diff --git a/tabula/tabula/windc/api.py b/tabula/tabula/windc/api.py
index 5f73b9a3d..01a5763a0 100644
--- a/tabula/tabula/windc/api.py
+++ b/tabula/tabula/windc/api.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def get_status_message_for_service(request, service_id):
     if session_id is None:
         session_id = windcclient(request).sessions.configure(datacenter_id).id
 
-    return reports(self, environment_id, session_id, service_id)
+    return len(reports(self, environment_id, session_id, service_id))
 
 def services_delete(request, datacenter_id, service_id):
     services = services_list(request, datacenter_id)