diff --git a/source/de/anomic/soap/services/StatusService.java b/source/de/anomic/soap/services/StatusService.java
index a6b3c5755..826176196 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/soap/services/StatusService.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/soap/services/StatusService.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
 import de.anomic.server.serverObjects;
 import de.anomic.soap.AbstractService;
+import de.anomic.yacy.yacyCore;
 
 public class StatusService extends AbstractService {
     
@@ -200,4 +201,14 @@ public class StatusService extends AbstractService {
         // sending back the result to the client
         return this.convertContentToXML(result);        
     }       
+    
+    
+    public String getPeerHash() throws AxisFault {
+        // extracting the message context
+        extractMessageContext(AUTHENTICATION_NEEDED);        	
+    	
+        // return the peer hash
+    	return yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.getHexHash();
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/soap/services/status.wsdl b/source/de/anomic/soap/services/status.wsdl
index b88145db8..a837c20d9 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/soap/services/status.wsdl
+++ b/source/de/anomic/soap/services/status.wsdl
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ Built on Apr 22, 2006 (06:55:48 PDT)-->
     <wsdl:part name="maxCount" type="xsd:int"/>
     <wsdl:part name="details" type="xsd:boolean"/>
   </wsdl:message>
+  <wsdl:message name="getPeerHashRequest">
+  </wsdl:message>
   <wsdl:message name="getQueueStatusResponse">
+
     <wsdl:part name="getQueueStatusReturn" type="apachesoap:Document"/>
   </wsdl:message>
-
   <wsdl:message name="createNewXMLDocumentResponse">
     <wsdl:part name="createNewXMLDocumentReturn" type="apachesoap:Document"/>
   </wsdl:message>
@@ -17,9 +19,9 @@ Built on Apr 22, 2006 (06:55:48 PDT)-->
     <wsdl:part name="rootElementName" type="xsd:string"/>
   </wsdl:message>
   <wsdl:message name="getQueueStatusRequest">
+
     <wsdl:part name="localqueueCount" type="xsd:int"/>
     <wsdl:part name="loaderqueueCount" type="xsd:int"/>
-
     <wsdl:part name="localcrawlerqueueCount" type="xsd:int"/>
     <wsdl:part name="remotecrawlerqueueCount" type="xsd:int"/>
   </wsdl:message>
@@ -27,35 +29,43 @@ Built on Apr 22, 2006 (06:55:48 PDT)-->
     <wsdl:part name="peerListReturn" type="apachesoap:Document"/>
   </wsdl:message>
   <wsdl:message name="networkResponse">
+
     <wsdl:part name="networkReturn" type="apachesoap:Document"/>
   </wsdl:message>
-
+  <wsdl:message name="getPeerHashResponse">
+    <wsdl:part name="getPeerHashReturn" type="xsd:string"/>
+  </wsdl:message>
   <wsdl:message name="networkRequest">
   </wsdl:message>
   <wsdl:message name="getStatusResponse">
     <wsdl:part name="getStatusReturn" type="apachesoap:Document"/>
+
   </wsdl:message>
   <wsdl:message name="getStatusRequest">
   </wsdl:message>
   <wsdl:portType name="StatusService">
     <wsdl:operation name="getStatus">
-
       <wsdl:input message="impl:getStatusRequest" name="getStatusRequest"/>
       <wsdl:output message="impl:getStatusResponse" name="getStatusResponse"/>
     </wsdl:operation>
     <wsdl:operation name="network">
+
       <wsdl:input message="impl:networkRequest" name="networkRequest"/>
       <wsdl:output message="impl:networkResponse" name="networkResponse"/>
     </wsdl:operation>
     <wsdl:operation name="peerList" parameterOrder="peerType maxCount details">
       <wsdl:input message="impl:peerListRequest" name="peerListRequest"/>
-
       <wsdl:output message="impl:peerListResponse" name="peerListResponse"/>
     </wsdl:operation>
     <wsdl:operation name="getQueueStatus" parameterOrder="localqueueCount loaderqueueCount localcrawlerqueueCount remotecrawlerqueueCount">
       <wsdl:input message="impl:getQueueStatusRequest" name="getQueueStatusRequest"/>
+
       <wsdl:output message="impl:getQueueStatusResponse" name="getQueueStatusResponse"/>
     </wsdl:operation>
+    <wsdl:operation name="getPeerHash">
+      <wsdl:input message="impl:getPeerHashRequest" name="getPeerHashRequest"/>
+      <wsdl:output message="impl:getPeerHashResponse" name="getPeerHashResponse"/>
+    </wsdl:operation>
     <wsdl:operation name="createNewXMLDocument" parameterOrder="rootElementName">
       <wsdl:input message="impl:createNewXMLDocumentRequest" name="createNewXMLDocumentRequest"/>
       <wsdl:output message="impl:createNewXMLDocumentResponse" name="createNewXMLDocumentResponse"/>
@@ -104,6 +114,16 @@ Built on Apr 22, 2006 (06:55:48 PDT)-->
         <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://yacy:8080/soap/status" use="encoded"/>
       </wsdl:output>
     </wsdl:operation>
+    <wsdl:operation name="getPeerHash">
+      <wsdlsoap:operation soapAction=""/>
+      <wsdl:input name="getPeerHashRequest">
+        <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://services.soap.anomic.de" use="encoded"/>
+      </wsdl:input>
+
+      <wsdl:output name="getPeerHashResponse">
+        <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://yacy:8080/soap/status" use="encoded"/>
+      </wsdl:output>
+    </wsdl:operation>
     <wsdl:operation name="createNewXMLDocument">
       <wsdlsoap:operation soapAction=""/>
       <wsdl:input name="createNewXMLDocumentRequest">