diff --git a/cc-metric-collector.go b/cc-metric-collector.go
index e6388df..bb5d0a0 100644
--- a/cc-metric-collector.go
+++ b/cc-metric-collector.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type CentralConfigFile struct {
 	RouterConfigFile    string `json:"router"`
 	SinkConfigFile      string `json:"sinks"`
 	ReceiverConfigFile  string `json:"receivers,omitempty"`
+	StatsApiConfigFile  string `json:"stats_api,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func LoadCentralConfiguration(file string, config *CentralConfigFile) error {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	CollectManager  collectors.CollectorManager
 	SinkManager     sinks.SinkManager
 	ReceiveManager  receivers.ReceiveManager
+	StatsApi        mr.StatsApi
 	MultiChanTicker mct.MultiChanTicker
 
 	Channels []chan lp.CCMetric
@@ -152,11 +154,16 @@ func shutdownHandler(config *RuntimeConfig, shutdownSignal chan os.Signal) {
 		cclog.Debug("Shutdown SinkManager...")
 		config.SinkManager.Close()
 	}
+	if config.StatsApi != nil {
+		cclog.Debug("Shutdown StatsApi...")
+		config.StatsApi.Close()
+	}
 }
 
 func mainFunc() int {
 	var err error
 	use_recv := false
+	use_api := false
 
 	// Initialize runtime configuration
 	rcfg := RuntimeConfig{
@@ -164,6 +171,7 @@ func mainFunc() int {
 		CollectManager: nil,
 		SinkManager:    nil,
 		ReceiveManager: nil,
+		StatsApi:       nil,
 		CliArgs:        ReadCli(),
 	}
 
@@ -253,6 +261,16 @@ func mainFunc() int {
 		use_recv = true
 	}
 
+	// Create new statistics API manager
+	if len(rcfg.ConfigFile.StatsApiConfigFile) > 0 {
+		rcfg.StatsApi, err = mr.NewStatsApi(rcfg.MultiChanTicker, &rcfg.Sync, rcfg.ConfigFile.StatsApiConfigFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			cclog.Error(err.Error())
+			return 1
+		}
+		use_api = true
+	}
+
 	// Create shutdown handler
 	shutdownSignal := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(shutdownSignal, os.Interrupt)
@@ -260,6 +278,11 @@ func mainFunc() int {
 	rcfg.Sync.Add(1)
 	go shutdownHandler(&rcfg, shutdownSignal)
 
+	// Start the stats api early to be prepared for init settings
+	if use_api {
+		rcfg.StatsApi.Start()
+	}
+
 	// Start the managers
 	rcfg.MetricRouter.Start()
 	rcfg.SinkManager.Start()
diff --git a/internal/metricRouter/StatsApi.md b/internal/metricRouter/StatsApi.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64fd106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/metricRouter/StatsApi.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Stats API
+
+The Stats API can be used for debugging. It publishes counts at an HTTP endpoint as JSON from different componenets of the CC Metric Collector.
+
+# Configuration
+
+The Stats API has an own configuration file to specify the listen host and port. The defaults are `localhost` and `8080`.
+
+```json
+{
+  "bindhost" : "",
+  "port" : "8080",
+  "publish_collectorstate" : true
+}
+```
+
+The `bindhost` and `port` can be used to specify the listen host and port. The `publish_collectorstate` needs to be `true`, otherwise nothing is presented. This option is for future use if we need to publish more infos using different domains.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/metricRouter/metricRouter.go b/internal/metricRouter/metricRouter.go
index f9b3faa..9c27c81 100644
--- a/internal/metricRouter/metricRouter.go
+++ b/internal/metricRouter/metricRouter.go
@@ -40,20 +40,26 @@ type metricRouterConfig struct {
 
 // Metric router data structure
 type metricRouter struct {
-	hostname    string              // Hostname used in tags
-	coll_input  chan lp.CCMetric    // Input channel from CollectorManager
-	recv_input  chan lp.CCMetric    // Input channel from ReceiveManager
-	cache_input chan lp.CCMetric    // Input channel from MetricCache
-	outputs     []chan lp.CCMetric  // List of all output channels
-	done        chan bool           // channel to finish / stop metric router
-	wg          *sync.WaitGroup     // wait group for all goroutines in cc-metric-collector
-	timestamp   time.Time           // timestamp periodically updated by ticker each interval
-	timerdone   chan bool           // channel to finish / stop timestamp updater
-	ticker      mct.MultiChanTicker // periodically ticking once each interval
-	config      metricRouterConfig  // json encoded config for metric router
-	cache       MetricCache         // pointer to MetricCache
-	cachewg     sync.WaitGroup      // wait group for MetricCache
-	maxForward  int                 // number of metrics to forward maximally in one iteration
+	hostname          string              // Hostname used in tags
+	coll_input        chan lp.CCMetric    // Input channel from CollectorManager
+	recv_input        chan lp.CCMetric    // Input channel from ReceiveManager
+	cache_input       chan lp.CCMetric    // Input channel from MetricCache
+	outputs           []chan lp.CCMetric  // List of all output channels
+	done              chan bool           // channel to finish / stop metric router
+	wg                *sync.WaitGroup     // wait group for all goroutines in cc-metric-collector
+	timestamp         time.Time           // timestamp periodically updated by ticker each interval
+	timerdone         chan bool           // channel to finish / stop timestamp updater
+	ticker            mct.MultiChanTicker // periodically ticking once each interval
+	config            metricRouterConfig  // json encoded config for metric router
+	cache             MetricCache         // pointer to MetricCache
+	cachewg           sync.WaitGroup      // wait group for MetricCache
+	maxForward        int                 // number of metrics to forward maximally in one iteration
+	statsCollForward  int64
+	statsRecvForward  int64
+	statsCacheForward int64
+	statsTotalForward int64
+	statsDropped      int64
+	statsRenamed      int64
 }
 
 // MetricRouter access functions
@@ -121,6 +127,12 @@ func (r *metricRouter) Init(ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, wg *sync.WaitGroup, rout
 	for _, mname := range r.config.DropMetrics {
 		r.config.dropMetrics[mname] = true
 	}
+	r.statsCollForward = 0
+	r.statsRecvForward = 0
+	r.statsCacheForward = 0
+	r.statsTotalForward = 0
+	r.statsDropped = 0
+	r.statsRenamed = 0
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -140,6 +152,7 @@ func (r *metricRouter) StartTimer() {
 				cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricRouter", "TIMER DONE")
 				return
 			case t := <-m:
+				cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricRouter", "INTERVAL_TICK", t.Unix())
 				r.timestamp = t
 			}
 		}
@@ -253,6 +266,8 @@ func (r *metricRouter) Start() {
 		r.DoDelTags(point)
 		name := point.Name()
 		if new, ok := r.config.RenameMetrics[name]; ok {
+			r.statsRenamed++
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "renamed", r.statsRenamed)
 			point.SetName(new)
 			point.AddMeta("oldname", name)
 		}
@@ -272,7 +287,14 @@ func (r *metricRouter) Start() {
 			p.SetTime(r.timestamp)
 		}
 		if !r.dropMetric(p) {
+			r.statsCollForward++
+			r.statsTotalForward++
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "collector_forward", r.statsCollForward)
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "total_forward", r.statsTotalForward)
 			forward(p)
+		} else {
+			r.statsDropped++
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "dropped", r.statsDropped)
 		}
 		// even if the metric is dropped, it is stored in the cache for
 		// aggregations
@@ -288,7 +310,14 @@ func (r *metricRouter) Start() {
 			p.SetTime(r.timestamp)
 		}
 		if !r.dropMetric(p) {
+			r.statsRecvForward++
+			r.statsTotalForward++
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "receiver_forward", r.statsRecvForward)
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "total_forward", r.statsTotalForward)
 			forward(p)
+		} else {
+			r.statsDropped++
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "dropped", r.statsDropped)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -297,7 +326,14 @@ func (r *metricRouter) Start() {
 		// receive from metric collector
 		if !r.dropMetric(p) {
 			p.AddTag(r.config.HostnameTagName, r.hostname)
+			r.statsCacheForward++
+			r.statsTotalForward++
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "cache_forward", r.statsCacheForward)
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "total_forward", r.statsTotalForward)
 			forward(p)
+		} else {
+			r.statsDropped++
+			ComponentStatInt("MetricRouter", "dropped", r.statsDropped)
 		}
 	}