diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9694afa..17ed129 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,14 +17,21 @@ Services are configured in *services.json* as objects like this:
     }
 
 ## Client Requests
-Client must send a *POST-request* with *Content-Type: application/json* containing the service name and secret token as fields.
+Client must send a *POST-request* with *Content-Type: application/json* containing the service name, secret token and status as fields, the *'info'* field is optional.
 
 For example:
 
     curl -X POST \
          -H "application/json" \
-         -d "{ "service_name" : "name", "token" : "secret_token" } \
+         -d "{ "service_name" : "name", "token" : "secret_token", \
+               "status" : "OK|WARNING|CRITICAL", "info" : "additional information" } \
          https://server:port/
+         
+Or directly in native python:
+
+    import requests
+    requests.post("https://server:port/", json={"service_name" : "name", "token" : "secret_token",
+                                                "status" : "OK|WARNING|CRITICAL", "info" : "additional information"  })
 
 ## Icinga (Serverside) Requests
 Use the [python-script]() as a command to execute, you can pass *protocol*, *host*, *port* and *service\_name* as arguments.
diff --git a/icinga-gateway-command.py b/icinga-gateway-command.py
index 9c14e95..85e81ed 100755
--- a/icinga-gateway-command.py
+++ b/icinga-gateway-command.py
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         response = requests.get(url)
 
         # check response status #
+        if response.status_code == 404:
+            print("The gateway does not have this service configured (404)")
+            sys.exit(STATUS_UNKOWN)
+
         response.raise_for_status()
 
         # validate response content #
@@ -44,7 +48,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
         if not args.service == jsonDict["service"]:
             retService = jsonDict["service"]
-            print("Gateway returned wrong bad name ({} for {})".format(retService, args.service))
+            fmtText = "Gateway returned wrong or bad service name ({} for {})"
+            print(fmtText.format(retService, args.service))
 
         # handle content #
         parsedTime = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(jsonDict["timestamp"]))
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index ec12ad3..5c3c6a4 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ def default():
                                     sqlalchemy.desc(Status.timestamp)).first()
 
         if not lastSuccess and not lastFail:
-            return flask.jsonify(buildReponseDict(None))
+            # service has never reported in #
+            return flask.jsonify(buildReponseDict(None, service=service))
         elif not lastSuccess and lastFail:
             return flask.jsonify(buildReponseDict(lastFail))
         else: