diff --git a/circus/circusd-stats.py b/circus/circusd-stats.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..835033d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/circus/circusd-stats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import sys
+import argparse
+import os
+import logging
+import resource
+from collections import defaultdict
+import zmq
+import json
+
+from circus import logger
+from circus import util
+from circus.consumer import CircusConsumer
+from circus.commands import get_commands
+from circus.client import CircusClient
+
+
+class CircusStats(object):
+    def __init__(self, endpoint, pubsub_endoint):
+        self.topic = 'watcher.'
+        self.ctx = zmq.Context()
+        self.consumer = CircusConsumer([self.topic], context=self.ctx,
+                                       endpoint=pubsub_endoint)
+        self.client = CircusClient(context=self.ctx, endpoint=endpoint)
+        self.cmds = get_commands()
+        self.watchers = defaultdict(list)
+        self._pids = []
+        self.running = False
+        self.stopped = False
+
+    def _init(self):
+        self.stopped = False
+        self._pids = []
+        # getting the initial list of watchers/pids
+        msg = self.cmds['list'].make_message()
+        res = self.client.call(msg)
+        for watcher in res['watchers']:
+            msg = self.cmds['listpids'].make_message(name=watcher)
+            res = self.client.call(msg)
+            for pid in res['pids']:
+                if pid in self._pids:
+                    continue
+                self._pids.append(pid)
+
+    def start(self):
+        self._init()
+        print 'initial list is ' + str(self._pids)
+        self.running = True
+        while self.running:
+            # now hooked into the stream
+            try:
+                for topic, msg in self.consumer:
+                    __, name, action = topic.split('.')
+                    msg = json.loads(msg)
+                    if action != 'start' and self.stopped:
+                        self._init()
+
+                    if action in ('reap', 'kill'):
+                        # a process was reaped
+                        pid = msg['process_pid']
+                        if pid in self._pids:
+                            self._pids.remove(pid)
+                        print self._pids
+                    elif action == 'spawn':
+                        pid = msg['process_pid']
+                        if pid not in self._pids:
+                            self._pids.append(pid)
+                        print self._pids
+                    elif action == 'start':
+                        self._init()
+                        print self._pids
+                    elif action == 'stop':
+                        # nothing to do
+                        self.stopped = True
+                    else:
+                        print action
+                        print msg
+
+            except Exception, e:
+                print str(e)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.running = False
+        self.ctx.destroy(0)
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=
+                                     'Runs the stats aggregator for Circus')
+
+    parser.add_argument('--endpoint',
+            help='The ZeroMQ pub/sub socket to connect to',
+            default='tcp://127.0.0.1:5555')
+
+
+    parser.add_argument('--pubsub',
+            help='The ZeroMQ pub/sub socket to connect to',
+            default='tcp://127.0.0.1:5556')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    stats = CircusStats(args.endpoint, args.pubsub)
+
+    try:
+        stats.start()
+    finally:
+        stats.stop()
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/circus/consumer.py b/circus/consumer.py
index 003aaaeca..61bf25d80 100644
--- a/circus/consumer.py
+++ b/circus/consumer.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 class CircusConsumer(object):
     def __init__(self, topics, context=None, endpoint='tcp://127.0.0.1:5556'):
         self.topics = topics
+        self.keep_context = context is not None
         self.context = context or zmq.Context()
         self.endpoint = endpoint
         self.pubsub_socket = self.context.socket(zmq.SUB)
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ def iter_messages(self):
                 yield topic, message
 
     def stop(self):
+        if self.keep_context:
+            return
         try:
             self.context.destroy(0)
         except zmq.ZMQError as e:
diff --git a/circus/watcher.py b/circus/watcher.py
index 6667fa6ec..c506573d9 100644
--- a/circus/watcher.py
+++ b/circus/watcher.py
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ def kill_process(self, process, sig=signal.SIGTERM):
             self.stderr_redirector.remove_redirection('stderr', process)
 
         self.send_msg("kill", {"process_id": process.wid,
+                               "process_pid": process.pid,
                                "time": time.time()})
         logger.debug("%s: kill process %s", self.name, process.pid)
         process.send_signal(sig)
diff --git a/examples/dummy_fly.py b/examples/dummy_fly.py
index bb48ef019..a5138416c 100755
--- a/examples/dummy_fly.py
+++ b/examples/dummy_fly.py
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ def run(self):
         print "hello, fly #%s (pid: %s) is alive" % (self.wid, os.getpid())
 
         while self.alive:
-            a = 10 * 10 * 10 * 10
+            #a = 10 * 10 * 10 * 10
 
-            #time.sleep(0.1)
+
+            time.sleep(0.1)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     DummyFly(sys.argv[1]).run()