--- a/src/pyams_scheduler/include.py	Sun Jan 14 14:48:58 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/pyams_scheduler/include.py	Sun Jan 14 14:49:24 2018 +0100
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import sys
 
 # import interfaces
-from pyams_scheduler.interfaces import SCHEDULER_HANDLER_KEY, SCHEDULER_NAME
+from pyams_scheduler.interfaces import SCHEDULER_HANDLER_KEY, SCHEDULER_STARTER_KEY, SCHEDULER_NAME
 from pyams_utils.interfaces import PYAMS_APPLICATION_SETTINGS_KEY, PYAMS_APPLICATION_DEFAULT_NAME
 from pyramid.interfaces import IApplicationCreated
 from zope.interface.interfaces import ComponentLookupError
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 from pyams_utils.zodb import get_connection_from_settings
 from pyams_zmq.process import process_exit_func
 from pyramid.events import subscriber
+from pyramid.settings import asbool
 from zope.component.globalregistry import getGlobalSiteManager
 
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
 
     registry = getGlobalSiteManager()
     settings = registry.settings
-    start_handler = settings.get(SCHEDULER_HANDLER_KEY, False)
+    start_handler = asbool(settings.get(SCHEDULER_STARTER_KEY, False))
     if start_handler:
         # get database connection
         connection = get_connection_from_settings(settings)
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@
                     pass
                 else:
                     # create scheduler process
-                    process = SchedulerProcess(start_handler, SchedulerMessageHandler, registry)
+                    process = SchedulerProcess(settings.get(SCHEDULER_HANDLER_KEY, '127.0.0.1:5555'),
+                                               SchedulerMessageHandler, registry)
                     # load tasks
                     for task in scheduler_util.values():
                         trigger = task.get_trigger(registry)
@@ -91,11 +93,11 @@
                                                   kwargs={'zodb_name': zodb_name,
                                                           'registry': registry})
                     # start process
-                    logger.debug("Starting tasks scheduler {0!r}...".format(process))
+                    logger.info("Starting tasks scheduler {0!r}...".format(process))
                     process.start()
                     if process.is_alive():
                         atexit.register(process_exit_func, process=process)
-                        logger.debug("Started tasks scheduler {0!r} with PID {1}...".format(process, process.pid))
+                        logger.info("Started tasks scheduler with PID {0}.".format(process.pid))
             finally:
                 if process and not process.is_alive():
                     process.terminate()

--- a/src/pyams_scheduler/interfaces/__init__.py	Sun Jan 14 14:48:58 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/pyams_scheduler/interfaces/__init__.py	Sun Jan 14 14:49:24 2018 +0100
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 
 
 SCHEDULER_NAME = 'Tasks scheduler'
+SCHEDULER_STARTER_KEY = 'pyams_scheduler.start_handler'
 SCHEDULER_HANDLER_KEY = 'pyams_scheduler.tcp_handler'
 
 SCHEDULER_JOBSTORE_KEY = 'pyams_scheduler.jobs'

--- a/src/pyams_scheduler/process.py	Sun Jan 14 14:48:58 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/pyams_scheduler/process.py	Sun Jan 14 14:49:24 2018 +0100
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@
 class SchedulerHandler(object):
     """Scheduler handler"""
 
+    def test(self, settings):
+        messages = [
+            'OK - Tasks scheduler ready to handle requests.',
+            '{0} currently running jobs'.format(len(self.process.scheduler.get_jobs()))
+        ]
+        return [200, '\n'.join(messages)]
+
     def get_jobs(self, settings):
         scheduler = self.process.scheduler
         return [200,