diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index dcf2e51..c85724e 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartwhois',
-  version: '1.0.5',
+  version: '1.0.6',
   description: 'a package for dealing with whois requests'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index a6d30e6..8473c41 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@ import * as plugins from './smartwhois.plugins.js';
 
 export interface IWhoisInfo {
   domain: string;
+  isRegistered: boolean;
+  domainStatus: Array<
+    | 'clientTransferProhibited'
+    | 'clientUpdateProhibited'
+    | 'clientDeleteProhibited'
+    | 'clientHold'
+    | 'serverTransferProhibited'
+    | 'serverUpdateProhibited'
+    | 'serverDeleteProhibited'
+    | 'serverHold'
+    | 'inactive'
+    | 'pendingDelete'
+    | 'pendingRenew'
+    | 'pendingTransfer'
+    | 'pendingUpdate'
+    | 'ok'>;
   domainWithoutSuffix: string;
   hostname: string;
   isIcann: boolean;
@@ -9,7 +25,6 @@ export interface IWhoisInfo {
   isPrivate: boolean;
   publicSuffix: string;
   subdomain: string;
-  isRegistered: boolean;
   dnsSec: 'signedDelegation' | 'unsigned';
   originalWhoisInfo: {
     [key: string]: any;
@@ -22,9 +37,8 @@ export interface IWhoisInfo {
   expiryDate: string;
 }
 
-
 export class SmartWhois {
-  public async getWhoisForDomain(domainArg: string) {
+  public async getWhoisForDomain(domainArg: string): Promise<IWhoisInfo> {
     const whoisInfo = await plugins.whoiser.domain(domainArg);
     const whoisServers = Object.keys(whoisInfo);
     const selectedWhoisInfo: any = whoisInfo[whoisServers[0]];
@@ -39,6 +53,7 @@ export class SmartWhois {
     return {
       ...tldtsData,
       isRegistered: true,
+      domainStatus: selectedWhoisInfo['Domain Status'].map((statusArg: string) => statusArg.split(' ')[0]),
       dnsSec: selectedWhoisInfo['DNSSEC'],
       originalWhoisInfo: whoisInfo,
       whoisServers,