diff --git a/templates/wireguard/wireguard_status.html b/templates/wireguard/wireguard_status.html
index d141e4a..c16f912 100644
--- a/templates/wireguard/wireguard_status.html
+++ b/templates/wireguard/wireguard_status.html
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 
 {% block content %}
-this page is just a placeholder for the moment
+
+<div class='row'>
+    <div class='col-lg-12'>    
+<div class="card card-primary card-outline">
+    <div class="card-header">
+        <h3 class="card-title">WireGuard Status</h3>
+    </div>
+    <div class="card-body">
+        <div class='row'>
+            <div class='col-md-12'>
+                <pre>{{command_output}}</pre>
+
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+</div>
+</div>
+<p style="text-align: right" class="small">
+    This is just a placeholder for the WireGuard status page.  It will be updated with more information in the near future.
+</p>
+
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/wireguard/views.py b/wireguard/views.py
index fadec58..79964b9 100644
--- a/wireguard/views.py
+++ b/wireguard/views.py
@@ -75,7 +75,15 @@ def view_welcome(request):
 @login_required
 def view_wireguard_status(request):
     page_title = 'WireGuard Status'
-    context = {'page_title': page_title}
+    bash_command = ['bash', '-c', 'wg show']
+    try:
+        command_output = subprocess.check_output(bash_command, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode('utf-8')
+        command_success = True
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        command_output = e.output.decode('utf-8')
+        command_success = False
+    
+    context = {'page_title': page_title, 'command_output': command_output, 'command_success': command_success}
     return render(request, 'wireguard/wireguard_status.html', context)