diff --git a/bin/uce_fastcgi.debug.linux.bin b/bin/uce_fastcgi.debug.linux.bin
index eea4039..8e19e76 100755
Binary files a/bin/uce_fastcgi.debug.linux.bin and b/bin/uce_fastcgi.debug.linux.bin differ
diff --git a/doc/areas/string.txt b/doc/areas/string.txt
index f9a93d6..db2554c 100644
--- a/doc/areas/string.txt
+++ b/doc/areas/string.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ first
 join
 nibble
 split
+str_to_lower
+str_to_upper
 trim
diff --git a/doc/areas/task.txt b/doc/areas/task.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..941fa48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/areas/task.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Task API
+
+kill
+task
+task_pid
diff --git a/doc/pages/kill.txt b/doc/pages/kill.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0094a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/pages/kill.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+:sig
+s64 kill(pid_t pid, s64 sig)
+
+:params
+pid : PID of the process
+sig : signal number
+return value : 0 if signal was sent, -1 otherwise
+
+:desc
+This is the standard POSIX kill() function, provided here for reference.
+
+Possible signal numbers are: SIGABND, SIGABRT, SIGALRM, SIGBUS, SIGFPE, SIGHUP, SIGILL, SIGINT, SIGKILL, SIGPIPE, SIGPOLL, SIGPROF, SIGQUIT, SIGSEGV, SIGSYS, SIGTERM, SIGTRAP, SIGURG, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2, SIGVTALRM, SIGXCPU, SIGXFSZ, SIGCHLD, SIGIO, SIGIOERR, SIGWINCH, SIGSTOP, SIGTSTP, SIGTTIN, SIGTTOU, SIGCONT.
+
+:see
+>task
diff --git a/doc/pages/str_to_lower.txt b/doc/pages/str_to_lower.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d4da66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/pages/str_to_lower.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+:sig
+String str_to_lower(String s)
+
+:params
+s : the string to be converted
+return value : returns a version of 's' where all upper case characters have been changed into lower case
+
+:desc
+Returns a lower case version of the input string 's'.
+
+Note: this function is not yet Unicode-aware.
+
+:see
+>string
diff --git a/doc/pages/str_to_upper.txt b/doc/pages/str_to_upper.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3eea34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/pages/str_to_upper.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+:sig
+String str_to_upper(String s)
+
+:params
+s : the string to be converted
+return value : returns a version of 's' where all lower case characters have been changed into upper case
+
+:desc
+Returns a upper case version of the input string 's'.
+
+Note: this function is not yet Unicode-aware.
+
+:see
+>string
diff --git a/doc/pages/task.txt b/doc/pages/task.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a23da4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/pages/task.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+:sig
+pid_t task(String key, std::function<void()> exec_func)
+
+:params
+key : string uniquely identifying the task
+exec_func : function to execute
+return value : the process ID of the started (or still running) task
+
+:desc
+task() starts the 'exec_func' in a new process and returns that process' ID. If a process with the same 'key' is already running, task will not start a new process but instead just return the PID of the process that is already running.
+
+:see
+>task
diff --git a/doc/pages/task_pid.txt b/doc/pages/task_pid.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca1dc37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/pages/task_pid.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+:sig
+pid_t task_pid(String key)
+
+:params
+key : string uniquely identifying the task
+return value : the process ID of the task
+
+:desc
+Checks whether a process with the given 'key' is running and returns its PID if it is. Returns 0 otherwise.
+
+:see
+>task
diff --git a/src/lib/functionlib.cpp b/src/lib/functionlib.cpp
index 94bc9e8..58092f4 100644
--- a/src/lib/functionlib.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/functionlib.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,30 @@ u8 hex_to_u8(String src)
 	return(char_to_u8(src[0])*16 + char_to_u8(src[1]));
 }
 
+String str_to_lower(String s)
+{
+	String result = "";
+	for(auto c : s)
+	{
+		if(c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
+			c = tolower(c);
+		result.append(1, c);
+	}
+	return(result);
+}
+
+String str_to_upper(String s)
+{
+	String result = "";
+	for(auto c : s)
+	{
+		if(c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
+			c = toupper(c);
+		result.append(1, c);
+	}
+	return(result);
+}
+
 String trim(String raw)
 {
 	u32 len = raw.length();
diff --git a/src/lib/functionlib.h b/src/lib/functionlib.h
index 81b2deb..9aa750c 100644
--- a/src/lib/functionlib.h
+++ b/src/lib/functionlib.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 u8 char_to_u8(char input);
 u8 hex_to_u8(String src);
 u64 int_val(String s, u32 base = 10);
+String str_to_lower(String s);
+String str_to_upper(String s);
 
 String trim(String raw);
 StringList split(String str, String delim = "\n");
diff --git a/src/lib/sys.cpp b/src/lib/sys.cpp
index c762d6c..2036a2c 100644
--- a/src/lib/sys.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/sys.cpp
@@ -423,6 +423,21 @@ void spawn_subprocess(std::function<void()> exec_after_spawn)
 	}
 }
 
+pid_t task_pid(String key)
+{
+	String status_file_name = context->server->config.BIN_DIRECTORY + "/task-" + key;
+	String status_file = file_get_contents(status_file_name);
+	pid_t p = 0;
+	if(status_file != "")
+	{
+		p = int_val(status_file);
+		if(kill(p, 0) == 0) // process is still running
+			return(p);
+		unlink(status_file_name);
+	}
+	return(p);
+}
+
 pid_t task(String key, std::function<void()> exec_after_spawn, u64 timeout)
 {
 	String status_file_name = context->server->config.BIN_DIRECTORY + "/task-" + key;
diff --git a/src/lib/sys.h b/src/lib/sys.h
index 817ff9a..0b2cb1f 100644
--- a/src/lib/sys.h
+++ b/src/lib/sys.h
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ pid_t parent_pid = 0;
 pid_t my_pid = 0;
 
 void on_segfault(int sig);
+
 pid_t task(String key, std::function<void()> exec_after_spawn, u64 timeout = 60*10);
+pid_t task_pid(String key);
diff --git a/src/lib/uri.cpp b/src/lib/uri.cpp
index 481190a..0bcbfa4 100644
--- a/src/lib/uri.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/uri.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ String uri_decode(String q)
 			result.append(1, hex_to_u8(q.substr(i+1, 2)));
 			i += 2;
 		}
+		else if(c == '+')
+		{
+			result.append(1, ' ');
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			result.append(1, c);
diff --git a/test/task-status.uce b/test/task-status.uce
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4891132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/task-status.uce
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+RENDER()
+{
+	String task_name = first(context->get["task-name"], "example-task");
+
+	print("Task Name: ", task_name, "\n");
+	print("Task ID: ", task_pid(task_name), "\n");
+	print("Task Running: ", task_pid(task_name) == 0 ? "no" : "yes", "\n");
+}
diff --git a/test/task.uce b/test/task.uce
index e3d65a8..ad9d129 100644
--- a/test/task.uce
+++ b/test/task.uce
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 
-
-
-
-
 RENDER()
 {
 	DTree t;
 
+	String task_name = first(context->get["task-name"], "example-task");
+
 	<>
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href='style.css'></link>
 		<h1>
@@ -14,20 +12,69 @@ RENDER()
 			Tasks
 		</h1>
 
-		<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap"><?
+		<script>
 
-			print("Task ID: ", task("example-task", []() {
+		function load(target, url) {
+			var r = new XMLHttpRequest();
+			r.open("GET", url, true);
+			r.onreadystatechange = function () {
+				if (r.readyState != 4 || r.status != 200) return;
+				target.innerHTML = r.responseText;
+			};
+			r.send();
+		}
+		</script>
 
-				sleep(10);
+		<form action="?">
+			Task name
+			<input type="text" name="task-name" value="<?= task_name ?>"/>
+			<input type="submit" name="cmd" value="Get Info"/>
+			<input type="submit" name="cmd" value="Execute"/>
+		</form>
 
-			}), "\n");
+		<script>
+
+		setInterval(() => {
+
+			load(document.getElementById('task-status'), 'task-status.uce?task-name=<?= uri_encode(task_name) ?>');
+
+		}, 200);
+
+		</script>
+
+		Task Status
+
+		<pre id="task-status" style="white-space: pre-wrap"><?
+
+			print("Task Name: ", task_name, "\n");
+			print("Task ID: ", task_pid(task_name), "\n");
+			print("Task Running: ", task_pid(task_name) == 0 ? "no" : "yes", "\n");
 
-			print("FCGI SOCKET: ", context->resources.fcgi_socket);
 
 		?></pre>
 
+		<?
+		if(context->get["cmd"] == "Execute")
+		{
+			?>
+			Task Start
+
+			<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap"><?
+
+				print("New Task ID: ", task("example-task", []() {
+
+					sleep(10);
+
+				}), "\n");
+
+				print("Task run time: 10 seconds");
+
+			?></pre><?
+		}
+		?>
+
 		Params
-		<pre><?= var_dump(context->params) ?></pre>
+		<pre><?= var_dump(context->get) ?></pre>
 	</>
 
 }