diff --git a/app/routes/index.go b/app/routes/index.go
index f330b27..88ef52b 100644
--- a/app/routes/index.go
+++ b/app/routes/index.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"proxmoxaas-dashboard/app/common"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2"
@@ -60,6 +61,20 @@ type InstanceCard struct {
 	NodeStatus string
 }
 
+// used in retriving cluster tasks
+type Task struct {
+	Type   string
+	Node   string
+	User   string
+	ID     string
+	VMID   uint
+	Status string
+}
+
+type InstanceStatus struct {
+	Status string
+}
+
 func GetClusterResources(auth common.Auth) (map[uint]InstanceCard, map[string]Node, error) {
 	ctx := common.RequestContext{
 		Cookies: map[string]string{
@@ -73,7 +88,7 @@ func GetClusterResources(auth common.Auth) (map[uint]InstanceCard, map[string]No
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	if code != 200 { // if we did not successfully retrieve resources, then return 500 because auth was 1 but was invalid somehow
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("request to /cluster/resources/ resulted in %+v", res)
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("request to /cluster/resources resulted in %+v", res)
 	}
 
 	instances := map[uint]InstanceCard{}
@@ -103,5 +118,58 @@ func GetClusterResources(auth common.Auth) (map[uint]InstanceCard, map[string]No
 		instance.NodeStatus = nodestatus
 		instances[vmid] = instance
 	}
+
+	ctx.Body = map[string]any{}
+	res, code, err = common.RequestGetAPI("/proxmox/cluster/tasks", ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	if code != 200 { // if we did not successfully retrieve tasks, then return 500 because auth was 1 but was invalid somehow
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("request to /cluster/tasks resulted in %+v", res)
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range ctx.Body["data"].([]any) {
+		task := Task{}
+		err := mapstructure.Decode(v, &task)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		x, err := strconv.Atoi(task.ID)
+		task.VMID = uint(x)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		if task.User != auth.Username { // task was not made by user (ie was not a power on/off task)
+			continue
+		} else if _, ok := instances[task.VMID]; !ok { // task does not refer to an instance in user's instances
+			continue
+		} else if instances[task.VMID].Node != task.Node { // task does not have the correct node reference (should not happen)
+			continue
+		} else if !(task.Type == "qmstart" || task.Type == "qmstop" || task.Type == "vzstart" || task.Type == "vzstop") { // task is not start/stop for qemu or lxc
+			continue
+		} else if !(task.Status == "running" || task.Status == "OK") { // task is not running or finished with status OK
+			continue
+		} else { // recent task is a start or stop task for user instance which is running or "OK"
+			// get /status/current which is updated faster than /cluster/resources
+			instance := instances[task.VMID]
+			path := fmt.Sprintf("/proxmox/nodes/%s/%s/%d/status/current", instance.Node, instance.Type, instance.VMID)
+			ctx.Body = map[string]any{}
+			res, code, err := common.RequestGetAPI(path, ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, err
+			}
+			if code != 200 { // if we did not successfully retrieve tasks, then return 500 because auth was 1 but was invalid somehow
+				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("request to %s resulted in %+v", path, res)
+			}
+
+			status := InstanceStatus{}
+			mapstructure.Decode(ctx.Body["data"], &status)
+
+			instance.Status = status.Status
+			instances[task.VMID] = instance
+		}
+	}
+
 	return instances, nodes, nil
 }
diff --git a/web/templates/instance-card.go.tmpl b/web/templates/instance-card.go.tmpl
index ddc209b..2b4b3bf 100644
--- a/web/templates/instance-card.go.tmpl
+++ b/web/templates/instance-card.go.tmpl
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 			<p class="w3-col l1 m2 w3-hide-small">{{.Type}}</p>
 			<div class="w3-col l2 m3 s6 flex row nowrap">
 				{{if eq .Status "running"}}
-					<svg aria-label="instance is running"><use href="images/status/active.svg#symb"></svg>
+					<svg id="status" aria-label="instance is running"><use href="images/status/active.svg#symb"></svg>
 				{{else if eq .Status "stopped"}}
-					<svg aria-label="instance is stopped"><use href="images/status/inactive.svg#symb"></svg>
+					<svg id="status" aria-label="instance is stopped"><use href="images/status/inactive.svg#symb"></svg>
 				{{else if eq .Status "loading"}}
-					<svg aria-label="instance is loading"><use href="images/status/loading.svg#symb"></svg>
+					<svg id="status" aria-label="instance is loading"><use href="images/status/loading.svg#symb"></svg>
 				{{else}}
 				{{end}}
 				<p>{{.Status}}</p>