diff --git a/Classes/Command/IndexerStatusCommand.php b/Classes/Command/IndexerStatusCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c2c4afa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Classes/Command/IndexerStatusCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tpwd\KeSearch\Command;
+
+/***************************************************************
+ *  Copyright notice
+ *  (c) 2024 Christian Bülter
+ *  All rights reserved
+ *  This script is part of the TYPO3 project. The TYPO3 project is
+ *  free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *  The GNU General Public License can be found at
+ *  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+ *  This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
+ ***************************************************************/
+
+use Psr\Log\LoggerAwareInterface;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerAwareTrait;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
+use Tpwd\KeSearch\Service\IndexerStatusService;
+
+/**
+ * Command for starting the index process of ke_search
+ */
+class IndexerStatusCommand extends Command implements LoggerAwareInterface
+{
+    use LoggerAwareTrait;
+
+    protected IndexerStatusService $indexerStatusService;
+
+    public function __construct(IndexerStatusService $indexerStatusService)
+    {
+        $this->indexerStatusService = $indexerStatusService;
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure command
+     */
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this->setHelp(
+            'Shows the current status of the indexer. If mode is "short", only the status is'
+            . ' shown ("running" or "idle"), otherwise a detailed report is displayed.'
+        );
+
+        $this->addOption(
+            'mode',
+            'm',
+            InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
+            'Mode, either "full" (default) or "short".',
+            'full'
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Runs the index process for ke_search
+     */
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
+    {
+        $io = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
+        if ($input->getOption('mode') === 'short') {
+            $output = $this->indexerStatusService->isRunning() ? 'running' : 'idle';
+        } else {
+            $output = $this->indexerStatusService->getStatusReport(IndexerStatusService::INDEXER_STATUS_REPORT_FORMAT_PLAIN);
+        }
+        $io->writeln($output);
+        return self::SUCCESS;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Classes/Controller/BackendModuleController.php b/Classes/Controller/BackendModuleController.php
index 44c568d85..f67ed4cbb 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/BackendModuleController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/BackendModuleController.php
@@ -455,13 +455,12 @@ public function getLastIndexingReport()
      */
     public function printIndexerConfigurations($indexerConfigurations)
     {
-        $content = '<div id="kesearch-startindexing-indexers"><h2>Indexer configurations</h2>';
-        // show indexer names
+        $content = '<div id="kesearch-startindexing-indexers">';
         if ($indexerConfigurations) {
             $content .= '<div class="row"><div class="col-md-8">';
             $content .= '<div class="table-fit"><table class="table table-striped table-hover">';
             $content .= '<colgroup><col><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"></colgroup>';
-            $content .= '<tr><th></th><th>Type</th><th>UID</th><th>PID</th></tr>';
+            $content .= '<tr><th>Indexer configuration</th><th>Type</th><th>UID</th><th>PID</th></tr>';
             foreach ($indexerConfigurations as $indexerConfiguration) {
                 $content .= '<tr>'
                     . '<td>' . $this->encode($indexerConfiguration['title']) . '</td>'
@@ -490,46 +489,41 @@ public function printIndexerConfigurations($indexerConfigurations)
      */
     public function printNumberOfRecords()
     {
-        $content = '<div id="kesearch-startindexing-statistics"><h2>Index statistics</h2>';
+        $content = '<div id="kesearch-startindexing-statistics">';
         $numberOfRecords = $this->indexRepository->getTotalNumberOfRecords();
 
         if ($numberOfRecords) {
-            $content .=
-                '<p>'
-                . LocalizationUtility::translate(
-                    'LLL:EXT:ke_search/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_mod.xlf:index_contains',
-                    'KeSearch'
-                )
-                . ' <strong>'
-                . $numberOfRecords
-                . '</strong> '
+            $content .= '<div class="row"><div class="col-md-8">';
+            $content .= '<div class="alert alert-info">';
+            $content .= LocalizationUtility::translate(
+                'LLL:EXT:ke_search/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_mod.xlf:index_contains',
+                'KeSearch'
+            )
+                . ' <strong>' . $numberOfRecords . '</strong> '
                 . LocalizationUtility::translate(
                     'LLL:EXT:ke_search/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_mod.xlf:records',
                     'KeSearch'
-                )
-                . '</p>';
+                ) . '.<br />' . chr(10);
 
             $lastRun = $this->registry->get('tx_kesearch', 'lastRun');
             if ($lastRun) {
-                $content .= '<p>'
-                    . LocalizationUtility::translate(
-                        'LLL:EXT:ke_search/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_mod.xlf:last_indexing',
-                        'KeSearch'
-                    )
-                    . ' '
-                    . SearchHelper::formatTimestamp($lastRun['endTime'])
-                    . '.</p>';
+                $content .= LocalizationUtility::translate(
+                    'LLL:EXT:ke_search/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_mod.xlf:last_indexing',
+                    'KeSearch'
+                )
+                    . ' ' . SearchHelper::formatTimestamp($lastRun['endTime']);
             }
+            $content .= '</div>';
+            $content .= '</div></div>';
 
             $content .= '<div class="row"><div class="col-md-8">';
             $content .= '<div class="table-fit"><table class="table table-striped table-hover">';
             $content .= '<colgroup><col><col width="100"></colgroup>';
-            $content .= '<tr><th>Type</th><th>Count</th></tr>';
+            $content .= '<tr><th>Type of indexed content</th><th>Count</th></tr>';
 
             /** @var IndexRepository $indexRepository */
             $indexRepository = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(IndexRepository::class);
             $results_per_type = $indexRepository->getNumberOfRecordsInIndexPerType();
-            $first = true;
             foreach ($results_per_type as $type => $count) {
                 $content .= '<tr><td><span class="label label-primary">' . $type . '</span></td><td>' . $count . '</td></tr>';
             }
diff --git a/Classes/Controller/IndexerStatusController.php b/Classes/Controller/IndexerStatusController.php
index 221329029..f81aeb80c 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/IndexerStatusController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/IndexerStatusController.php
@@ -8,48 +8,24 @@
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
 use Tpwd\KeSearch\Service\IndexerStatusService;
-use Tpwd\KeSearch\Utility\TimeUtility;
 
 class IndexerStatusController
 {
     private ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory;
     private IndexerStatusService $indexerStatusService;
 
-    public function __construct(ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory, IndexerStatusService $indexerStatusService) {
+    public function __construct(ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory, IndexerStatusService $indexerStatusService)
+    {
         $this->responseFactory = $responseFactory;
         $this->indexerStatusService = $indexerStatusService;
     }
 
     public function getStatusAction(ServerRequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
     {
-        $isRunning = $this->indexerStatusService->isRunning();
-        $indexerStatus = [];
-        $html = '<div class="alert alert-notice">Indexer is idle.</div>';
-
-        if ($isRunning) {
-            $indexerStartTime = $this->indexerStatusService->getIndexerStartTime();
-            $indexerStatus = $this->indexerStatusService->getIndexerStatus();
-            $html = '<div class="alert alert-success">Indexer is running.</div>';
-            if ($indexerStatus['indexers'] ?? false) {
-                $html .= '<div class="table-fit"><table class="table table-striped table-hover">';
-                foreach ($indexerStatus['indexers'] as $singleIndexerStatus) {
-                    $statusLine = htmlspecialchars($singleIndexerStatus['statusText'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
-                    if ($singleIndexerStatus['status'] == $this->indexerStatusService::INDEXER_STATUS_RUNNING) {
-                        $statusLine = '<tr class="table-success"><td><strong>' . $statusLine . '</strong></td></tr>';
-                    } else {
-                        $statusLine = '<tr><td>' . $statusLine . '</td></tr>';
-                    }
-                    $html .= $statusLine;
-                }
-                $html .= '</table></div>';
-                $html .= '<div class="alert alert-notice">Indexer is running since ' . TimeUtility::getRunningTimeHumanReadable($indexerStartTime) . '.' . '</div>';
-            }
-        }
-
         $result = [
-            'running' => $isRunning,
-            'indexers' => $indexerStatus['indexers'] ?? [],
-            'html' => $html,
+            'running' => $this->indexerStatusService->isRunning(),
+            'indexers' => $this->indexerStatusService->getIndexerStatus()['indexers'] ?? [],
+            'html' => $this->indexerStatusService->getStatusReport(),
         ];
 
         $response = $this->responseFactory->createResponse()
@@ -60,5 +36,4 @@ public function getStatusAction(ServerRequestInterface $request): ResponseInterf
 
         return $response;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/Classes/Indexer/IndexerRunner.php b/Classes/Indexer/IndexerRunner.php
index f9985fe3b..403e48dbb 100644
--- a/Classes/Indexer/IndexerRunner.php
+++ b/Classes/Indexer/IndexerRunner.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 use Tpwd\KeSearch\Lib\SearchHelper;
 use Tpwd\KeSearch\Service\IndexerStatusService;
 use Tpwd\KeSearch\Utility\AdditionalWordCharactersUtility;
+use Tpwd\KeSearch\Utility\TimeUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Log\Logger;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Log\LogManager;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Mail\MailMessage;
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ public function startIndexing($verbose = true, $extConf = [], $mode = '', $index
             }
             $this->indexerStatusService->setFinishedStatus($indexerConfig);
         }
-        $content .= '</table></div>';
+        $content .= '</table></div>' . chr(10);
 
         // process index cleanup
         $content .= $this->cleanUpIndex($indexingMode);
@@ -247,13 +248,13 @@ public function startIndexing($verbose = true, $extConf = [], $mode = '', $index
         // log finishing
         $indexingTime = $this->endTime - $this->startTime;
         $content .= '<div class="alert alert-success">';
-        $content .= '<h3>Finished</h3>';
+        $content .= '<h3>Finished</h3>' . chr(10);
 
         $message = 'Indexing finished at ' . SearchHelper::formatTimestamp($this->endTime) . ' (took ' . $this->formatTime($indexingTime) . ').';
         $content .= $message;
         $this->logger->info($message);
 
-        $message = '<br /><i>Index contains ' . $this->indexRepository->getTotalNumberOfRecords() . ' entries.</i>';
+        $message = '<br />Index contains ' . $this->indexRepository->getTotalNumberOfRecords() . ' entries.';
         $content .= $message;
         $this->logger->info($message);
 
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ public function renderIndexingReport($searchObj, $message = '')
             }
         }
 
-        $content .= '</td>';
+        $content .= '</td>' . chr(10);
 
         // duration, show sec or ms
         $content .= '<td>';
@@ -355,9 +356,9 @@ public function renderIndexingReport($searchObj, $message = '')
                 if ($duration > 1000) {
                     $duration /= 1000;
                     $duration = (int)$duration;
-                    $content .= $duration . ' s.';
+                    $content .= TimeUtility::getSecondsHumanReadable($duration);
                 } else {
-                    $content .= $duration . ' ms.';
+                    $content .= $duration . ' ms';
                 }
                 $content .= '</i>';
             }
@@ -376,8 +377,9 @@ public function renderIndexingReport($searchObj, $message = '')
     public function createPlaintextReport($content)
     {
         $content = str_ireplace(['<span class="title">', '<br />', '<br>', '<br/>', '</span>', '</p>'], chr(10), $content);
-        $report = preg_replace('~[ ]{2,}~', '', strip_tags($content));
-        return $report;
+        $content = preg_replace('~[ ]{2,}~', '', strip_tags($content));
+        $content = str_ireplace('Indexer configurationModeInfoTime', '', $content);
+        return $content;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -501,7 +503,7 @@ public function cleanUpProcessAfterIndexing()
     public function cleanUpIndex(int $indexingMode)
     {
         $content = '<div class="alert alert-notice">';
-        $content .= '<h3>Cleanup</h3>';
+        $content .= '<h3>Cleanup</h3>' . chr(10);
         if ($indexingMode == IndexerBase::INDEXING_MODE_FULL) {
             $this->logger->info('Cleanup started');
             $startMicrotime = microtime(true);
@@ -543,7 +545,7 @@ public function cleanUpIndex(int $indexingMode)
 
             // calculate duration of indexing process
             $duration = ceil((microtime(true) - $startMicrotime) * 1000);
-            $content .= '<i>Cleanup process took ' . $duration . ' ms.</i>' . "\n";
+            $content .= 'Cleanup process took ' . $duration . ' ms.' . "\n";
         } else {
             $message = 'Skipping cleanup in incremental mode.';
             $this->logger->info($message);
diff --git a/Classes/Service/IndexerStatusService.php b/Classes/Service/IndexerStatusService.php
index dabf12c74..3032902b6 100644
--- a/Classes/Service/IndexerStatusService.php
+++ b/Classes/Service/IndexerStatusService.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Tpwd\KeSearch\Service;
 
 use Tpwd\KeSearch\Lib\SearchHelper;
+use Tpwd\KeSearch\Utility\TimeUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Registry;
 
 class IndexerStatusService
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ class IndexerStatusService
     public const INDEXER_STATUS_SCHEDULED = 0;
     public const INDEXER_STATUS_RUNNING = 1;
     public const INDEXER_STATUS_FINISHED = 2;
+    public const INDEXER_STATUS_REPORT_FORMAT_HTML = 'html';
+    public const INDEXER_STATUS_REPORT_FORMAT_PLAIN = 'plain';
 
     private Registry $registry;
 
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ public function setScheduledStatus(array $indexerConfig)
             'totalRecords' => 0,
             'statusText' =>
                 '"' . $indexerConfig['title'] . '"'
-                . ' is scheduled for execution'
+                . ' is scheduled for execution',
         ];
         $this->setIndexerStatus($indexerStatus);
     }
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ public function setRunningStatus(array $indexerConfig, int $currentRecordCount =
             'totalRecords' => $totalRecordCount,
             'statusText' =>
                 '"' . $indexerConfig['title'] . '"'
-                . ' is running'
+                . ' is running',
         ];
         if ($currentRecordCount >= 0 && $totalRecordCount >= 0) {
             $indexerStatus['indexers'][$indexerConfig['uid']]['statusText'] .=
@@ -121,18 +124,54 @@ public function setLastRunTime(int $startTime, int $endTime, int $indexingTime):
             [
                 'startTime' => $startTime,
                 'endTime' => $endTime,
-                'indexingTime' => $indexingTime
+                'indexingTime' => $indexingTime,
             ]
         );
     }
 
     /**
      * removes all entries from ke_search registry
-     *
-     * @return void
      */
     public function clearAll(): void
     {
         $this->registry->removeAllByNamespace(self::INDEXER_STATUS_REGISTRY_NAMESPACE);
     }
+
+    public function getStatusReport(string $format = self::INDEXER_STATUS_REPORT_FORMAT_HTML): string
+    {
+        $plain = [];
+        if ($this->isRunning()) {
+            $indexerStartTime = $this->getIndexerStartTime();
+            $indexerStatus = $this->getIndexerStatus();
+            $message = 'Indexer is running.';
+            $html = '<div class="alert alert-success">' . $message . '</div>';
+            $plain[] = $message;
+            if ($indexerStatus['indexers'] ?? false) {
+                $html .= '<div class="table-fit"><table class="table table-striped table-hover">';
+                foreach ($indexerStatus['indexers'] as $singleIndexerStatus) {
+                    $statusLine = htmlspecialchars($singleIndexerStatus['statusText'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+                    if ($singleIndexerStatus['status'] == self::INDEXER_STATUS_RUNNING) {
+                        $statusLine = '<tr class="table-success"><td><strong>' . $statusLine . '</strong></td></tr>';
+                    } else {
+                        $statusLine = '<tr><td>' . $statusLine . '</td></tr>';
+                    }
+                    $html .= $statusLine;
+                    $plain[] = $singleIndexerStatus['statusText'];
+                }
+                $html .= '</table></div>';
+                $message = 'Indexer is running since ' . TimeUtility::getRunningTimeHumanReadable($indexerStartTime) . '.';
+                $html .= '<div class="alert alert-notice">' . $message . '</div>';
+                $plain[] = $message;
+            }
+        } else {
+            $message = 'Indexer is idle.';
+            $html = '<div class="alert alert-notice">' . $message . '</div>';
+            $plain[] = $message;
+        }
+
+        if ($format == self::INDEXER_STATUS_REPORT_FORMAT_PLAIN) {
+            return implode(chr(10), $plain);
+        }
+        return $html;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Classes/Utility/TimeUtility.php b/Classes/Utility/TimeUtility.php
index 841f86275..579cd940d 100644
--- a/Classes/Utility/TimeUtility.php
+++ b/Classes/Utility/TimeUtility.php
@@ -26,21 +26,28 @@ public static function getRunningTimeHumanReadable(int $indexerStartTime): strin
         if ($indexerRunningTime < 0) {
             return '';
         }
-        $indexerRunningTimeHMS = TimeUtility::getTimeHoursMinutesSeconds($indexerRunningTime);
+        return self::getSecondsHumanReadable($indexerRunningTime);
+    }
 
+    public static function getSecondsHumanReadable(int $seconds): string
+    {
+        $timeHMS = TimeUtility::getTimeHoursMinutesSeconds($seconds);
         $result = '';
-        if ($indexerRunningTimeHMS['h']) {
-            $result .= ' ' . $indexerRunningTimeHMS['h'] . ' h';
+        if ($timeHMS['h']) {
+            $result .= $timeHMS['h'] . ' h';
         }
-        if ($indexerRunningTimeHMS['m']) {
-            $result .= ' ' . $indexerRunningTimeHMS['m'] . ' m';
+        if (!empty($result)) {
+            $result .= ' ';
         }
-        if ($indexerRunningTimeHMS['s']) {
-            $result .= ' ' . $indexerRunningTimeHMS['s'] . ' s';
+        if ($timeHMS['m']) {
+            $result .= $timeHMS['m'] . ' m';
+        }
+        if (!empty($result)) {
+            $result .= ' ';
+        }
+        if ($timeHMS['s']) {
+            $result .= $timeHMS['s'] . ' s';
         }
-
         return $result;
     }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/Configuration/Services.yaml b/Configuration/Services.yaml
index ddedc714b..0329024aa 100644
--- a/Configuration/Services.yaml
+++ b/Configuration/Services.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ services:
         command: 'ke_search:removelock'
         description: 'Removes the ke_search lock'
 
+  Tpwd\KeSearch\Command\IndexerStatusCommand:
+    tags:
+      - name: 'console.command'
+        command: 'ke_search:indexerstatus'
+        description: 'Shows the status of the indexer'
+
   Tpwd\KeSearch\Backend\Flexform:
     public: true
 
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/Command/StartIndexerCommandTest.php b/Tests/Unit/Command/StartIndexerCommandTest.php
index 3d53e961f..e033895e6 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/Command/StartIndexerCommandTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Unit/Command/StartIndexerCommandTest.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public function indexerOutputIsCorrectlyDisplayed(string $indexerResult, string
     public function dataProviderForIndexerOutput(): iterable
     {
         $indexerResult = <<<EOL
-<div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="alert alert-info">Running indexing process in full mode.</div><table class="table table-striped table-hover"><tr><th>Indexer</th><th>Mode</th><th>Info</th><th>Time</th></tr><tr><td><span class="title">Pages</span></td><td></td><td>10 pages have been selected for indexing in the main language.<br />
+<div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="alert alert-info">Running indexing process in full mode.</div><table class="table table-striped table-hover"><tr><th>Indexer configuration</th><th>Mode</th><th>Info</th><th>Time</th></tr><tr><td><span class="title">Pages</span></td><td></td><td>10 pages have been selected for indexing in the main language.<br />
 3 languages (All languages, English, German) have been found.<br />
 2 pages have been indexed. <br />
 8 had no content or the content was not indexable.<br />
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ public function dataProviderForIndexerOutput(): iterable
 </div></div><div class="card"><div class="card-content"><p>Indexing finished at 02/16/22, 18:36:34 (took 0 seconds).</p><p>Index contains 2 entries.</p></div></div></div></div>
 EOL;
         $plaintextResult = <<<EOL
-Running indexing process in full mode.IndexerModeInfoTime
+Running indexing process in full mode.
 Pages
 10 pages have been selected for indexing in the main language.
 
 3 languages (All languages, English, German) have been found.
 
-2 pages have been indexed. 
+2 pages have been indexed.
 
 8 had no content or the content was not indexable.