diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/celery.html b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/celery.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5996b73fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/celery.html
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{% extends 'settings/layout.html' %}
+{% load humanize %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load celery_tags %}
+
+{% block title %}{% trans "Celery Status" %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block header %}{% trans "Celery Status" %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block panel %}
+
+{% if stats %}
+<section class="block content">
+    <h2>{% trans "Workers" %}</h2>
+
+    {% for worker_name, worker in stats.items %}
+    <div class="box">
+        <h3>{{ worker_name }}</h3>
+        {% trans "Uptime:" %} {{ worker.uptime|uptime }}
+    </div>
+    {% endfor %}
+</section>
+
+
+<section class="block content">
+    <h2>{% trans "Active Tasks" %}</h2>
+    {% for worker in active_tasks.values %}
+        <div class="table-container">
+            <table class="table is-striped is-fullwidth">
+                <tr>
+                    <th>{% trans "ID" %}</th>
+                    <th>{% trans "Task name" %}</th>
+                    <th>{% trans "Start time" %}</th>
+                    <th>{% trans "Priority" %}</th>
+                </tr>
+                    {% for task in worker %}
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>{{ task.id }}</td>
+                        <td>{{ task.name|shortname }}</td>
+                        <td>{{ task.time_start|datestamp }} (UTC)</td>
+                        <td>{{ task.delivery_info.routing_key }}</td>
+                    </tr>
+                    {% endfor %}
+            </table>
+        </div>
+    {% endfor %}
+</section>
+
+{% else %}
+
+<div class="notification is-danger is-flex is-align-items-start">
+    <span class="icon icon-warning is-size-4 pr-3" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <span>
+        {% trans "Could not connect to Celery" %}
+    </span>
+</div>
+{% endif %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/layout.html b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/layout.html
index 862de9585..ffb21d4a6 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/layout.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/layout.html
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@
             </li>
         </ul>
         {% endif %}
+        {% if perms.edit_instance_settings %}
+        <h2 class="menu-label">{% trans "System" %}</h2>
+        <ul class="menu-list">
+            <li>
+                {% url 'settings-celery' as url %}
+                <a href="{{ url }}"{% if url in request.path %} class="is-active" aria-selected="true"{% endif %}>{% trans "Celery status" %}</a>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+        {% endif %}
         {% if perms.bookwyrm.edit_instance_settings %}
         <h2 class="menu-label">{% trans "Instance Settings" %}</h2>
         <ul class="menu-list">
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templatetags/celery_tags.py b/bookwyrm/templatetags/celery_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9296247a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templatetags/celery_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+""" template filters for really common utilities """
+import datetime
+from django import template
+
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter(name="uptime")
+def uptime(seconds):
+    """Seconds uptime to a readable format"""
+    return str(datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds))
+
+
+@register.filter(name="datestamp")
+def get_date(timestamp):
+    """Go from a string timestamp to a date object"""
+    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
+
+
+@register.filter(name="shortname")
+def shortname(name):
+    """removes bookwyrm.celery..."""
+    return ".".join(name.split(".")[-2:])
diff --git a/bookwyrm/urls.py b/bookwyrm/urls.py
index 26e13f751..449b1d723 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/urls.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/urls.py
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.Report.as_view(),
         name="report-link",
     ),
+    re_path(
+        r"^settings/celery/?$", views.CeleryStatus.as_view(), name="settings-celery"
+    ),
     # landing pages
     re_path(r"^about/?$", views.about, name="about"),
     re_path(r"^privacy/?$", views.privacy, name="privacy"),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
index 337f280e4..257adc932 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from .admin.announcements import Announcements, Announcement
 from .admin.announcements import EditAnnouncement, delete_announcement
 from .admin.automod import AutoMod, automod_delete, run_automod
 from .admin.automod import schedule_automod_task, unschedule_automod_task
+from .admin.celery_status import CeleryStatus
 from .admin.dashboard import Dashboard
 from .admin.federation import Federation, FederatedServer
 from .admin.federation import AddFederatedServer, ImportServerBlocklist
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/admin/celery_status.py b/bookwyrm/views/admin/celery_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8848c0888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/admin/celery_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+""" manage site settings """
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
+from django.views import View
+
+from bookwyrm.tasks import app as celery
+
+
+# pylint: disable= no-self-use
+@method_decorator(login_required, name="dispatch")
+@method_decorator(
+    permission_required("bookwyrm.edit_instance_settings", raise_exception=True),
+    name="dispatch",
+)
+class CeleryStatus(View):
+    """manage things like the instance name"""
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        """edit form"""
+        inspect = celery.control.inspect()
+        data = {"stats": inspect.stats(), "active_tasks": inspect.active()}
+        return TemplateResponse(request, "settings/celery.html", data)