diff --git a/php-fpm-healthcheck b/php-fpm-healthcheck
index b476190..95ae059 100755
--- a/php-fpm-healthcheck
+++ b/php-fpm-healthcheck
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
 # Ping mode with data (outputs php-fpm status text): ./php-fpm-healthcheck -v
 #
 # Exit status codes:
-# 2,9,111 - Couldn't connect to PHP fpm, is it running?
-# 8 - Couldn't reach PHP fpm status page, have you configured it with `pm.status_path = /status`?
 # 1 - A healthcheck condition has failed
+# 2 - Couldn't connect to PHP fpm, is it running?
 # 3 - Invalid option given
 # 4 - One or more required softwares are missing
+# 8 - Couldn't reach PHP fpm status page, have you configured it with `pm.status_path = /status`?
+# 9 - Couldn't connect to PHP fpm, is it running?
+# 10 - Invalid PHP fpm status page response
+# 111 - Couldn't connect to PHP fpm, is it running?
 #
 # Available options:
 # -v|--verbose
@@ -52,16 +55,21 @@ command -v grep 1> /dev/null || { >&2 echo "Make sure grep is installed (i.e. ap
 # Get status from fastcgi connection
 # $1 - cgi-fcgi connect argument
 get_fpm_status() {
-    if test "$VERBOSE" = 1; then printf "Trying to connect to php-fpm via: %s%s\\n" "$1" "$SCRIPT_NAME"; fi;
-    
-    # Since I cannot use pipefail I'll just split these in two commands
+    if test "$VERBOSE" = 1; then printf "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: %s%s\\n" "$1" "$SCRIPT_NAME"; fi;
+
     FPM_STATUS=$(env -i REQUEST_METHOD="$REQUEST_METHOD" SCRIPT_NAME="$SCRIPT_NAME" SCRIPT_FILENAME="$SCRIPT_FILENAME" "$FCGI_CMD_PATH" -bind -connect "$1" 2> /dev/null)
-    FPM_STATUS=$(echo "$FPM_STATUS" | tail +5)
+    RESPONSE_CODE=$(echo "$FPM_STATUS" | sed -n '/Status:/p' | sed -e 's/[^0-9]//g')
 
-    if test "$VERBOSE" = 1; then printf "php-fpm status output:\\n%s\\n" "$FPM_STATUS"; fi;
+    # If missing status code, assume 200
+    if ! test "$RESPONSE_CODE" -eq "$RESPONSE_CODE" 2> /dev/null; then
+        RESPONSE_CODE=200
+    fi
 
-    if test "$FPM_STATUS" = "File not found."; then
-        >&2 printf "php-fpm status page non reachable\\n";
+    if test "$RESPONSE_CODE" -ge 200 -a "$RESPONSE_CODE" -lt 400; then
+        if test "$VERBOSE" = 1; then printf "PHP-FPM status output:\\n%s\\n" "$(echo "$FPM_STATUS" | tail +5)"; fi;
+        return
+    else
+        >&2 printf "PHP-FPM status page non reachable. Error: %s\\n" "$RESPONSE_CODE";
         exit 8;
     fi;
 }
diff --git a/test/testinfra/test_fpm.py b/test/testinfra/test_fpm.py
index ed37aa3..5670a28 100644
--- a/test/testinfra/test_fpm.py
+++ b/test/testinfra/test_fpm.py
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ def test_exit_when_no_status_page_is_configured(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixtu
     
     cmd = host.run("php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 8
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via:" in cmd.stdout
-    assert "status output:" in cmd.stdout
-    assert "php-fpm status page non reachable" in cmd.stderr
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "PHP-FPM status page non reachable. Error: 404" in cmd.stderr
 
 @pytest.mark.php_fpm
 def test_fpm_on_socket(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
@@ -34,8 +33,8 @@ def test_fpm_on_socket(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
     
     cmd = host.run("FCGI_CONNECT=/var/run/php-fpm.sock php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 0
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via:" in cmd.stdout
-    assert "status output:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "PHP-FPM status output:" in cmd.stdout
     assert "pool:" in cmd.stdout
 
 # https://github.com/renatomefi/php-fpm-healthcheck/issues/18
@@ -43,45 +42,66 @@ def test_fpm_on_socket(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
 def test_fpm_on_socket_with_huge_env(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
     cmd = host.run("HUGE_ENV=\"$(dd if=/dev/zero bs=8192 count=1 | tr '\\000' '\\040')\" php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 0
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via:" in cmd.stdout
-    assert "status output:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "PHP-FPM status output:" in cmd.stdout
     assert "pool:" in cmd.stdout
 
 @pytest.mark.php_fpm
 def test_default_status_page_path(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
     cmd = host.run("php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 0
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via: localhost:9000/status" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: localhost:9000/status" in cmd.stdout
 
 @pytest.mark.php_fpm
 def test_exit_when_fpm_is_invalid_path(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
     cmd = host.run("FCGI_STATUS_PATH=/invalid php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 8
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via: localhost:9000/invalid" in cmd.stdout
-    assert "File not found." in cmd.stdout
-    assert "php-fpm status page non reachable" in cmd.stderr
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: localhost:9000/invalid" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "PHP-FPM status page non reachable. Error: 404" in cmd.stderr
+
+# @pytest.mark.php_fpm
+# def test_exit_when_fpm_has_500_error_code(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
+#     This tests should be included when possible to use custom status page
+#     host.run("mkdir -p /var/www/html/error")
+#     host.run("touch /var/www/html/error/index.php")
+#     host.run("echo \"<?php http_response_code(500);\" > /var/www/html/error/index.php")
+#     cmd = host.run("FCGI_STATUS_PATH=/var/www/html/error/index.php php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
+#     assert cmd.rc == 8
+#     assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: localhost:9000/var/www/html/error/index.php" in cmd.stdout
+#     assert "PHP-FPM status page non reachable. Error: 500" in cmd.stderr
+
+# @pytest.mark.php_fpm
+# def test_exit_when_fpm_has_400_error_code(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
+#     This tests should be included when possible to use custom status page
+#     host.run("mkdir -p /var/www/html/error")
+#     host.run("touch /var/www/html/error/index.php")
+#     host.run("echo \"<?php http_response_code(400);\" > /var/www/html/error/index.php")
+#     cmd = host.run("FCGI_STATUS_PATH=/var/www/html/error/index.php php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
+#     assert cmd.rc == 8
+#     assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: localhost:9000/var/www/html/error/index.php" in cmd.stdout
+#     assert "PHP-FPM status page non reachable. Error: 400" in cmd.stderr
 
 @pytest.mark.alpine
 def test_exit_when_fpm_is_not_reachable_apk(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
     cmd = host.run("FCGI_CONNECT=localhost:9001 php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc in (111, 9)
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via: localhost:9001" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: localhost:9001" in cmd.stdout
 
 @pytest.mark.alpine
 def test_exit_when_fpm_is_invalid_host_apk(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
     cmd = host.run("FCGI_CONNECT=abc php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc in (2, 9)
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via: abc" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: abc" in cmd.stdout
 
 @pytest.mark.stretch
 def test_exit_when_fpm_is_not_reachable_apt(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
     cmd = host.run("FCGI_CONNECT=localhost:9001 php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 111
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via: localhost:9001" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: localhost:9001" in cmd.stdout
 
 @pytest.mark.stretch
 def test_exit_when_fpm_is_invalid_host_apt(host, setup_fpm_to_default_fixture):
     cmd = host.run("FCGI_CONNECT=abc php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 2
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via: abc" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via: abc" in cmd.stdout
 
diff --git a/test/testinfra/test_metrics.py b/test/testinfra/test_metrics.py
index dc8c3f2..75ff550 100644
--- a/test/testinfra/test_metrics.py
+++ b/test/testinfra/test_metrics.py
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ def test_metric_fail_accepted_conn_with_other_metrics(host):
 def test_metric_accepted_conn(host):
     cmd = host.run("php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 0
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via:" in cmd.stdout
-    assert "status output:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "PHP-FPM status output:" in cmd.stdout
     assert "pool:" in cmd.stdout
 
 @pytest.mark.php_fpm
 def test_listen_queue_len_and_listen_queue_vars_are_parsed_correctly(host):
     cmd = host.run("php-fpm-healthcheck --verbose --listen-queue=5 --max-listen-queue=1024")
     assert cmd.rc == 0
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via:" in cmd.stdout
     assert "'listen queue' value '0' and expected is less than '5" in cmd.stdout
     assert "'max listen queue' value '0' and expected is less than '1024'" in cmd.stdout
diff --git a/test/testinfra/test_ping.py b/test/testinfra/test_ping.py
index 5493d96..1a68ab1 100644
--- a/test/testinfra/test_ping.py
+++ b/test/testinfra/test_ping.py
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ def test_ping(host):
 def test_ping_verbose(host):
     cmd = host.run("php-fpm-healthcheck -v")
     assert cmd.rc == 0
-    assert "Trying to connect to php-fpm via:" in cmd.stdout
-    assert "status output:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "Trying to connect to PHP-FPM via:" in cmd.stdout
+    assert "PHP-FPM status output:" in cmd.stdout
     assert "pool:" in cmd.stdout