 	unsigned int calculateCodewords(const CPOCSAGMessage* message) const;
 	void loadSchedule();
 	bool sendMessage(CPOCSAGMessage* message) const;
+
+	void writeJSONStatus(const std::string& status);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Utils.cpp b/Utils.cpp
index 7276d60..bbecbfd 100644
--- a/Utils.cpp
+++ b/Utils.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cassert>
 
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+#include <Windows.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
 void CUtils::dump(const std::string& title, const unsigned char* data, unsigned int length)
 {
 	assert(data != NULL);
@@ -70,3 +77,24 @@ void CUtils::dump(int level, const std::string& title, const unsigned char* data
 	}
 }
 
+std::string CUtils::createTimestamp()
+{
+	char buffer[100U];
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+	SYSTEMTIME st;
+	::GetSystemTime(&st);
+
+	::sprintf(buffer, "%04u-%02u-%02u %02u:%02u:%02u.%03u", st.wYear, st.wMonth, st.wDay, st.wHour, st.wMinute, st.wSecond, st.wMilliseconds);
+#else
+	struct timeval now;
+	::gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+
+	struct tm* tm = ::gmtime(&now.tv_sec);
+
+	::sprintf(buffer, "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%03lld", tm->tm_year + 1900, tm->tm_mon + 1, tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec, now.tv_usec / 1000LL);
+#endif
+
+	return buffer;
+}
+
diff --git a/Utils.h b/Utils.h
index 752d4dc..17c1a35 100644
--- a/Utils.h
+++ b/Utils.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public:
 	static void dump(const std::string& title, const unsigned char* data, unsigned int length);
 	static void dump(int level, const std::string& title, const unsigned char* data, unsigned int length);
 
+	static std::string createTimestamp();
+
 private:
 };
 
diff --git a/schema.json b/schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58be79f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+	"$defs": {
+		"timestamp": {"type": "string"}
+	},
+
+	"status": {
+		"type": "object",
+		"timestamp": {"$ref": "#/$defs/timestamp"},
+		"message": {"type": "string"},
+		"required": ["timestamp", "message"]
+	}
+}
+