diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0420f2d..84270dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -987,12 +987,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
+ "futures",
  "headers",
  "lazy_static",
  "omegaupload-common",
  "rand",
  "rocksdb",
  "serde",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "signal-hook-tokio",
  "tokio",
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
@@ -1453,6 +1456,37 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "43b2853a4d09f215c24cc5489c992ce46052d359b5109343cbafbf26bc62f8a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c98891d737e271a2954825ef19e46bd16bdb98e2746f2eec4f7a4ef7946efd1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e51e73328dc4ac0c7ccbda3a494dfa03df1de2f46018127f60c693f2648455b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-tokio"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6c5d32165ff8b94e68e7b3bdecb1b082e958c22434b363482cfb89dcd6f3ff8"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "libc",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.5"
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 00ee5fb..21900dd 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ bincode = "1"
 # to enable the feature
 bytes = { version = "*", features = ["serde"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
+futures = "0.3"
 # We just need to pull in whatever axum is pulling in
 headers = "*"
 lazy_static = "1"
 rand = "0.8"
 rocksdb = { version = "0.17", default_features = false, features = ["zstd"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+signal-hook = "0.3"
+signal-hook-tokio = { version = "0.3", features = ["futures-v0_3"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.1", features = ["fs"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1" }
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 4ab7189..1e1be31 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use axum::http::StatusCode;
 use axum::response::Html;
 use axum::{service, AddExtensionLayer, Router};
 use chrono::Utc;
+use futures::stream::StreamExt;
 use headers::HeaderMap;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use omegaupload_common::{Expiration, API_ENDPOINT};
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ use rand::thread_rng;
 use rand::Rng;
 use rocksdb::{ColumnFamilyDescriptor, IteratorMode};
 use rocksdb::{Options, DB};
+use signal_hook::consts::SIGUSR1;
+use signal_hook_tokio::Signals;
 use tokio::task;
 use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
 use tracing::{error, instrument, trace};
@@ -58,6 +61,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     set_up_expirations(&db);
 
+    let signals = Signals::new(&[SIGUSR1])?;
+    let signals_handle = signals.handle();
+    let signals_task = tokio::spawn(handle_signals(signals, Arc::clone(&db)));
+
     let root_service = service::get(ServeDir::new("static"))
         .handle_error(|_| Ok::<_, Infallible>(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND));
 
@@ -81,6 +88,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     // Must be called for correct shutdown
     DB::destroy(&Options::default(), PASTE_DB_PATH)?;
+
+    signals_handle.close();
+    signals_task.await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -149,6 +159,21 @@ fn set_up_expirations(db: &Arc<DB>) {
     info!("Cleanup timers have been initialized.");
 }
 
+async fn handle_signals(mut signals: Signals, db: Arc<DB>) {
+    while let Some(signal) = signals.next().await {
+        match signal {
+            SIGUSR1 => {
+                let meta_cf = db.cf_handle(META_CF_NAME).unwrap();
+                info!(
+                    "Active paste count: {}",
+                    db.iterator_cf(meta_cf, IteratorMode::Start).count()
+                );
+            }
+            _ => (),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[instrument(skip(db, body), err)]
 async fn upload<const N: usize>(
     Extension(db): Extension<Arc<DB>>,