diff --git a/lib/services.js b/lib/services.js
index e8198a05..4f717ed4 100644
--- a/lib/services.js
+++ b/lib/services.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var Web3 = require('web3');
 var async = require('async');
+var request = require('request');
 
 var ServicesMonitor = function(options) {
   this.logger = options.logger;
@@ -41,8 +42,15 @@ ServicesMonitor.prototype.check = function() {
     },
     function checkIPFS(result, callback) {
       self.logger.trace('checkIPFS');
-      result.push('IPFS'.green);
-      callback(null, result);
+
+      request('http://localhost:5001', function(error, response, body) {
+        if (error) {
+          result.push('IPFS'.red);
+        } else {
+          result.push('IPFS'.green);
+        }
+        callback(null, result);
+      });
     },
     function checkDevServer(result, callback) {
       self.logger.trace('checkDevServer');