diff --git a/domain-server/resources/web/stats/js/stats.js b/domain-server/resources/web/stats/js/stats.js
index e82668ea9e..bebd16b883 100644
--- a/domain-server/resources/web/stats/js/stats.js
+++ b/domain-server/resources/web/stats/js/stats.js
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     var statsTableBody = "";
     
     $.getJSON("/nodes/" + uuid + ".json", function(json){
-      $.each(json, function (key, value) {
+      
+      // update the table header with the right node type
+      $('#stats-lead h3').html(json.node_type + " stats (" + uuid +);
+      
+      delete json.node_type;
+      
+      $.each(json, function(key, value) {
         statsTableBody += "<tr>";
         statsTableBody += "<td>" + key + "</td>";
         statsTableBody += "<td>" + value + "</td>";
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
       });
       
       $('#stats-table tbody').html(statsTableBody);
-    });
+    });    
   }
   
   // do the first GET on page load
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index 0a8b70a673..913ca44e12 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -737,8 +737,13 @@ bool DomainServer::handleHTTPRequest(HTTPConnection* connection, const QUrl& url
                 SharedNodePointer matchingNode = NodeList::getInstance()->nodeWithUUID(matchingUUID);
                 if (matchingNode) {
                     // create a QJsonDocument with the stats QJsonObject
-                    QJsonDocument statsDocument(reinterpret_cast<DomainServerNodeData*>(matchingNode->getLinkedData())
-                                                ->getStatsJSONObject());
+                    QJsonObject statsObject =
+                        reinterpret_cast<DomainServerNodeData*>(matchingNode->getLinkedData())->getStatsJSONObject();
+                    
+                    // add the node type to the JSON data for output purposes
+                    statsObject["node_type"] = NodeType::getNodeTypeName(matchingNode->getType()).toLower().replace(' ', '-');
+                    
+                    QJsonDocument statsDocument(statsObject);
                     
                     // send the response
                     connection->respond(HTTPConnection::StatusCode200, statsDocument.toJson(), qPrintable(JSON_MIME_TYPE));