diff --git a/server/public.go b/server/public.go
index 5470fa6f..1a9d1dde 100644
--- a/server/public.go
+++ b/server/public.go
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ func (s *PublicServer) parseTemplates() []*template.Template {
 		"setTxToTemplateData":      setTxToTemplateData,
 		"isOwnAddress":             isOwnAddress,
 		"isOwnAddresses":           isOwnAddresses,
+		"toJSON":                   toJSON,
 	}
 	var createTemplate func(filenames ...string) *template.Template
 	if s.debug {
@@ -507,6 +508,14 @@ func formatTime(t time.Time) string {
 	return t.Format(time.RFC1123)
 }
 
+func toJSON(data interface{}) string {
+	json, err := json.Marshal(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return string(json)
+}
+
 // for now return the string as it is
 // in future could be used to do coin specific formatting
 func (s *PublicServer) formatAmount(a *api.Amount) string {
diff --git a/static/templates/index.html b/static/templates/index.html
index ff36faa8..2dc6a826 100644
--- a/static/templates/index.html
+++ b/static/templates/index.html
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@
                     <td class="data">{{$be.SizeOnDisk}}</td>
                 </tr>
                 {{- end -}}
+                {{- if $be.Consensus -}}
+                <tr>
+                    <td>Consensus</td>
+                    <td class="data">{{toJSON $be.Consensus}}</td>
+                </tr>
+                {{- end -}}
                 {{- if $be.Warnings -}}
                 <tr>
                     <td>Warnings</td>