diff --git a/bin/monitor.js b/bin/monitor.js
index af6a5e1f442a166fa5aba93d37fd111af6c47380..0d5eaa0331bc5bce0b61f19ce673992bd296529c 100755
--- a/bin/monitor.js
+++ b/bin/monitor.js
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ function    monitor()
                     }
                 }
             );
-            console.log(
+            bfa.fs.writeFileSync(
+                bfa.networkdir + '/status', 
                 "UTC: " + now.toUTCString() + "\n"
-                + "BFA peers: " + peers.length + "\n"
-                + peers.sort().join("\n")
+                    + "BFA peers: " + peers.length + "\n"
+                    + peers.sort().join("\n") + "\n",
+                { mode: 0o644 }
             );
         },
         function(x)