diff --git a/src/collector.rs b/src/collector.rs
index 68d9e89..f5f2361 100644
--- a/src/collector.rs
+++ b/src/collector.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Module to define behavior of sys info collection.
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use std::process::Command;
 use sysinfo::{Disks, Networks, System};
 
 /// Function to get raw uptime.
@@ -11,20 +12,26 @@ fn cpu_freq_raw(sys: &System) -> String {
     let cpu_freq = sys.cpus().first().map(|cpu| cpu.frequency()).unwrap_or(0);
     cpu_freq.to_string()
 }
-/// Function to collect system metrics as single json object.
-pub fn get_sysinfo(sys: &System) -> Value {
-    let timestamp = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+
+/// Function to get timestamp
+pub fn get_timestamp() -> u64 {
+    std::time::SystemTime::now()
         .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
         .unwrap()
-        .as_secs();
+        .as_secs()
+}
 
-    let hostname = System::host_name()
+/// Function to get hostname
+pub fn get_hostname(sys: &System) -> String {
+    System::host_name()
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string())
-        .replace('"', "\\\"");
-
+        .replace('"', "\\\"")
+}
+/// Function to collect system metrics as single json object.
+pub fn get_sysinfo(sys: &System) -> Value {
     json!({
-        "timestamp": timestamp,
-        "hostname": hostname,
+        "timestamp": get_timestamp(),
+        "hostname": get_hostname(sys),
         "uptime": uptime_raw(sys),
         "cpu_freq_mhz": cpu_freq_raw(sys),
         "disk_usage": get_disk_usage(),
@@ -79,3 +86,35 @@ pub fn get_disk_usage() -> Vec<Value> {
         })
         .collect()
 }
+
+/// Function to get status of specific systemd services by name
+pub fn get_service_status(services: &[String]) -> Vec<Value> {
+    let mut results = Vec::new();
+
+    for service in services {
+        let status = get_service_active_status(&service);
+
+        let service_status = json!({
+            "service_name": service,
+            "status": status
+        });
+
+        results.push(service_status);
+    }
+
+    results
+}
+
+/// Get the active status of a service
+fn get_service_active_status(service: &str) -> String {
+    match Command::new("systemctl")
+        .args(&["is-active", service])
+        .output()
+    {
+        Ok(output) => str::from_utf8(&output.stdout)
+            .unwrap_or("unknown")
+            .trim()
+            .to_string(),
+        Err(_) => "error".to_string(),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c65ce0d..c47b836 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-//! Main module for tinycollectd.
+//! Main module for tinyd.
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddrV4};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use sysinfo::System;
@@ -10,14 +11,17 @@ struct Cli {
     /// destination for metrics (e.g. 127.0.0.1:1555)
     #[arg(long, default_value_t = SocketAddrV4::new(Ipv4Addr::new(127,0,0,1), 1555))]
     destination: SocketAddrV4,
-    /// metrics tinycollectd would collect
+    /// metrics tinyd would collect
     #[arg(long, value_enum, value_delimiter = ',', default_value = "All")]
     metrics: Vec<MetricType>,
+    /// list of services to pull status
+    #[arg(long)]
+    services: Vec<String>,
     /// interval for data to be collected in seconds.
     #[arg(long, default_value = "10")]
     collection_interval: u64,
 }
-#[derive(ValueEnum, Clone)]
+#[derive(ValueEnum, Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 enum MetricType {
     All,
     DiskUsage,
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ enum MetricType {
 }
 /// Function to add hostname, timestamp, and other metadata to individual metrics
 
-/// Entrypoint for tinycollectd async runtime.
+/// Entrypoint for tinyd async runtime.
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
@@ -41,7 +45,62 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     loop {
         sys.refresh_all(); // refresh once on every collection attempt
-        let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&collector::get_sysinfo(&sys)).unwrap();
+
+        let metrics_value = if cli.metrics.contains(&MetricType::All) {
+            collector::get_sysinfo(&sys)
+        } else {
+            let mut combined_object = serde_json::Map::new();
+            let mut combined_arrays = Vec::new();
+
+            if cli.metrics.contains(&MetricType::Service) {
+                let service_data = collector::get_service_status(&cli.services);
+                combined_arrays.extend(service_data);
+            }
+
+            if cli.metrics.contains(&MetricType::DiskUsage) {
+                let disk_data = collector::get_disk_usage();
+                combined_arrays.extend(disk_data);
+            }
+
+            if cli.metrics.contains(&MetricType::Network) {
+                let network_data = collector::get_if_data();
+                combined_arrays.extend(network_data);
+            }
+
+            if cli.metrics.contains(&MetricType::Cpufreq) {
+                let cpu_data = collector::cpu_freq_json(&sys);
+                if let Value::Object(map) = cpu_data {
+                    combined_object.extend(map);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if cli.metrics.contains(&MetricType::Uptime) {
+                let uptime_data = collector::uptime_json(&sys);
+                if let Value::Object(map) = uptime_data {
+                    combined_object.extend(map);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Combine single values and arrays
+            if !combined_object.is_empty() && !combined_arrays.is_empty() {
+                combined_object.insert("array_data".to_string(), Value::Array(combined_arrays));
+                Value::Object(combined_object)
+            } else if !combined_object.is_empty() {
+                Value::Object(combined_object)
+            } else if !combined_arrays.is_empty() {
+                Value::Array(combined_arrays)
+            } else {
+                json!({})
+            }
+        };
+
+        let combined = json!({
+            "timestamp": collector::get_timestamp(),
+            "hostname": collector::get_hostname(&sys),
+            "metrics": metrics_value,
+        });
+
+        let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&combined).unwrap();
 
         // Send UDP packet
         if let Err(e) = socket.send_to(&bytes, cli.destination).await {
@@ -50,10 +109,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             println!(
                 "Sent metrics to {} ({} bytes)",
                 cli.destination,
-                &bytes.len()
+                bytes.len()
             );
         }
 
-        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(cli.collection_interval)).await;
     }
 }