diff --git a/interface/package.json b/interface/package.json
index d1c034dba..d6bf4d620 100644
--- a/interface/package.json
+++ b/interface/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "@types/imagemin": "^8.0.5",
     "@types/lodash-es": "^4.17.12",
     "@types/node": "^20.11.30",
-    "@types/react": "^18.2.67",
+    "@types/react": "^18.2.69",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.2.22",
     "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.3.3",
     "alova": "^2.18.0",
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "alpha",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.34.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.6.0",
-    "preact": "^10.20.0",
+    "preact": "^10.20.1",
     "prettier": "^3.2.5",
     "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.12.0",
     "terser": "^5.29.2",
-    "vite": "^5.2.3",
+    "vite": "^5.2.4",
     "vite-plugin-imagemin": "^0.6.1",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^4.3.2"
   },
diff --git a/interface/src/framework/Settings.tsx b/interface/src/framework/Settings.tsx
index eddda14a1..1ae6d301e 100644
--- a/interface/src/framework/Settings.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/framework/Settings.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import MemoryIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Memory';
 import PowerSettingsNewIcon from '@mui/icons-material/PowerSettingsNew';
 import SettingsBackupRestoreIcon from '@mui/icons-material/SettingsBackupRestore';
 import SettingsEthernetIcon from '@mui/icons-material/SettingsEthernet';
+import SettingsInputAntennaIcon from '@mui/icons-material/SettingsInputAntenna';
 import TuneIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Tune';
 
 import { List, Button, Dialog, DialogActions, DialogContent, DialogTitle, Box } from '@mui/material';
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ const Settings: FC = () => {
         />
 
         <ListMenuItem
-          icon={AccessTimeIcon}
+          icon={SettingsInputAntennaIcon}
           bgcolor="#5f9a5f"
           label={LL.ACCESS_POINT(0)}
           text={LL.CONFIGURE(LL.ACCESS_POINT(0))}
diff --git a/interface/src/framework/ap/AccessPoint.tsx b/interface/src/framework/ap/AccessPoint.tsx
index f344580fd..8b6a1042b 100644
--- a/interface/src/framework/ap/AccessPoint.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/framework/ap/AccessPoint.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Navigate, Routes, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 import APSettings from './APSettings';
 import APStatus from './APStatus';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
-import { RequireAdmin, RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, useRouterTab } from 'components';
+import { RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, useRouterTab } from 'components';
 
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 
@@ -23,14 +23,7 @@ const AccessPoint: FC = () => {
       </RouterTabs>
       <Routes>
         <Route path="status" element={<APStatus />} />
-        <Route
-          path="settings"
-          element={
-            <RequireAdmin>
-              <APSettings />
-            </RequireAdmin>
-          }
-        />
+        <Route path="settings" element={<APSettings />} />
         <Route path="*" element={<Navigate replace to="settings" />} />
       </Routes>
     </>
diff --git a/interface/src/framework/mqtt/Mqtt.tsx b/interface/src/framework/mqtt/Mqtt.tsx
index aa89fea32..5e3ae2020 100644
--- a/interface/src/framework/mqtt/Mqtt.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/framework/mqtt/Mqtt.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import MqttSettings from './MqttSettings';
 import MqttStatus from './MqttStatus';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
 
-import { RequireAdmin, RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, useRouterTab } from 'components';
+import { RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, useRouterTab } from 'components';
 
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 
@@ -23,14 +23,7 @@ const Mqtt: FC = () => {
       </RouterTabs>
       <Routes>
         <Route path="status" element={<MqttStatus />} />
-        <Route
-          path="settings"
-          element={
-            <RequireAdmin>
-              <MqttSettings />
-            </RequireAdmin>
-          }
-        />
+        <Route path="settings" element={<MqttSettings />} />
         <Route path="*" element={<Navigate replace to="settings" />} />
       </Routes>
     </>
diff --git a/interface/src/framework/network/Network.tsx b/interface/src/framework/network/Network.tsx
index 7dd90a2d7..66dc255b5 100644
--- a/interface/src/framework/network/Network.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/framework/network/Network.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import WiFiNetworkScanner from './WiFiNetworkScanner';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
 
 import type { WiFiNetwork } from 'types';
-import { RequireAdmin, RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, useRouterTab } from 'components';
+import { RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, useRouterTab } from 'components';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 
 const Network: FC = () => {
@@ -48,22 +48,8 @@ const Network: FC = () => {
       </RouterTabs>
       <Routes>
         <Route path="status" element={<NetworkStatus />} />
-        <Route
-          path="scan"
-          element={
-            <RequireAdmin>
-              <WiFiNetworkScanner />
-            </RequireAdmin>
-          }
-        />
-        <Route
-          path="settings"
-          element={
-            <RequireAdmin>
-              <NetworkSettings />
-            </RequireAdmin>
-          }
-        />
+        <Route path="scan" element={<WiFiNetworkScanner />} />
+        <Route path="settings" element={<NetworkSettings />} />
         <Route path="*" element={<Navigate replace to="settings" />} />
       </Routes>
     </WiFiConnectionContext.Provider>
diff --git a/interface/src/framework/ntp/NetworkTime.tsx b/interface/src/framework/ntp/NetworkTime.tsx
index b3e0d9db6..193940b9a 100644
--- a/interface/src/framework/ntp/NetworkTime.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/framework/ntp/NetworkTime.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import NTPSettings from './NTPSettings';
 import NTPStatus from './NTPStatus';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
 
-import { RequireAdmin, RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, useRouterTab } from 'components';
+import { RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, useRouterTab } from 'components';
 
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 
@@ -22,14 +22,7 @@ const NetworkTime: FC = () => {
       </RouterTabs>
       <Routes>
         <Route path="status" element={<NTPStatus />} />
-        <Route
-          path="settings"
-          element={
-            <RequireAdmin>
-              <NTPSettings />
-            </RequireAdmin>
-          }
-        />
+        <Route path="settings" element={<NTPSettings />} />
         <Route path="*" element={<Navigate replace to="settings" />} />
       </Routes>
     </>
diff --git a/interface/src/framework/system/System.tsx b/interface/src/framework/system/System.tsx
index 32d929475..d734068f4 100644
--- a/interface/src/framework/system/System.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/framework/system/System.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { Tab } from '@mui/material';
+import { useContext, type FC } from 'react';
 import { Navigate, Routes, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 import SystemLog from './SystemLog';
 import SystemStatus from './SystemStatus';
-import type { FC } from 'react';
 
-import { useRouterTab, RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle } from 'components';
+import { useRouterTab, RouterTabs, useLayoutTitle, RequireAdmin } from 'components';
 
+import { AuthenticatedContext } from 'contexts/authentication';
 import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 import SystemActivity from 'project/SystemActivity';
 
@@ -15,18 +16,26 @@ const System: FC = () => {
   useLayoutTitle(LL.SYSTEM(0));
 
   const { routerTab } = useRouterTab();
+  const { me } = useContext(AuthenticatedContext);
 
   return (
     <>
       <RouterTabs value={routerTab}>
         <Tab value="status" label={LL.STATUS_OF('')} />
         <Tab value="activity" label={LL.ACTIVITY()} />
-        <Tab value="log" label={LL.LOG_OF('')} />
+        <Tab disabled={!me.admin} value="log" label={me.admin ? LL.LOG_OF('') : ''} />
       </RouterTabs>
       <Routes>
         <Route path="status" element={<SystemStatus />} />
         <Route path="activity" element={<SystemActivity />} />
-        <Route path="log" element={<SystemLog />} />
+        <Route
+          path="log"
+          element={
+            <RequireAdmin>
+              <SystemLog />
+            </RequireAdmin>
+          }
+        />
         <Route path="*" element={<Navigate replace to="status" />} />
       </Routes>
     </>
diff --git a/interface/src/framework/system/SystemStatus.tsx b/interface/src/framework/system/SystemStatus.tsx
index 151963cfd..2f4881e81 100644
--- a/interface/src/framework/system/SystemStatus.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/framework/system/SystemStatus.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import AccessTimeIcon from '@mui/icons-material/AccessTime';
 import BuildIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Build';
 import CancelIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Cancel';
 import CastIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Cast';
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import DirectionsBusIcon from '@mui/icons-material/DirectionsBus';
 import MemoryIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Memory';
 import PermScanWifiIcon from '@mui/icons-material/PermScanWifi';
 import RefreshIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Refresh';
+import SettingsInputAntennaIcon from '@mui/icons-material/SettingsInputAntenna';
 import TimerIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Timer';
 
 import {
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ const SystemStatus: FC = () => {
 
           <ListMenuItem
             disabled={!me.admin}
-            icon={DeviceHubIcon}
+            icon={AccessTimeIcon}
             bgcolor={ntpStatusHighlight()}
             label={LL.STATUS_OF('NTP')}
             text={ntpStatus()}
@@ -266,6 +268,16 @@ const SystemStatus: FC = () => {
             to="/settings/ota"
           />
           <Divider variant="inset" component="li" />
+
+          <ListMenuItem
+            disabled={!me.admin}
+            icon={SettingsInputAntennaIcon}
+            bgcolor={activeHighlight(data.ota_status)}
+            label={LL.ACCESS_POINT(0)}
+            text={data.ap_status ? LL.ACTIVE() : LL.INACTIVE(0)}
+            to="/settings/ap/status"
+          />
+          <Divider variant="inset" component="li" />
         </List>
 
         {renderScanDialog()}
diff --git a/interface/src/types/system.ts b/interface/src/types/system.ts
index ae7e9fa32..a95723388 100644
--- a/interface/src/types/system.ts
+++ b/interface/src/types/system.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export interface SystemStatus {
   ntp_status: number;
   ota_status: boolean;
   mqtt_status: boolean;
+  ap_status: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface OTASettingsType {
diff --git a/interface/yarn.lock b/interface/yarn.lock
index a93c9b8fd..267cbecf8 100644
--- a/interface/yarn.lock
+++ b/interface/yarn.lock
@@ -1595,14 +1595,14 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/react@npm:^18.2.67":
-  version: 18.2.67
-  resolution: "@types/react@npm:18.2.67"
+"@types/react@npm:^18.2.69":
+  version: 18.2.69
+  resolution: "@types/react@npm:18.2.69"
   dependencies:
     "@types/prop-types": "npm:*"
     "@types/scheduler": "npm:*"
     csstype: "npm:^3.0.2"
-  checksum: 10/d7e248dbe8d9d3b05f0d8e128d615fc9c85aa2c5d15634271d20cb9b343dbeffb0875f31a44e7ac63b42afc25949bd4c3633b7ebee45ee4666591ca934a8dffb
+  checksum: 10/5cc185f00ad5a4c2261e127ad25241448492f391e2206738b0477cbdba6aa75692e18ece5e75854ed513342d95c9ee83315744cb6b1470d488772cef1f8b40c8
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/imagemin": "npm:^8.0.5"
     "@types/lodash-es": "npm:^4.17.12"
     "@types/node": "npm:^20.11.30"
-    "@types/react": "npm:^18.2.67"
+    "@types/react": "npm:^18.2.69"
     "@types/react-dom": "npm:^18.2.22"
     "@types/react-router-dom": "npm:^5.3.3"
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "npm:^7.3.1"
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ __metadata:
     jwt-decode: "npm:^4.0.0"
     lodash-es: "npm:^4.17.21"
     mime-types: "npm:^2.1.35"
-    preact: "npm:^10.20.0"
+    preact: "npm:^10.20.1"
     prettier: "npm:^3.2.5"
     react: "npm:latest"
     react-dom: "npm:latest"
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ __metadata:
     terser: "npm:^5.29.2"
     typesafe-i18n: "npm:^5.26.2"
     typescript: "npm:^5.4.3"
-    vite: "npm:^5.2.3"
+    vite: "npm:^5.2.4"
     vite-plugin-imagemin: "npm:^0.6.1"
     vite-tsconfig-paths: "npm:^4.3.2"
   languageName: unknown
@@ -6795,10 +6795,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"preact@npm:^10.20.0":
-  version: 10.20.0
-  resolution: "preact@npm:10.20.0"
-  checksum: 10/fb8cfc1ab1b4b8f2bd483b9fdd2f8614cc7e099d741ec33f41d95d9056aefbe3fe5897201ef0f37c76238e7657ecd38afdef377e171cb1477068aae1dcf020d6
+"preact@npm:^10.20.1":
+  version: 10.20.1
+  resolution: "preact@npm:10.20.1"
+  checksum: 10/894ac14b3ec6f8ca308b53fb14e12e57678248fd1faa24ae857f5e37d9c11b34833e6dd1ba8210a34de4d6d523462923b1f9c93d35ce433874affd056f2d0998
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -8491,9 +8491,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"vite@npm:^5.2.3":
-  version: 5.2.3
-  resolution: "vite@npm:5.2.3"
+"vite@npm:^5.2.4":
+  version: 5.2.4
+  resolution: "vite@npm:5.2.4"
   dependencies:
     esbuild: "npm:^0.20.1"
     fsevents: "npm:~2.3.3"
@@ -8527,7 +8527,7 @@ __metadata:
       optional: true
   bin:
     vite: bin/vite.js
-  checksum: 10/5033a989462bc3127cb937ae5138024af68ec1b67accad07e07e116254b84fc6888a18d7a0358e3d3ce19fe160d72b6622259edc93e7fba47b84d042dcbe1e4e
+  checksum: 10/ed3d4fa2023642dd578e90eb02876e01729fda0af196304bb1c3a7f037b457f1a505bfa36c10f28d0466945b9da7d7972219716554d43ff3c025f26ed3d89e11
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
diff --git a/lib/framework/ESP8266React.h b/lib/framework/ESP8266React.h
index 733547b4d..3ec012f10 100644
--- a/lib/framework/ESP8266React.h
+++ b/lib/framework/ESP8266React.h
@@ -60,10 +60,19 @@ class ESP8266React {
         return _mqttSettingsService.getMqttClient();
     }
 
+    //
+    // special functions needed outside scope
+    //
+
     void setWill(const char * will_topic) {
         _mqttSettingsService.setWill(will_topic);
     }
 
+    // true if AP is active
+    bool apStatus() {
+        return _apSettingsService.getAPNetworkStatus() == APNetworkStatus::ACTIVE;
+    }
+
 #ifndef EMSESP_STANDALONE
     void factoryReset() {
         _factoryResetService.factoryReset();
diff --git a/lib_standalone/ESP8266React.h b/lib_standalone/ESP8266React.h
index 896092c31..ed283a629 100644
--- a/lib_standalone/ESP8266React.h
+++ b/lib_standalone/ESP8266React.h
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ class ESP8266React {
         return _mqttClient;
     }
 
+    bool apStatus() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     void setWill(const char * will_topic) {
     }
     void onMessage(espMqttClientTypes::OnMessageCallback callback) {
diff --git a/mock-api/handler.ts b/mock-api/handler.ts
index 41b1e1900..cb47dced7 100644
--- a/mock-api/handler.ts
+++ b/mock-api/handler.ts
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ const ESPsystem_status = {
   arduino_version: 'ESP32 Arduino v2.0.14'
 };
 
-// TODO fix this
 const system_status = {
   emsesp_version: '3.6-demo',
   esp_platform: 'ESP32',
@@ -414,7 +413,8 @@ const system_status = {
   free_heap: 143,
   ntp_status: 2,
   ota_status: false,
-  mqtt_status: true
+  mqtt_status: true,
+  ap_status: false
 };
 
 let security_settings = {
diff --git a/src/web/WebStatusService.cpp b/src/web/WebStatusService.cpp
index 5fb68ca3c..7916b2470 100644
--- a/src/web/WebStatusService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebStatusService.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ void WebStatusService::systemStatus(AsyncWebServerRequest * request) {
     }();
 #endif
 
+    root["ap_status"] = EMSESP::esp8266React.apStatus();
+
     response->setLength();
     request->send(response);
 }