diff --git a/ssm b/ssm
index b6c308e..75b891e 100755
--- a/ssm
+++ b/ssm
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ depend_ready() {
 super_start() {
 	(( service_running )) && return 3
 
+	rm -f "$service_stopped_flag"
+
 	[[ -f "${service_command[0]}" ]] || return 9
 
 	depend "${service_depends[@]}" || return 7
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ super_stop() {
 
 		nullexec kill -n "$service_stop_signal" "$service_pid" || return 1
 		pid_wait "$service_pid" || return 5
+		> "$service_stopped_flag"
 
 		return 0
 	fi
@@ -318,6 +321,8 @@ logs() { "${PAGER:-less}" "$service_logfile"; }
 status() {
 	(( service_running )) && return 0
 	(( service_enabled )) && return 0
+	(( service_stopped )) && return 7
+
 	return 1
 }
 
@@ -410,6 +415,7 @@ main() {
 	default service_reload_signal 1
 	default service_ready_flag "$rundir/$service_name.ready"
 	default service_enabled_flag "$rundir/$service_name.enabled"
+	default service_stopped_flag "$rundir/$service_name.stopped"
 
 	# default does not support arrays
 	[[ "$service_signals" ]] || service_signals=( 1 10 12 )
@@ -430,9 +436,20 @@ main() {
 		service_enabled=1
 	fi
 
+	# Let's see if the service was deliberately stopped
+	if [[ -f "$service_stopped_flag" ]]; then
+		# Ooh, it was.
+		service_stopped=1
+	fi
+
 	# Check if action is even defined
 	is_function "$2" || die 17 "Function $2 is not defined for $service_name."
 
+	# cd into the workdir, if defined.
+	[[ "$service_workdir" ]] && {
+		cd "$service_workdir" || die $?
+	}
+
 	# Run pre_$action function
 	if is_function "pre_$2"; then
 		"pre_$2" || {
@@ -475,7 +492,8 @@ main() {
 			else
 				result "$res" \
 					0 "$service_name is running" \
-					1 "$service_name is not running"
+					1 "$service_name is not running" \
+					7 "$service_name was stopped"
 			fi
 		;;
 	esac