diff --git a/lib/plugins/repl.js b/lib/plugins/repl.js
index 8389783..b1a4561 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/repl.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/repl.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ exports = module.exports = function(){
     var server
       , sockets = [];
 
-
+      master.dynState = [];
     // start repl
     function start(){
       // TCP or unix-domain socket repl
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ define('pids', function(master, sock){
 define('kill', function(master, sock, id, signal){
   var worker = master.children[id];
   if (worker) {
+    master.dynState.push[id];
     worker.proc.kill(signal);
     sock.write('sent \033[36m' + (signal || 'SIGTERM') + '\033[0m to worker #' + id + '\n');
   } else {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/stats.js b/lib/plugins/stats.js
index 5b570c9..d49f8ec 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/stats.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/stats.js
@@ -208,11 +208,22 @@ repl.define('stats', function(master, sock){
 
   master.children.forEach(function(worker){
     var stats = ''
+      ,status = "alive";
       , piped = [];
 
+      if (master.dynState) {
+	  for(var i=0, max=master.dynstate.length; i<max ;i++)
+	      if(master.dynState[i] === worker.id){
+		  status = "shutting down";
+		  master.dynState.splice(i,1);
+	      }
+      }
+
     // uptime
     stats += utils.formatDateRange(new Date, worker.stats.start);
 
+      piped.push(status);
+      
     // connections
     if (master.connectionStats) {
       piped.push(worker.stats.connectionsActive);