diff --git a/client/status.go b/client/status.go
index bd743d7..5d7a95a 100644
--- a/client/status.go
+++ b/client/status.go
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"github.com/nsf/termbox-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/zrepl/yaml-config"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/config"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon"
-	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/replication"
+	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/job"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/replication/fsrep"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type tui struct {
 	indent int
 
 	lock   sync.Mutex //For report and error
-	report map[string]interface{}
+	report map[string]job.Status
 	err    error
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func (t *tui) moveLine(dl int, col int) {
 
 func (t *tui) write(text string) {
 	for _, c := range text {
+		if c == '\n' {
+			t.newline()
+			continue
+		}
 		termbox.SetCell(t.x, t.y, c, termbox.ColorDefault, termbox.ColorDefault)
 		t.x += 1
 	}
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ func RunStatus(flags StatusFlags, config *config.Config, args []string) error {
 	defer termbox.Close()
 
 	update := func() {
-		m := make(map[string]interface{})
+		m := make(map[string]job.Status)
 
 		err2 := jsonRequestResponse(httpc, daemon.ControlJobEndpointStatus,
 			struct{}{},
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ func (t *tui) draw() {
 
 		for _, k := range keys {
 			v := t.report[k]
-			if len(k) == 0 || k[0] == '_' { //Internal job
+			if len(k) == 0 || daemon.IsInternalJobName(k) { //Internal job
 				continue
 			}
 			t.setIndent(0)
@@ -180,20 +184,35 @@ func (t *tui) draw() {
 			t.printf("Job: %s", k)
 			t.setIndent(1)
 			t.newline()
+			t.printf("Type: %s", v.Type)
+			t.setIndent(1)
+			t.newline()
 
-			if v == nil {
-				t.printf("No report generated yet")
+			if v.Type != job.TypePush {
+				t.printf("No status representation for job type '%s', dumping as YAML", v.Type)
 				t.newline()
-				continue
-			}
-			rep := replication.Report{}
-			err := mapstructure.Decode(v, &rep)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.printf("Failed to decode report: %s", err.Error())
+				asYaml, err := yaml.Marshal(v.JobSpecific)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.printf("Error marshaling status to YAML: %s", err)
+					t.newline()
+					continue
+				}
+				t.write(string(asYaml))
 				t.newline()
 				continue
 			}
 
+			pushStatus, ok := v.JobSpecific.(*job.PushStatus)
+			if !ok || pushStatus == nil {
+				t.printf("PushStatus is null")
+				t.newline()
+				continue
+			}
+			rep := pushStatus.Replication
+			if rep == nil {
+				t.newline()
+				continue
+			}
 
 			all := make([]*fsrep.Report, 0, len(rep.Completed)+len(rep.Pending) + 1)
 			all = append(all, rep.Completed...)
diff --git a/daemon/control.go b/daemon/control.go
index ffacfc8..0be8a0d 100644
--- a/daemon/control.go
+++ b/daemon/control.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func newControlJob(sockpath string, jobs *jobs) (j *controlJob, err error) {
 
 func (j *controlJob) Name() string { return jobNameControl }
 
-func (j *controlJob) Status() interface{} { return nil }
+func (j *controlJob) Status() *job.Status { return &job.Status{Type: job.TypeInternal} }
 
 var promControl struct {
 	requestBegin *prometheus.CounterVec
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 91cc71b..8ada3c9 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ func (s *jobs) wait() <-chan struct{} {
 	return ch
 }
 
-func (s *jobs) status() map[string]interface{} {
+func (s *jobs) status() map[string]*job.Status {
 	s.m.RLock()
 	defer s.m.RUnlock()
 
 	type res struct {
 		name   string
-		status interface{}
+		status *job.Status
 	}
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	c := make(chan res, len(s.jobs))
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (s *jobs) status() map[string]interface{} {
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 	close(c)
-	ret := make(map[string]interface{}, len(s.jobs))
+	ret := make(map[string]*job.Status, len(s.jobs))
 	for res := range c {
 		ret[res.name] = res.status
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/job/job.go b/daemon/job/job.go
index 3e338c0..23f580d 100644
--- a/daemon/job/job.go
+++ b/daemon/job/job.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package job
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/logger"
 )
@@ -47,10 +49,73 @@ func WithWakeup(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, WakeupFunc) {
 type Job interface {
 	Name() string
 	Run(ctx context.Context)
-	Status() interface{}
+	Status() *Status
 	RegisterMetrics(registerer prometheus.Registerer)
 }
 
+type Type string
+
+const (
+	TypeInternal Type = "internal"
+	TypePush Type = "push"
+	TypeSink Type = "sink"
+)
+
+type Status struct {
+	Type Type
+	JobSpecific interface{}
+}
+
+func (s *Status) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	typeJson, err := json.Marshal(s.Type)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	jobJSON, err := json.Marshal(s.JobSpecific)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	m := map[string]json.RawMessage {
+		"type": typeJson,
+		string(s.Type): jobJSON,
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(m)
+}
+
+func (s *Status) UnmarshalJSON(in []byte) (err error) {
+	var m map[string]json.RawMessage
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(in, &m); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	tJSON, ok := m["type"]
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("field 'type' not found")
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(tJSON, &s.Type); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	key := string(s.Type)
+	jobJSON, ok := m[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("field '%s', not found", key)
+	}
+	switch s.Type {
+	case TypePush:
+		var st PushStatus
+		err = json.Unmarshal(jobJSON, &st)
+		s.JobSpecific = &st
+	case TypeSink:
+		var st SinkStatus
+		err = json.Unmarshal(jobJSON, &st)
+		s.JobSpecific = &st
+	case TypeInternal:
+		// internal jobs do not report specifics
+	default:
+		err = fmt.Errorf("unknown job type '%s'", key)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 func WaitWakeup(ctx context.Context) <-chan struct{} {
 	wc, ok := ctx.Value(contextKeyWakeup).(chan struct{})
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/daemon/job/push.go b/daemon/job/push.go
index 496a44c..c77e4d3 100644
--- a/daemon/job/push.go
+++ b/daemon/job/push.go
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ func (j *Push) RegisterMetrics(registerer prometheus.Registerer) {
 
 func (j *Push) Name() string { return j.name }
 
-func (j *Push) Status() interface{} {
+type PushStatus struct {
+	Replication *replication.Report
+}
+
+func (j *Push) Status() *Status {
 	rep := func() *replication.Replication {
 		j.mtx.Lock()
 		defer j.mtx.Unlock()
@@ -98,10 +102,12 @@ func (j *Push) Status() interface{} {
 		}
 		return j.replication
 	}()
+	s := &PushStatus{}
 	if rep == nil {
-		return nil
+		return &Status{Type: TypePush, JobSpecific: s}
 	}
-	return rep.Report()
+	s.Replication = rep.Report()
+	return &Status{Type: TypePush, JobSpecific: s}
 }
 
 func (j *Push) Run(ctx context.Context) {
diff --git a/daemon/job/sink.go b/daemon/job/sink.go
index 627b999..0c1c114 100644
--- a/daemon/job/sink.go
+++ b/daemon/job/sink.go
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ func SinkFromConfig(g *config.Global, in *config.SinkJob) (s *Sink, err error) {
 
 func (j *Sink) Name() string { return j.name }
 
-func (*Sink) Status() interface{} {
-	// FIXME
-	return nil
+type SinkStatus struct {}
+
+func (*Sink) Status() *Status {
+	return &Status{Type: TypeSink} // FIXME SinkStatus
 }
 
 func (*Sink) RegisterMetrics(registerer prometheus.Registerer) {}
diff --git a/daemon/prometheus.go b/daemon/prometheus.go
index b39910c..7607b94 100644
--- a/daemon/prometheus.go
+++ b/daemon/prometheus.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func (j *prometheusJob) Name() string { return jobNamePrometheus }
 
-func (j *prometheusJob) Status() interface{} { return nil }
+func (j *prometheusJob) Status() *job.Status { return &job.Status{Type: job.TypeInternal} }
 
 func (j *prometheusJob) RegisterMetrics(registerer prometheus.Registerer) {}