diff --git a/powerplug.py b/powerplug.py
index c31b1f2..d1d3246 100644
--- a/powerplug.py
+++ b/powerplug.py
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(ROOT_LOGGER_NAME).getChild('main')
 class sispmctl(object):
     AMP_CHANNEL = 0
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, mqtt_client):
         logger.info("Starting sispmctl module...")
+        self.__mqtt_client__ = mqtt_client
         self.__state__ = [False, False, False, False]
         self.__state_requests__ = [{}, {}, {}, {}]
         try:
@@ -28,14 +29,29 @@ class sispmctl(object):
 
     def set_out_state(self, output, state):
         if output in range(1,5):
-            if self.__state__[output - 1] != state:
+            if self.get_out_state(output) != state:
                 try:
                     out_txt = subprocess.check_output(["sudo", "sispmctl", "-o" if state else "-f", str(output)]).decode('UTF-8')
                 except subprocess.CalledProcessError as grepexc:                                                                                                   
                     logger.error("sispm error code %d", grepexc.returncode)
                 else:
-                    self.__state__[output - 1] = state
                     logger.info('sispmctl channel %d changed to %s', output, state)
+                    cnt = 0
+                    while cnt < 3 and self.__state__[output - 1] != state:
+                        cnt += 1
+                        try:
+                            out_txt = subprocess.check_output(["sudo", "sispmctl", "-g", str(output)])
+                        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as grepexc:
+                            logger.error("sispm error code %d", grepexc.returncode)
+                        else:
+                            self.__state__[output - 1] = out_txt.decode("UTF-8").split("\n")[1].split("\t")[1] == "on"
+                        time.sleep(.2)
+                self.send_state(output)
+
+    def send_state(self, output):
+        topic = config.MQTT_TOPIC + "/get/" + str(output)
+        logger.info("Sending Powerplug status information of plug %d to mqtt %s = %s", output, topic, str(self.get_out_state(output)))
+        self.__mqtt_client__.publish(topic, "true" if self.get_out_state(output) else "false")
 
     def get_out_state(self, output):
         return self.__state__[output - 1]
@@ -59,7 +75,7 @@ class mqtt_powerplug(object):
         for subtopic in self.SUBTOPICS:
             self.__topics__.append(config.MQTT_TOPIC + "/" + subtopic)
             self.__client__.subscribe(self.__topics__[-1])                      # subscibe a topic
-        self.__sc__ = sispmctl()
+        self.__sc__ = sispmctl(self.__client__)
 
     def __receive__(self, client, userdata, message):
         if message.topic in self.__topics__: