diff --git a/cmd/barak/main.go b/cmd/barak/main.go
index 5301d895e..46ee0e3fc 100644
--- a/cmd/barak/main.go
+++ b/cmd/barak/main.go
@@ -36,12 +36,20 @@ type Options struct {
 // Global instance
 var barak = struct {
 	mtx        sync.Mutex
+	pid        int
+	nonce      uint64
 	processes  map[string]*pcm.Process
 	validators []Validator
-	nonce      uint64
-}{sync.Mutex{}, make(map[string]*pcm.Process), nil, 0}
+}{
+	mtx:        sync.Mutex{},
+	pid:        os.Getpid(),
+	nonce:      0,
+	processes:  make(map[string]*pcm.Process),
+	validators: nil,
+}
 
 func main() {
+	fmt.Printf("New Debora Process (PID: %d)\n", os.Getpid())
 
 	// read options from stdin.
 	var err error
@@ -77,11 +85,13 @@ func main() {
 
 func Status() (*ResponseStatus, error) {
 	barak.mtx.Lock()
+	pid := barak.pid
 	nonce := barak.nonce
 	validators := barak.validators
 	barak.mtx.Unlock()
 
 	return &ResponseStatus{
+		Pid:        pid,
 		Nonce:      nonce,
 		Validators: validators,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/cmd/barak/types/responses.go b/cmd/barak/types/responses.go
index cb3b71fe3..aae299253 100644
--- a/cmd/barak/types/responses.go
+++ b/cmd/barak/types/responses.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ResponseStatus struct {
+	Pid        int
 	Nonce      uint64
 	Validators []Validator
 }
diff --git a/cmd/debora/README.md b/cmd/debora/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9cdb80a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/debora/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+### Example
+
+```bash
+# Upgrade barak.
+# We need to give it a new seed to prevent port conflicts.
+./build/debora --privkey-file build/privkey run --input "`cat cmd/barak/seed2`" -- barak2 ./build/barak
+
+# Build tendermint from source
+./build/debora --privkey-file build/privkey run -- build_tendermint bash -c "cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; make"
+```
diff --git a/cmd/debora/commands.go b/cmd/debora/commands.go
index 8929e85f8..7e6199d3b 100644
--- a/cmd/debora/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/debora/commands.go
@@ -49,13 +49,16 @@ func ListProcesses(privKey acm.PrivKey, remote string, command btypes.CommandLis
 // Utility method to get nonce from the remote.
 // The next command should include the returned nonce+1 as nonce.
 func GetNonce(remote string) (uint64, error) {
-	var err error
-	response := btypes.ResponseStatus{}
+	response, err := GetStatus(remote)
+	return response.Nonce, err
+}
+
+func GetStatus(remote string) (response btypes.ResponseStatus, err error) {
 	_, err = rpc.Call(remote, "status", Arr(), &response)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Error fetching nonce from remote %v:\n  %v", remote, err)
+		return response, fmt.Errorf("Error fetching nonce from remote %v:\n  %v", remote, err)
 	}
-	return response.Nonce, nil
+	return response, nil
 }
 
 // Each developer runs this
diff --git a/cmd/debora/main.go b/cmd/debora/main.go
index ef9d56409..f61743d9e 100644
--- a/cmd/debora/main.go
+++ b/cmd/debora/main.go
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ func main() {
 		return nil
 	}
 	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
+		cli.Command{
+			Name:   "status",
+			Usage:  "shows remote status",
+			Action: cliGetStatus,
+		},
 		cli.Command{
 			Name:   "run",
 			Usage:  "run process",
@@ -100,6 +105,21 @@ func ParseFlags(c *cli.Context) (remotes []string, privKey acm.PrivKey) {
 	return remotes, privKey
 }
 
+func cliGetStatus(c *cli.Context) {
+	args := c.Args()
+	if len(args) != 0 {
+		fmt.Println("BTW, status takes no arguments.")
+	}
+	for _, remote := range remotes {
+		response, err := GetStatus(remote)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("%v failure. %v\n", remote, err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("%v success. %v\n", remote, response)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func cliRunProcess(c *cli.Context) {
 	args := c.Args()
 	if len(args) < 2 {