diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 056eaa0..78a4622 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ and the release workflow reads it to set github's release notes.
 
 ### Added
 
-- the status command show the chosen ICE candidate pairs for connected peers
+- the status command shows the chosen ICE candidate pairs for connected peers
 
 ## [1.4.0] 2024-4-14
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7578945..c14deb2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ require (
 	git.rootprojects.org/root/go-gitver/v2 v2.0.2
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1
 	github.com/creack/pty v1.1.20
+	github.com/dchest/uniuri v1.2.0
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
 	github.com/kardianos/osext v0.0.0-20190222173326-2bc1f35cddc0
@@ -29,8 +31,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/dchest/uniuri v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
diff --git a/peers/peer.go b/peers/peer.go
index c270fa6..8253480 100644
--- a/peers/peer.go
+++ b/peers/peer.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
 
@@ -76,6 +77,24 @@ type Peer struct {
 	Conf              *Conf
 }
 
+// CandidatePairStats is a struct that holds the values of a ICE candidate pair
+type CandidatePairStats struct {
+	FP             string `json:"fp"`
+	LocalAddr      string `json:"local_addr"` // IP:Port
+	LocalProtocol  string `json:"local_proto"`
+	LocalType      string `json:"local_type"`
+	RemoteAddr     string `json:"remote_addr"`
+	RemoteProtocol string `json:"remote_proto"`
+	RemoteType     string `json:"remote_type"`
+}
+
+// CandidatePairStats.Write writes the candidate pair to a tabwriter
+func (p *CandidatePairStats) Write(w *tabwriter.Writer) {
+	fp := fmt.Sprintf("%s\uf141", string([]rune(p.FP)[:6]))
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join([]string{fp, p.LocalAddr, p.LocalProtocol,
+		p.LocalType, "->", p.RemoteAddr, p.RemoteProtocol, p.RemoteType}, "\t"))
+}
+
 // NewPeer funcions starts listening to incoming peer connection from a remote
 func NewPeer(fp string, conf *Conf) (*Peer, error) {
 	webrtcAPIM.Lock()
@@ -477,6 +496,47 @@ func (peer *Peer) Broadcast(typ string, args interface{}) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+func (peer *Peer) GetCandidatePair(ret *CandidatePairStats) error {
+	ret.FP = peer.FP
+	if peer.PC == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer has no peer connection")
+	}
+	stats := peer.PC.GetStats()
+	var localP int32
+	var remoteP int32
+	for _, report := range stats {
+		pairStats, ok := report.(webrtc.ICECandidatePairStats)
+		if !ok || pairStats.Type != webrtc.StatsTypeCandidatePair {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Check if it is selected
+		if !pairStats.Nominated {
+			continue
+		}
+		local, ok := stats[pairStats.LocalCandidateID].(webrtc.ICECandidateStats)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get local candidate")
+		}
+		remote, ok := stats[pairStats.RemoteCandidateID].(webrtc.ICECandidateStats)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get remote candidate")
+		}
+		if local.Priority > localP {
+			localP = local.Priority
+			ret.LocalAddr = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", local.IP, local.Port)
+			ret.LocalProtocol = local.Protocol
+			ret.LocalType = local.CandidateType.String()
+		}
+		if remote.Priority > remoteP {
+			remoteP = remote.Priority
+			ret.RemoteAddr = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", remote.IP, remote.Port)
+			ret.RemoteProtocol = remote.Protocol
+			ret.RemoteType = remote.CandidateType.String()
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (peer *Peer) Close() {
 	peer.Lock()
 	defer peer.Unlock()
diff --git a/sock.go b/sock.go
index fdc9972..5ec674e 100644
--- a/sock.go
+++ b/sock.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dchest/uniuri"
@@ -42,18 +41,11 @@ type LiveOffer struct {
 	p  *peers.Peer
 	id string
 }
-type CandidatePairValues struct {
-	FP             string `json:"fp"`
-	LocalAddr      string `json:"local_addr"` // IP:Port
-	LocalProtocol  string `json:"local_proto"`
-	LocalType      string `json:"local_type"`
-	RemoteAddr     string `json:"remote_addr"`
-	RemoteProtocol string `json:"remote_proto"`
-	RemoteType     string `json:"remote_type"`
-}
+
+// StatusMessage is a struct that holds the response to the status request
 type StatusMessage struct {
-	Version string                `json:"version"`
-	Peers   []CandidatePairValues `json:"peers,omitempty"`
+	Version string                     `json:"version"`
+	Peers   []peers.CandidatePairStats `json:"peers,omitempty"`
 }
 
 const socketFileName = "webexec.sock"
@@ -207,48 +199,22 @@ func StartSocketServer(lc fx.Lifecycle, s *sockServer, params SocketStartParams)
 	return &server, nil
 }
 
+// handleStatus now uses getPeerStat to extract peer stats.
 func (s *sockServer) handleStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	Logger.Info("Got status request")
 	if r.Method != "GET" {
 		http.Error(w, "Method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		return
 	}
+
 	ret := StatusMessage{Version: version}
 	for _, peer := range peers.Peers {
-		if peer.PC == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		stats := peer.PC.GetStats()
-		for _, report := range stats {
-			pairStats, ok := report.(webrtc.ICECandidatePairStats)
-			if !ok || pairStats.Type != webrtc.StatsTypeCandidatePair {
-				continue
-			}
-			// check if it is selected
-			if pairStats.State != webrtc.StatsICECandidatePairStateSucceeded {
-				continue
-			}
-			local, ok := stats[pairStats.LocalCandidateID].(webrtc.ICECandidateStats)
-			if !ok {
-				http.Error(w, "Failed to get local candidate", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-				return
-			}
-			remote, ok := stats[pairStats.RemoteCandidateID].(webrtc.ICECandidateStats)
-			if !ok {
-				http.Error(w, "Failed to get remote candidate", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-				return
-			}
-			ret.Peers = append(ret.Peers, CandidatePairValues{
-				FP:             peer.FP,
-				LocalAddr:      fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", local.IP, local.Port),
-				LocalProtocol:  local.Protocol,
-				LocalType:      local.CandidateType.String(),
-				RemoteAddr:     fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", remote.IP, remote.Port),
-				RemoteProtocol: remote.Protocol,
-				RemoteType:     remote.CandidateType.String(),
-			})
-			break
+		var cp peers.CandidatePairStats
+		err := peer.GetCandidatePair(&cp)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
 		}
+		ret.Peers = append(ret.Peers, cp)
 	}
 	b, err := json.Marshal(ret)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -450,9 +416,3 @@ func writeClipboard(data []byte, mimeType string) error {
 	}
 	return cmd.Wait()
 }
-
-func (p *CandidatePairValues) Write(w *tabwriter.Writer) {
-	fp := fmt.Sprintf("%s\uf141", string([]rune(p.FP)[:6]))
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join([]string{fp, p.LocalAddr, p.LocalProtocol,
-		p.LocalType, "->", p.RemoteAddr, p.RemoteProtocol, p.RemoteType}, "\t"))
-}
diff --git a/webexec.go b/webexec.go
index a56e9f9..9533217 100644
--- a/webexec.go
+++ b/webexec.go
@@ -539,6 +539,14 @@ func statusCMD(c *cli.Context) error {
 	label := color.New().PrintfFunc()
 	value := color.New(color.FgGreen).PrintfFunc()
 	header := color.New(color.FgYellow).FprintfFunc()
+	fp := getFP()
+	if fp == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Unitialized, please run `webexec init`")
+	} else {
+		label("FP")
+		fmt.Printf(":  ")
+		value("%s\n", fp)
+	}
 	pid, err := getAgentPid()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -550,15 +558,6 @@ func statusCMD(c *cli.Context) error {
 		fmt.Printf(": ")
 		value("%d\n", pid)
 	}
-	// TODO: Get the the fingerprints of connected peers from the agent using the status socket
-	fp := getFP()
-	if fp == "" {
-		fmt.Println("Unitialized, please run `webexec init`")
-	} else {
-		label("FP")
-		fmt.Printf(":  ")
-		value("%s\n", fp)
-	}
 	httpc := newSocketClient()
 	if httpc == nil {
 		return nil