diff --git a/assets/html/_footer.html b/assets/html/_footer.html
index 556098f..f225deb 100644
--- a/assets/html/_footer.html
+++ b/assets/html/_footer.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <hr />
 &copy; 2013 Georg Hopp -
-<a href="mailto:georg@steffers.org">contact-email</a>
+<a href="mailto:georg@steffers.org">contact-email</a> -
+<span id="loc"></span>
 
 <!-- vim: set ts=4 sw=4: -->
diff --git a/assets/js/init.js b/assets/js/init.js
index c1a26ab..bf1b9ca 100644
--- a/assets/js/init.js
+++ b/assets/js/init.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	}
 
 	$("#title").load("/_title.html");
-	$("#footer").load("/_footer.html");
 	$("#main").load(asset);
 
 	$("#menu").load("/_menu.html", function() {
@@ -85,6 +84,15 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 		});
 	});
 
+	$("#footer").load("/_footer.html", function (){
+		$.getJSON(
+			"/loc/",
+			function(data) {
+				$("#loc").empty().append(data.loc + " lines of C code");
+			}
+		);
+	});
+
 	$("#randval").click(function() {
 		sval.stop();
 	});
diff --git a/include/application/application.h b/include/application/application.h
index 4d33964..d2be096 100644
--- a/include/application/application.h
+++ b/include/application/application.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ CLASS(Application) {
 	Hash              roles_resource_index;
 
 	const char *      version;
+	const char *      loc;
 };
 
 int  applicationLogin(Application, Credential, Session);
diff --git a/src/application/Makefile.am b/src/application/Makefile.am
index ff1cdf5..f0417b4 100644
--- a/src/application/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/application/Makefile.am
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ CONTROLLER = controller/authenticate/create.c \
 	     controller/user/read.c \
 	     controller/signup/create.c \
 	     controller/version/read.c \
+	     controller/loc/read.c \
 	     controller/_validate_password_repeat.c \
 	     controller/_process_user_create_args.c
 	      
diff --git a/src/application/application.c b/src/application/application.c
index c9754f7..f2a7db3 100644
--- a/src/application/application.c
+++ b/src/application/application.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ applicationCtor(void * _this, va_list * params)
 	}
 
 	this->version = VERSION;
+	this->loc     = LOC;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/application/controller/loc/read.c b/src/application/controller/loc/read.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba26370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/application/controller/loc/read.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author	Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright © 2013  Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "application/application.h"
+#include "hash.h"
+#include "session.h"
+
+#include "utils/memory.h"
+
+#define LOC_JSON	"{\"loc\":\"%s\"}"
+
+char *
+controllerLocRead(Application app, Session sess, Hash args)
+{
+	char   * buffer;
+	size_t   nbuffer;
+
+	nbuffer = snprintf(NULL, 0, LOC_JSON, app->loc? app->loc : "");
+	buffer  = memMalloc(nbuffer);
+	sprintf(buffer, LOC_JSON, app->loc? app->loc : "");
+
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4: