diff --git a/pepper/cli.py b/pepper/cli.py
index 0962c3e..6160df4 100644
--- a/pepper/cli.py
+++ b/pepper/cli.py
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ def run(self):
                 if api.auth['expire'] < time.time()+30:
                     logger.error('Login token expired')
                     raise Exception('Login token expired')
+                api.req('/stats')
             except Exception as e:
                 if e.args[0] is not 2:
                     logger.error('Unable to load login token from ~/.peppercache '+str(e))