diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty.rb b/lib/vmfloaty.rb
index 283830c..05a0fad 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Vmfloaty
       c.syntax = 'floaty get os_type1=x ox_type2=y ...'
       c.summary = 'Gets a vm or vms based on the os flag'
       c.description = ''
-      c.example 'Gets 3 vms', 'floaty get centos=3 debian --user brian --url http://vmpooler.example.com'
+      c.example 'Gets a few vms', 'floaty get centos=3 debian --user brian --url http://vmpooler.example.com'
       c.option '--verbose', 'Enables verbose output'
       c.option '--user STRING', String, 'User to authenticate with'
       c.option '--url STRING', String, 'URL of vmpooler'
@@ -73,14 +73,36 @@ class Vmfloaty
       c.description = ''
       c.example 'Filter the list on centos', 'floaty list centos --url http://vmpooler.example.com'
       c.option '--verbose', 'Enables verbose output'
+      c.option '--active', 'Prints information about active vms for a given token'
+      c.option '--token STRING', String, 'Token for vmpooler'
       c.option '--url STRING', String, 'URL of vmpooler'
       c.action do |args, options|
         verbose = options.verbose || config['verbose']
         filter = args[0]
         url = options.url ||= config['url']
+        token = options.token || config['token']
+        active = options.active
 
-        os_list = Pooler.list(verbose, url, filter)
-        puts os_list
+        if active
+          # list active vms
+          status = Auth.token_status(verbose, url, token)
+          # print vms
+          vms = status[token]['vms']
+          if vms.nil?
+            STDERR.puts "You have no running vms"
+            exit 0
+          end
+
+          running_vms = vms['running']
+
+          if ! running_vms.nil?
+            Utils.prettyprint_hosts(running_vms, verbose, url)
+          end
+        else
+          # list available vms from pooler
+          os_list = Pooler.list(verbose, url, filter)
+          puts os_list
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -159,7 +181,7 @@ class Vmfloaty
           running_vms = vms['running']
 
           if ! running_vms.nil?
-            Utils.prettyprint_hosts(running_vms)
+            Utils.prettyprint_hosts(running_vms, verbose, url)
             # query y/n
             puts ""
             ans = agree("Delete all VMs associated with token #{token}? [y/N]")
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
index 043ae4d..b44780f 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ class Utils
     os_types
   end
 
-  def self.prettyprint_hosts(hosts)
+  def self.prettyprint_hosts(hosts, verbose, url)
     puts "Running VMs:"
     hosts.each do |vm|
-      puts "- #{vm}"
+      vm_info = Pooler.query(verbose, url, vm)
+      if vm_info['ok']
+        domain = vm_info[vm]['domain']
+        template = vm_info[vm]['template']
+        lifetime = vm_info[vm]['lifetime']
+        running = vm_info[vm]['running']
+
+        puts "- #{vm}.#{domain} (#{template}, #{running}/#{lifetime} hours)"
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/version.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/version.rb
index fb632c7..c4dfafc 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 class Version
-  @version = '0.2.16'
+  @version = '0.2.17'
 
   def self.get
     @version
diff --git a/vmfloaty.gemspec b/vmfloaty.gemspec
index cd4f5bc..94193f0 100644
--- a/vmfloaty.gemspec
+++ b/vmfloaty.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'vmfloaty'
-  s.version = '0.2.16'
+  s.version = '0.2.17'
   s.authors = ['Brian Cain']
   s.email = ['brian.cain@puppetlabs.com']
   s.license = 'Apache'