diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 77182b8..f219d80 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "peach-lib"
-version = "1.3.4"
+version = "1.3.5"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/peach-lib/Cargo.toml b/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
index 7c8ea4a..c63bcef 100644
--- a/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "peach-lib"
-version = "1.3.4"
+version = "1.3.5"
 authors = ["Andrew Reid <glyph@mycelial.technology>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/peach-lib/src/error.rs b/peach-lib/src/error.rs
index 9c55c1d..9a59fe4 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/error.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/error.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ pub enum PeachError {
 
     /// Represents a Golgi error
     Golgi(GolgiError),
+
+    /// Represents a generic system error, whose details are specified in the string message
+    System(String),
+
 }
 
 impl std::error::Error for PeachError {
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for PeachError {
             PeachError::Utf8ToString(_) => None,
             PeachError::Write { ref source, .. } => Some(source),
             PeachError::Golgi(_) => None,
+            PeachError::System(_) => None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -193,6 +198,9 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for PeachError {
                 write!(f, "Write error: {}", path)
             }
             PeachError::Golgi(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::System(ref msg) => {
+                write!(f, "system error: {}", msg)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -268,3 +276,4 @@ impl From<GolgiError> for PeachError {
         PeachError::Golgi(err)
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs b/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
index 730df22..ef391cd 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/sbot.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use std::{fs, fs::File, io, io::Write, path::PathBuf, process::Command, str};
 
 use golgi::{sbot::Keystore, Sbot};
-use log::debug;
+use log::{debug, info};
 
 use crate::config_manager;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -64,6 +64,45 @@ impl Default for SbotStatus {
 impl SbotStatus {
     /// Retrieve statistics for the go-sbot systemd process by querying `systemctl`.
     pub fn read() -> Result<Self, PeachError> {
+        let system_manager = config_manager::get_config_value("SYSTEM_MANAGER")?;
+        info!("SYSTEM_MANAGER: {:?}", system_manager);
+        match system_manager.as_str() {
+            "systemd" => {
+                SbotStatus::read_from_systemctl()
+            },
+            "supervisord" => {
+                SbotStatus::read_from_supervisorctl()
+            },
+            _ => Err(PeachError::System(format!(
+            "Invalid configuration for SYSTEM_MANAGER: {:?}",
+            system_manager)))
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_from_supervisorctl() -> Result<Self, PeachError> {
+        let mut status = SbotStatus::default();
+        // TODO: implement this
+        let info_output = Command::new("supervisorctl")
+            .arg("status")
+            .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
+            .output()?;
+        info!("info: {:?}", info_output);
+
+        let service_info = std::str::from_utf8(&info_output.stdout)?;
+
+        for line in service_info.lines() {
+            info!("line: {:?}", line);
+            // example line
+            // go-sbot                          RUNNING   pid 11, uptime 0:04:23
+            if line.contains("RUNNING") {
+                // TODO: this should be an enum
+                status.state = Some("active".to_string());
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(status)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_from_systemctl() -> Result<Self, PeachError> {
         let mut status = SbotStatus::default();
 
         // note this command does not need to be run as sudo
@@ -110,8 +149,8 @@ impl SbotStatus {
                     // using the index of the first ';' + 2 and the last ';'
                     status.boot_state = Some(line[start + 2..end].to_string());
                 }
-            // example of the output line we're looking for here:
-            // `Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-24 16:22:51 SAST; 4min 14s ago`
+                // example of the output line we're looking for here:
+                // `Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-24 16:22:51 SAST; 4min 14s ago`
             } else if line.contains("Active:") {
                 let before_time = line.find(';');
                 let after_time = line.find(" ago");
@@ -122,7 +161,7 @@ impl SbotStatus {
                     // if service is active then the `time` reading is uptime
                     if status.state == Some("active".to_string()) {
                         status.uptime = time.map(|t| t.to_string())
-                    // if service is inactive then the `time` reading is downtime
+                        // if service is inactive then the `time` reading is downtime
                     } else if status.state == Some("inactive".to_string()) {
                         status.downtime = time.map(|t| t.to_string())
                     }
diff --git a/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs b/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
index e192560..735330b 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use futures::stream::TryStreamExt;
 use golgi::{
     api::friends::RelationshipQuery, blobs, messages::SsbMessageKVT, sbot::Keystore, Sbot,
 };
-use log::debug;
+use log::{debug, info};
 use peach_lib::config_manager;
 use peach_lib::sbot::SbotConfig;
 use rouille::input::post::BufferedFile;
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use crate::{error::PeachWebError, utils::sbot};
 /// This utility function calls the correct system calls based on these parameters.
 pub fn system_sbot_cmd(cmd: &str) -> Result<Output, PeachWebError> {
     let system_manager = config_manager::get_config_value("SYSTEM_MANAGER")?;
+    info!("SYSTEM_MANAGER: {:?}", system_manager);
     match system_manager.as_str() {
         "systemd" => {
             let output = Command::new("sudo")
@@ -54,10 +55,12 @@ pub fn system_sbot_cmd(cmd: &str) -> Result<Output, PeachWebError> {
                     Ok(output)
                 }
                 _ => {
+                    info!("supervisorctl {:?} {:?}", cmd, config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?);
                     let output = Command::new("supervisorctl")
                         .arg(cmd)
                         .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
                         .output()?;
+                    info!("logging: {:?}", output);
                     Ok(output)
                 }
             }