diff --git a/src/interface/MalyanControl.js b/src/interface/MalyanControl.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd5f6e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/interface/MalyanControl.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'proptypes';
+import muiThemeable from 'material-ui/styles/muiThemeable';
+import injectSheet from 'react-jss';
+import FlatButton from 'material-ui/FlatButton';
+import { sleep, getMalyanStatus } from './utils.js';
+
+const styles = {
+
+};
+
+class MalyanControl extends React.Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    ip: PropTypes.string.isRequired
+  };
+
+  state = {
+    status: null,
+    mounted: true
+  };
+
+  componentDidMount = async () => {
+    const { ip } = this.props;
+    while (this.state.mounted) {
+      const status = await getMalyanStatus(ip).catch(() => null);
+      this.setState({ status });
+      await sleep(1000);
+    }
+  };
+
+  home = () => {
+    const { ip } = this.props;
+    fetch(`http://${ip}/set?code=G28`, { method: 'GET' });
+  };
+
+  stop = () => {
+    const { ip } = this.props;
+    fetch(`http://${ip}/set?cmd={P:X}`, { method: 'GET' });
+  };
+
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    this.setState({ mounted: false });
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { status } = this.state;
+    return (
+      <div>
+        {status && <span>
+          <p>Nozzle temperature: {status.nozzleTemperature}/{status.nozzleTargetTemperature}</p>
+          <p>Bed temperature: {status.bedTemperature}/{status.bedTargetTemperature}</p>
+          {status.state === 'printing' && <p>Progress: {status.progress}%</p>}
+        </span>}
+        <FlatButton label="Stop" onTouchTap={this.stop} />
+        <FlatButton label="Home" onTouchTap={this.home} />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default muiThemeable()(injectSheet(styles)(MalyanControl));
diff --git a/src/interface/index.js b/src/interface/index.js
index 7f8f9b2..37e4d36 100644
--- a/src/interface/index.js
+++ b/src/interface/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import Menu from 'material-ui/Menu';
 import MenuItem from 'material-ui/MenuItem';
 import { Tabs, Tab } from 'material-ui/Tabs';
 import Settings from './Settings.js';
+import MalyanControl from './MalyanControl.js';
 import ReactResizeDetector from 'react-resize-detector';
 import JSONToSketchData from 'doodle3d-core/shape/JSONToSketchData';
 import createSceneData from 'doodle3d-core/d3/createSceneData.js';
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ class Interface extends React.Component {
             {isSlicing && <p>{progress.action}</p>}
             {isSlicing && <LinearProgress mode="determinate" value={progress.percentage * 100.0} />}
           </div>
+          {settings && settings.printer === 'doodle3d_printer' && <MalyanControl ip={settings.ip} />}
           <div className={classes.sliceButtons}>
             {onCancel && <RaisedButton
               label="Cancel"
diff --git a/src/interface/utils.js b/src/interface/utils.js
index 8f9b381..53f2c4c 100644
--- a/src/interface/utils.js
+++ b/src/interface/utils.js
@@ -115,6 +115,32 @@ export function fetchProgress(url, data = {}, onProgress) {
   });
 }
 
+export function getMalyanStatus(ip) {
+  return fetch(`http://${ip}/inquiry`, { method: 'GET' })
+    .then(response => response.text())
+    .then(statusText => {
+      const [nozzleTemperature, nozzleTargetTemperature, bedTemperature, bedTargetTemperature, progress] = statusText.match(/\d+/g);
+      const status = { nozzleTemperature, nozzleTargetTemperature, bedTemperature, bedTargetTemperature, progress };
+
+      switch (statusText.charAt(statusText.length - 1)) {
+        case 'I':
+          status.state = 'idle';
+          break;
+        case 'P':
+          status.state = 'printing';
+          break;
+        default:
+          status.state = 'unknown';
+          break;
+      }
+      return status;
+    })
+}
+
+export function sleep(time) {
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, time));
+}
+
 const GCODE_SERVER_URL = 'https://gcodeserver.doodle3d.com';
 const CONNECT_URL = 'http://connect.doodle3d.com/';
 
@@ -127,6 +153,10 @@ export async function slice(target, name, mesh, settings, updateProgress) {
       break;
     case 'WIFI':
     case 'DOODLE3D-WIFI-BOX':
+      if (settings.printer === 'doodle3d_printer') {
+        const { state } = await getMalyanStatus(settings.ip);
+        if (state !== 'idle') throw { message: 'printer must be idle before starting a print', code: 1 };
+      }
       steps = 2;
       break;
     default:
@@ -161,7 +191,7 @@ export async function slice(target, name, mesh, settings, updateProgress) {
       const file = new File([gcode], 'doodle.gcode', { type: 'plain/text' });
       body.append('file', file);
 
-      await fetchProgress(`http://${settings.ip}/set?code=M563 S4`, { method: 'GET' });
+      // await fetchProgress(`http://${settings.ip}/set?code=M563 S4`, { method: 'GET' });
       await fetchProgress(`http://${settings.ip}/upload`, { method: 'POST', body }, (progress) => {
         updateProgress({
           action: 'Uploading',
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d448d41..0000000
--- a/test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-import 'babel-polyfill'
-import React from 'react';
-import { render } from 'react-dom';
-import injectTapEventPlugin from 'react-tap-event-plugin';
-// import './fetch.js';
-
-injectTapEventPlugin();
-
-const IP = 'http://10.0.0.109';
-const DEFAULT_GCODE = `; Generated with Doodle3D Slicer V0.0.18
-G28
-G1 X30 Y30
-G1 X90 Y30
-G1 X30 Y30
-G1 X90 Y30
-G1 X30 Y30
-G1 X90 Y30
-G1 X30 Y30
-G1 X90 Y30
-G1 X30 Y30
-G1 X90 Y30
-G1 X30 Y30
-G1 X90 Y30
-; test
-`;
-
-const CIRCLE = `; Generated with Doodle3D Slicer V0.0.18
-G28
-G1 X50 Y70
-G1 X56.180339887498945 Y69.02113032590307
-G1 X61.75570504584947 Y66.18033988749895
-G1 X66.18033988749895 Y61.75570504584947
-G1 X69.02113032590307 Y56.180339887498945
-G1 X70 Y50
-G1 X69.02113032590307 Y43.819660112501055
-G1 X66.18033988749895 Y38.24429495415054
-G1 X61.75570504584947 Y33.819660112501055
-G1 X56.18033988749895 Y30.97886967409693
-G1 X50 Y30
-G1 X43.819660112501055 Y30.978869674096927
-G1 X38.24429495415054 Y33.819660112501055
-G1 X33.819660112501055 Y38.24429495415053
-G1 X30.97886967409693 Y43.81966011250105
-G1 X30 Y49.99999999999999
-G1 X30.978869674096927 Y56.180339887498945
-G1 X33.81966011250105 Y61.75570504584946
-G1 X38.24429495415053 Y66.18033988749895
-G1 X43.81966011250105 Y69.02113032590307
-; test
-`;
-
-// export function fetch(url, data = {}, onProgress) {
-//   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-//     const request = new Request(url, data);
-//     const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-//
-//     xhr.onload = () => {
-//       const { status, statusText, responseURL: url } = xhr;
-//       resolve(new Response(xhr.response, { status, statusText, url }));
-//     }
-//     xhr.onerror = () => reject(new TypeError('Network request failed'));
-//     xhr.ontimeout = () => reject(new TypeError('Network request failed'));
-//
-//     xhr.open(request.method, url);
-//
-//     if (request.credentials === 'include') {
-//       xhr.withCredentials = true
-//     } else if (request.credentials === 'omit') {
-//       xhr.withCredentials = false
-//     }
-//     if (xhr.upload && onProgress) xhr.upload.onprogress = onProgress;
-//     if (xhr.responseType) xhr.responseType = 'blob';
-//
-//     request.headers.forEach((value, name) => {
-//       xhr.setRequestHeader(name, value)
-//     });
-//
-//     xhr.send(data.body);
-//   });
-// }
-
-class Print extends React.Component {
-  home = () => fetch(`${IP}/set?code=G28`, { method: 'GET', mode: 'no-cors' });
-  status = () => fetch(`${IP}/inquiry`, { method: 'GET', mode: 'no-cors' })
-    .then(response => response.text())
-    .then(result => console.log('result: ', result));
-  start = () => fetch(`${IP}/set?code=M565`, { method: 'GET', mode: 'no-cors' });
-  stop = () => fetch(`${IP}/set?cmd={P:X}`, { method: 'GET', mode: 'no-cors' });
-  upload = async () => {
-    const gcode = this.refs.gcode.value;
-
-    const headers = new Headers();
-    headers.append('Content-Disposition', 'form-data; name="file"; filename="doodle.gcode"');
-    headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream');
-    headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
-
-    const body = new FormData();
-    const file = new File([gcode], 'doodle.gcode', { type: 'application/octet-stream' });
-    body.append('file', file);
-
-    const result = await fetch(`${IP}/upload`, { method: 'POST', mode: 'no-cors', headers, body });
-  };
-
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <span>
-        <button onTouchTap={this.home} type="button">Home</button>
-        <button onTouchTap={this.status} type="button">Status</button>
-        <button onTouchTap={this.start} type="button">Start</button>
-        <button onTouchTap={this.stop} type="button">Stop</button>
-        <div>
-          <textarea ref="gcode" cols="80" rows="20" defaultValue={CIRCLE} />
-          <button onTouchTap={this.upload} type="button">Upload</button>
-        </div>
-      </span>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-render((
-  <Print />
-), document.getElementById('app'));