diff --git a/package/secubox/luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard/Makefile b/package/secubox/luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard/Makefile
index 0af3d149..4df22913 100644
--- a/package/secubox/luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard/Makefile
+++ b/package/secubox/luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard
 PKG_VERSION:=0.6.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_ARCH:=all
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
diff --git a/package/secubox/luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.crowdsec-dashboard b/package/secubox/luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.crowdsec-dashboard
index fb250123..e8c838f9 100755
--- a/package/secubox/luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.crowdsec-dashboard
+++ b/package/secubox/luci-app-crowdsec-dashboard/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci.crowdsec-dashboard
@@ -129,7 +129,16 @@ get_status() {
 	local uptime_sec
 	uptime_sec=$(cat /proc/uptime | cut -d' ' -f1 | cut -d'.' -f1)
 	json_add_int "uptime" "$uptime_sec"
-	
+
+	# LAPI status (check if Local API is accessible)
+	local lapi_status="unavailable"
+	if [ -x "$CSCLI" ]; then
+		if $CSCLI lapi status >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			lapi_status="available"
+		fi
+	fi
+	json_add_string "lapi_status" "$lapi_status"
+
 	json_dump
 }