diff --git a/db/zm_create.sql.in b/db/zm_create.sql.in
index 9768b1241..803045a5b 100644
--- a/db/zm_create.sql.in
+++ b/db/zm_create.sql.in
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `Monitors` (
 
 --
 -- Table structure for table `States`
+-- Added IsActive to track custom run states
 --
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `States`;
@@ -389,6 +390,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `States` (
   `Id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
   `Name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
   `Definition` text NOT NULL,
+  `IsActive` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   PRIMARY KEY (`Id`)
 ) ENGINE=@ZM_MYSQL_ENGINE@;
 
diff --git a/db/zm_update-1.28.99.sql b/db/zm_update-1.28.99.sql
index 2e1802966..eef570132 100644
--- a/db/zm_update-1.28.99.sql
+++ b/db/zm_update-1.28.99.sql
@@ -342,6 +342,22 @@ SET @s = (SELECT IF(
 PREPARE stmt FROM @s;
 EXECUTE stmt;
 
+--- The States table will be updated to have a new column called IsActive
+--- used to keep track of which custom state is active (if any)
+SET @s = (SELECT IF(
+	(SELECT COUNT(*)
+	FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
+	WHERE table_name = 'States'
+	AND table_schema = DATABASE()
+	AND column_name = 'IsActive'
+	) > 0,
+"SELECT 'Column IsActive  exists in States'",
+"ALTER TABLE `States` ADD `IsActive` tinyint(3) unsigned not null default 0 AFTER `Definition`"
+));
+
+PREPARE stmt FROM @s;
+EXECUTE stmt;
+
 SET @s = (SELECT IF( 
     (SELECT COUNT(*)
     FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
@@ -356,3 +372,7 @@ SET @s = (SELECT IF(
   PRIMARY KEY (`Id`)
 )"
 ));
+
+PREPARE stmt FROM @s;
+EXECUTE stmt;
+
diff --git a/scripts/zmpkg.pl.in b/scripts/zmpkg.pl.in
index 362f4f6a6..46ea825c4 100644
--- a/scripts/zmpkg.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmpkg.pl.in
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ use autouse 'Pod::Usage'=>qw(pod2usage);
 $ENV{PATH}  = '/bin:/usr/bin';
 $ENV{SHELL} = '/bin/sh' if exists $ENV{SHELL};
 delete @ENV{qw(IFS CDPATH ENV BASH_ENV)};
+my $store_state=""; # PP - will remember state name passed
 
 logInit();
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ if ( !$command || $command !~ /^(?:start|stop|restart|status|logrot|version)$/ )
                       { Id=>$id, Function=>$function, Enabled=>$enabled }
                 );
             }
+ 	    $store_state=$command; # PP - Remember the name that was passed to search in DB
             $command = 'state';
         }
         else
@@ -149,6 +151,18 @@ if ( $command eq "state" )
         }
     }
     $sth->finish();
+    #PP - lets go ahead and modify States DB
+
+      
+    Debug ("Marking $store_state as Enabled");
+    # PP  - Zero out other states being active
+    resetStates();
+    # PP - Now mark a specific state as active
+    $sql = "update States set IsActive = '1' where Name = ?";
+    $sth = $dbh->prepare_cached( $sql )
+         or Fatal( "Can't prepare '$sql': ".$dbh->errstr() );
+    $res = $sth->execute( $store_state )
+         or Fatal( "Can't execute: ".$sth->errstr() );
 
     $command = "restart";
 }
@@ -159,6 +173,9 @@ if ( $command =~ /^(start|stop|restart)$/ )
     # We have to detaint to keep perl from complaining
     $command = $1;
 
+    # PP - if we are not switching to a custom state, zero out all isActive
+    resetStates() if (!$store_state); 
+
     if ( systemdRunning() && !calledBysystem() ) {
         qx(@BINDIR@/zmsystemctl.pl $command);
         $command = "";
@@ -290,6 +307,19 @@ if ( $command eq "logrot" )
 
 exit( $retval );
 
+# PP - when the system is restarted/started/stopped, it will 
+# not be in a custom state, so lets keep the DB consistent
+sub resetStates
+{
+        $dbh = zmDbConnect() if ! $dbh;
+        my $sql = "update States set IsActive = '0'";
+        my $sth = $dbh->prepare_cached( $sql )
+                or Fatal( "Can't prepare '$sql': ".$dbh->errstr() );
+                my $res = $sth->execute()
+                or Fatal( "Can't execute: ".$sth->errstr() );
+
+}
+
 sub systemdRunning
 {
     my $result = 0;
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/console.php b/web/skins/classic/views/console.php
index bf33802d9..1d600d0d0 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/console.php
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/console.php
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ $eventCounts = array(
 
 $running = daemonCheck();
 $status = $running?translate('Running'):translate('Stopped');
+$run_state_array = dbFetchOne('select Name from States where  IsActive = 1');
+$run_state  = implode($run_state_array);
 
 $group = NULL;
 if ( ! empty($_COOKIE['zmGroup']) ) {
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ xhtmlHeaders( __FILE__, translate('Console') );
     <div id="header">
       <h3 id="systemTime"><?php echo preg_match( '/%/', DATE_FMT_CONSOLE_LONG )?strftime( DATE_FMT_CONSOLE_LONG ):date( DATE_FMT_CONSOLE_LONG ) ?></h3>
       <h3 id="systemStats"><?php echo translate('Load') ?>: <?php echo getLoad() ?> / <?php echo translate('Disk') ?>: <?php echo getDiskPercent() ?>%</h3>
-      <h2 id="title"><a href="http://www.zoneminder.com" target="ZoneMinder">ZoneMinder</a> <?php echo translate('Console') ?> - <?php echo makePopupLink( '?view=state', 'zmState', 'state', $status, canEdit( 'System' ) ) ?> - <?php echo makePopupLink( '?view=version', 'zmVersion', 'version', '<span class="'.$versionClass.'">v'.ZM_VERSION.'</span>', canEdit( 'System' ) ) ?></h2>
+      <h2 id="title"><a href="http://www.zoneminder.com" target="ZoneMinder">ZoneMinder</a> <?php echo translate('Console') ?> - <?php echo makePopupLink( '?view=state', 'zmState', 'state', $status, canEdit( 'System' ) ) ?> - <?php echo $run_state ?> <?php echo makePopupLink( '?view=version', 'zmVersion', 'version', '<span class="'.$versionClass.'">v'.ZM_VERSION.'</span>', canEdit( 'System' ) ) ?></h2>
       <div class="clear"></div>
       <div id="monitorSummary"><?php echo makePopupLink( '?view=groups', 'zmGroups', 'groups', translate('Group') . ': ' . ($group?' ('.$group['Name'].')':'All').': '. sprintf( $CLANG['MonitorCount'], count($displayMonitors), zmVlang( $VLANG['Monitor'], count($displayMonitors) ) ) ); ?></div>
 <?php