diff --git a/sync-status.sh b/sync-status.sh
index f963233a..300f50a4 100755
--- a/sync-status.sh
+++ b/sync-status.sh
@@ -20,48 +20,76 @@ for path in $pathlist; do
 	http_status_code=$(curl --ipv4 -m 1 -s -X POST -w "%{http_code}" -o "$response_file" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["latest", false],"id":1}' $RPC_URL)
 
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-
+	    
 	    if [[ $http_status_code -eq 200 ]]; then
-    		response=$(cat "$response_file")
+		
+		response=$(cat "$response_file")
                 latest_block_timestamp=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.timestamp')
                 latest_block_timestamp_decimal=$((16#${latest_block_timestamp#0x}))
                 current_time=$(date +%s)
                 time_difference=$((current_time - latest_block_timestamp_decimal))
 
-                if [ $time_difference -lt 60 ]; then
-		    if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-			echo "do a quick fitness test"
-			# use the proxy to normalize responses from different implementations of eth endpoints.
-			# make the proxy exit on a mismatch
-			# push a few seconds of ethspam | versus through the proxy to give it a chance to hit a mismatch
+		rm "$response_file"
 
-			latest_block_number=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.number')
-			latest_block_hash=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.hash')			
-			response_file2=$(mktemp)
-			
-			http_status_code2=$(curl --ipv4 -m 1 -s -X POST -w "%{http_code}" -o "$response_file" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["$latest_block_number", false],"id":1}' $2)
-			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-			    if [[ $http_status_code2 -eq 200 ]]; then
-				response2=$(cat "$response_file2")
-				latest_block_hash2=$(echo "$response2" | jq -r '.result.hash')
+		if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+		    # echo "do a quick fitness test"
+		    # use the proxy to normalize responses from different implementations of eth endpoints.
+		    # make the proxy exit on a mismatch
+		    # push a few seconds of ethspam | versus through the proxy to give it a chance to hit a mismatch
+		    
+		    latest_block_number=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.number')
+		    latest_block_hash=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.hash')			
+		    response_file2=$(mktemp)
+		    
+		    http_status_code2=$(curl --ipv4 -m 1 -s -X POST -w "%{http_code}" -o "$response_file" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["$latest_block_number", false],"id":1}' $2)
+		    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+			if [[ $http_status_code2 -eq 200 ]]; then
+			    response2=$(cat "$response_file2")
+			    latest_block_hash2=$(echo "$response2" | jq -r '.result.hash')
 
-				if [ "$latest_block_hash" == "$latest_block_hash22" ]; then
-				    echo "online"
-				    exit 0
-				else
-				    echo "forked"
-				    exit 1
+			    rm "$response_file2"
+			    
+			    if [ "$latest_block_hash" == "$latest_block_hash2" ]; then
+				response_file3=$(mktemp)
+
+				http_status_code=$(curl --ipv4 -m 1 -s -X POST -w "%{http_code}" -o "$response_file" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["latest", false],"id":1}' $RPC_URL)
+
+				if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+				    if [[ $http_status_code -eq 200 ]]; then
+					response3=$(cat "$response_file3")
+					latest_block_timestamp3=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.result.timestamp')
+					latest_block_timestamp_decimal3=$((16#${latest_block_timestamp3#0x}))
+					time_difference3=$(( latest_block_timestamp_decimal3 - latest_block_timestamp_decimal ))
+
+					rm "$response_file3"
+					
+					if [ $time_difference3 -lt 2 ]; then
+					    echo "online"
+					    exit 0
+					elif [ $time_difference3 -lt 5 ]; then
+					    echo "lagging"
+					    exit 0
+					else
+					    echo "syncing"
+					    exit 1
+					fi
+				    fi
 				fi
-			    fi			    
-			fi
-
-			rm "$response_file2"
-			echo "unverified"
-			exit 1			   
+			    else
+				echo "forked"
+				exit 1
+			    fi
+			fi			    
 		    fi
-
+		    
+		    echo "unverified"
+		    exit 1			   
+		elif [ $time_difference -lt 60 ]; then
 		    echo "online"
 		    exit 0
+		else
+		    echo "behind"
+		    exit 1
 		fi		
 	    elif [[ $http_status_code -eq 404 ]]; then
     		echo "offline"
@@ -81,7 +109,6 @@ for path in $pathlist; do
 	    exit 1	    
         fi
 	
- 	rm "$response_file"
 	break
     else
 	echo "not found"