diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index cc11d4c2b..43661fd9d 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "dot-notation": [
       2,
       {"allowKeywords": false}
-	],
+  ],
     "no-new-func": 0,
     "no-new-wrappers": 0,
     "no-invalid-this": 0,
@@ -78,23 +78,23 @@
       "never"
     ],
     "keyword-spacing": [
-		2,
-		{
-			"before": false,
-			"after": false,
-			"overrides": {
-				"return": {"before": true, "after": true}
-			}
-		}
+    2,
+    {
+      "before": false,
+      "after": false,
+      "overrides": {
+        "return": {"before": true, "after": true}
+      }
+    }
     ],
     "space-before-blocks": [
-		2,
-		"never"
-	],
-	"space-in-parens": [
-		2,
-		"never"
-	],
+    2,
+    "never"
+  ],
+  "space-in-parens": [
+    2,
+    "never"
+  ],
     "space-before-function-paren": [
       2,
       "never"
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@
     "no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs": 2,
     "no-trailing-spaces": 2,
     "block-spacing":  [
-		2,
-		"always"
-	],
+    2,
+    "always"
+  ],
     "yoda": [
       2,
       "never"
diff --git a/actions/status.js b/actions/status.js
index d949eef0c..7bfdcb412 100644
--- a/actions/status.js
+++ b/actions/status.js
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+var path = require('path');
+var packageJSON = require(path.normalize(__dirname + path.sep + '..' + path.sep  + 'package.json'));
+
+// These values are probably good starting points, but you should expect to tweak them for your application
+var maxEventLoopDelay    = process.env.eventLoopDelay || 5;
+var maxMemoryAlloted     = process.env.maxMemoryAlloted || 200;
+var maxResqueQueueLength = process.env.maxResqueQueueLength || 1000;
+
 exports.status = {
   name: 'status',
   description: 'I will return some basic information about the API',
@@ -8,11 +16,66 @@ exports.status = {
     'uptime':10469
   },
 
+  checkRam: function(api, data, callback){
+    var consumedMemoryMB = Math.round(process.memoryUsage().heapUsed / 1024 / 1024 * 100) / 100;
+    data.response.consumedMemoryMB = consumedMemoryMB;
+    if(consumedMemoryMB > maxMemoryAlloted){
+      data.response.status = 'Unhealthy';
+      data.response.problems.push('Using more than 200MP of RAM/HEAP');
+    }
+
+    callback();
+  },
+
+  checkEventLoop: function(api, data, callback){
+    api.utils.eventLoopDelay(10000, function(error, eventLoopDelay){
+      data.response.eventLoopDelay = eventLoopDelay;
+      if(eventLoopDelay > maxEventLoopDelay){
+        data.response.status = 'Unhealthy';
+        data.response.problems.push('EventLoop Blocked for more than 5ms');
+      }
+
+      callback();
+    });
+  },
+
+  checkResqueQueues: function(api, data, callback){
+    api.tasks.details(function(error, details){
+      if(error){ return callback(error); }
+      var length = 0;
+      Object.keys(details.queues).forEach(function(q){
+        length += details.queues[q].length;
+      });
+
+      if(length > maxResqueQueueLength){
+        data.response.status = 'Unhealthy';
+        data.response.problems.push('Resque Queues filling up');
+      }
+
+      callback();
+    });
+  },
+
   run: function(api, data, next){
+    data.response.status            = 'Healthy';
+    data.response.problems          = [];
+
     data.response.id                = api.id;
     data.response.actionheroVersion = api.actionheroVersion;
     data.response.uptime            = new Date().getTime() - api.bootTime;
+    data.response.name              = packageJSON.name;
+    data.response.description       = packageJSON.description;
+    data.response.version           = packageJSON.version;
 
-    next();
+    var self = this;
+    self.checkRam(api, data, function(error){
+      if(error){ return next(error); }
+      self.checkEventLoop(api, data, function(error){
+        if(error){ return next(error); }
+        self.checkResqueQueues(api, data, function(error){
+          next(error);
+        });
+      });
+    });
   }
 };
diff --git a/initializers/utils.js b/initializers/utils.js
index 19ae805b5..b03024a7f 100755
--- a/initializers/utils.js
+++ b/initializers/utils.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
+var async = require('async');
 
 module.exports = {
   loadPriority:  0,
@@ -244,6 +245,32 @@ module.exports = {
       return {host: host, port: parseInt(port, 10)};
     };
 
+    api.utils.eventLoopDelay = function(itterations, callback){
+      var intervalJobs = [];
+      var intervalTimes = [];
+
+      var i = 0;
+      while(i < itterations){
+        intervalJobs.push(function(intervalDone){
+          var start = process.hrtime();
+          process.nextTick(function(){
+            var delta = process.hrtime(start);
+            var ms = delta[1] / 1000000;
+            intervalTimes.push(ms);
+            intervalDone();
+          });
+        });
+        i++;
+      }
+
+      async.series(intervalJobs, function(){
+        var sum = 0;
+        intervalTimes.forEach(function(t){ sum += t; });
+        var avg = Math.round(sum / intervalTimes.length * 10000) / 1000;
+        return callback(null, avg);
+      });
+    };
+
     next();
   }
 };