diff --git a/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs b/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
index d08e6db..a9fbc31 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
 //! Data types and associated methods for monitoring and configuring go-sbot.
 
-use std::{fs, fs::File, io::Write, process::Command, str};
+use std::{fs, fs::File, io, io::Write, path::PathBuf, process::Command, str};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::error::PeachError;
 
+/* HELPER FUNCTIONS */
+
+// iterate over the given directory path to determine the size of the directory
+fn dir_size(path: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> io::Result<u64> {
+    fn dir_size(mut dir: fs::ReadDir) -> io::Result<u64> {
+        dir.try_fold(0, |acc, file| {
+            let file = file?;
+            let size = match file.metadata()? {
+                data if data.is_dir() => dir_size(fs::read_dir(file.path())?)?,
+                data => data.len(),
+            };
+            Ok(acc + size)
+        })
+    }
+
+    dir_size(fs::read_dir(path.into())?)
+}
+
+/* SBOT-RELATED TYPES AND METHODS */
+
 /// go-sbot process status.
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct SbotStatus {
@@ -19,6 +39,8 @@ pub struct SbotStatus {
     pub uptime: Option<String>,
     /// Downtime for the process (if state is `inactive`).
     pub downtime: Option<String>,
+    /// Size of the blobs directory in bytes.
+    pub blobstore: Option<u64>,
 }
 
 /// Default builder for `SbotStatus`.
@@ -30,6 +52,7 @@ impl Default for SbotStatus {
             memory: None,
             uptime: None,
             downtime: None,
+            blobstore: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -101,6 +124,15 @@ impl SbotStatus {
             }
         }
 
+        // determine path of user's home directory
+        let mut blobstore_path = dirs::home_dir().ok_or(PeachError::HomeDir)?;
+
+        // append the blobstore path
+        blobstore_path.push(".ssb-go/blobs/sha256");
+
+        // determine the size of the blobstore directory in bytes
+        status.blobstore = dir_size(blobstore_path).ok();
+
         Ok(status)
     }
 }