diff --git a/source/server/setstatus.py b/source/server/setstatus.py
index f62a2e3..fc615be 100755
--- a/source/server/setstatus.py
+++ b/source/server/setstatus.py
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ class SetStatus:
         """
         return: boolean
         """
+        try:
+            self.status = int(self.status)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log.error('Status argument does not represent a integer')
+            return False
         if self.status in (0, 1):
             self.log.debug('Set value to {}'.format(self.status))
             self.status = bytes([self.status])
@@ -233,3 +238,12 @@ class SetStatus:
             self.log.error('Error: {}'.format(e))
             exit(7)
 
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    s = SetStatus()
+    if len(argv) < 2:
+        log.error('Usage: setstatus.py <0|1>')
+        exit(255)
+    else:
+        s.run(argv[1])
+