diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index bd2da6b..5b7fec7 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const (
 	cptvGlob            = "*.cptv"
 	failedUploadsFolder = "failed-uploads"
 	rebootDelay         = time.Second * 5
-	apiVersion          = 3
+	apiVersion          = 4
 )
 
 type ManagementAPI struct {
@@ -460,6 +460,22 @@ func (api *ManagementAPI) DeleteEvents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+// CheckSaltConnection will try to ping the salt server and return the response
+func (api *ManagementAPI) CheckSaltConnection(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	log.Println("pinging salt server")
+	out, err := exec.Command("salt-call", "test.ping").Output()
+
+	output := map[string]interface{}{
+		"output":  string(out),
+		"success": true,
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		output["error"] = err.Error()
+		output["success"] = false
+	}
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(output)
+}
+
 func isEventKey(key uint64) (bool, error) {
 	keys, err := eventclient.GetEventKeys()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/managementd/main.go b/cmd/managementd/main.go
index f2551f2..21eb2c1 100644
--- a/cmd/managementd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/managementd/main.go
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ func main() {
 	apiRouter.HandleFunc("/event-keys", apiObj.GetEventKeys).Methods("GET")
 	apiRouter.HandleFunc("/events", apiObj.GetEvents).Methods("GET")
 	apiRouter.HandleFunc("/events", apiObj.DeleteEvents).Methods("DELETE")
+	apiRouter.HandleFunc("/check-salt-connection", apiObj.CheckSaltConnection).Methods("GET")
 	apiRouter.Use(basicAuth)
 
 	listenAddr := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", config.Port)
diff --git a/html/about.html b/html/about.html
index d258f1c..3fa8e45 100644
--- a/html/about.html
+++ b/html/about.html
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ <h3>Device<br></h3>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
+        <button id="check-salt-button" type="button" onclick="checkSaltConnection()" class="btn btn-primary">Check Salt Connection</button>
 
 
         <div class="container pt-5 pb-4 pl-0">
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ <h3>Installed Packages<br></h3>
 
     </div>
 
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/js/about.js"></script>
     <script src="/static/js/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/static/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
 
diff --git a/static/js/about.js b/static/js/about.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cd2b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/js/about.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+ function checkSaltConnection() {
+    $("#check-salt-button").attr('disabled', true);
+    var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xmlHttp.open("GET", "/api/check-salt-connection", true);
+    xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic "+btoa("admin:feathers"))
+  
+    xmlHttp.timeout = 20000; // Set timeout for 20 seconds
+    xmlHttp.onload = async function() {
+        if (xmlHttp.status == 200) {
+            var response = JSON.parse(xmlHttp.response);
+            console.log(response);
+            if (response.success) {
+                alert("Salt connected and accepted")
+            } else {
+                alert(response.output)
+            }
+        } else {
+            console.log("error with checking salt connection");
+        }
+        $("#check-salt-button").attr('disabled', false);
+    }
+    xmlHttp.onerror = async function() {
+      console.log("error with checking salt connection");
+      $("#check-salt-button").attr('disabled', false);
+    }
+    xmlHttp.ontimeout = async function() {
+        alert("connection timeout")
+        $("#check-salt-button").attr('disabled', false);
+    }
+    xmlHttp.send(null)
+ }
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