diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3e4397c..524c342 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "governor",
  "http 1.3.1",
+ "num-format",
  "once_cell",
  "poise",
  "rand 0.9.2",
@@ -1699,6 +1700,16 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-format"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a652d9771a63711fd3c3deb670acfbe5c30a4072e664d7a3bf5a9e1056ac72c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayvec",
+ "itoa",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.46"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 76d336a..151bd69 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ url = "2.5"
 governor = "0.10.1"
 once_cell = "1.21.3"
 serde_path_to_error = "0.1.17"
+num-format = "0.4.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2b962b0..002b320 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use figment::value::UncasedStr;
-use serenity::all::{ClientBuilder, GatewayIntents};
+use num_format::{Locale, ToFormattedString};
+use serenity::all::{ActivityData, ClientBuilder, GatewayIntents};
 use tokio::signal;
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, FmtSubscriber};
@@ -27,6 +28,21 @@ mod services;
 mod state;
 mod web;
 
+async fn update_bot_status(
+    ctx: &serenity::all::Context,
+    app_state: &AppState,
+) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    let course_count = app_state.get_course_count().await?;
+
+    ctx.set_activity(Some(ActivityData::playing(format!(
+        "Querying {:} classes",
+        course_count.to_formatted_string(&Locale::en)
+    ))));
+
+    tracing::info!(course_count = course_count, "Updated bot status");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
@@ -102,7 +118,7 @@ async fn main() {
     .expect("Failed to create BannerApi");
 
     let banner_api_arc = Arc::new(banner_api);
-    let app_state = AppState::new(banner_api_arc.clone(), &config.redis_url)
+    let app_state = AppState::new(banner_api_arc.clone(), &config.redis_url, db_pool.clone())
         .expect("Failed to create AppState");
 
     // Create BannerState for web service
@@ -174,6 +190,27 @@ async fn main() {
                 )
                 .await?;
                 poise::builtins::register_globally(ctx, &framework.options().commands).await?;
+
+                // Start status update task
+                let status_app_state = app_state.clone();
+                let status_ctx = ctx.clone();
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(30));
+
+                    // Update status immediately on startup
+                    if let Err(e) = update_bot_status(&status_ctx, &status_app_state).await {
+                        tracing::error!(error = %e, "Failed to update status on startup");
+                    }
+
+                    loop {
+                        interval.tick().await;
+
+                        if let Err(e) = update_bot_status(&status_ctx, &status_app_state).await {
+                            tracing::error!(error = %e, "Failed to update bot status");
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+
                 Ok(Data { app_state })
             })
         })
diff --git a/src/scraper/jobs/subject.rs b/src/scraper/jobs/subject.rs
index 7d6ef8c..ca7f9e7 100644
--- a/src/scraper/jobs/subject.rs
+++ b/src/scraper/jobs/subject.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ impl SubjectJob {
         .execute(db_pool)
         .await
         .map(|result| {
-            trace!(result = ?result, "Course upserted");
+            trace!(subject = course.subject, crn = course.course_reference_number, result = ?result, "Course upserted");
         })
         .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to upsert course: {e}"))
     }
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index 138917d..9757437 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -5,24 +5,28 @@ use crate::banner::Course;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use redis::AsyncCommands;
 use redis::Client;
+use sqlx::PgPool;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct AppState {
     pub banner_api: Arc<BannerApi>,
     pub redis: Arc<Client>,
+    pub db_pool: PgPool,
 }
 
 impl AppState {
     pub fn new(
         banner_api: Arc<BannerApi>,
         redis_url: &str,
+        db_pool: PgPool,
     ) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
         let redis_client = Client::open(redis_url)?;
 
         Ok(Self {
             banner_api,
             redis: Arc::new(redis_client),
+            db_pool,
         })
     }
 
@@ -45,4 +49,12 @@ impl AppState {
 
         Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Course not found for CRN {crn}"))
     }
+
+    /// Get the total number of courses in the database
+    pub async fn get_course_count(&self) -> Result<i64> {
+        let count: (i64,) = sqlx::query_as("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM courses")
+            .fetch_one(&self.db_pool)
+            .await?;
+        Ok(count.0)
+    }
 }