diff --git a/occ_device.hpp b/occ_device.hpp
index a2b4e85..3f7dff4 100644
--- a/occ_device.hpp
+++ b/occ_device.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "occ_errors.hpp"
 #include "config.h"
 
-
 namespace open_power
 {
 namespace occ
@@ -61,6 +60,19 @@
            return write(unBindPath, config);
         }
 
+        /** @brief Returns if device is already bound.
+         *
+         *  On device bind, a soft link by the name $config
+         *  gets created in OCC_HWMON_PATH and gets removed
+         *  on unbind
+         *
+         *  @return true if bound, else false
+         */
+        inline bool bound() const
+        {
+            return fs::exists(OCC_HWMON_PATH + config);
+        }
+
         /** @brief Starts to monitor for errors */
         inline void addErrorWatch()
         {
diff --git a/occ_manager.hpp b/occ_manager.hpp
index 7bb1042..0d32241 100644
--- a/occ_manager.hpp
+++ b/occ_manager.hpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
             // I2C OCC status objects are initialized directly
             initStatusObjects();
 #else
+
             // Check if CPU inventory exists already.
             auto occs = open_power::occ::finder::get(bus);
             if (occs.empty())
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
 #endif
         }
 
+
     private:
         /** @brief Callback that responds to cpu creation in the inventory -
          *         by creating the needed objects.
diff --git a/occ_status.hpp b/occ_status.hpp
index c097908..a334a2b 100644
--- a/occ_status.hpp
+++ b/occ_status.hpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                EventPtr& event,
                const char* path,
                std::function<void(bool)> callBack = nullptr)
-            : Interface(bus, path),
+            : Interface(bus, path, true),
               bus(bus),
               path(path),
               callBack(callBack),
@@ -78,7 +78,14 @@
                      std::bind(std::mem_fn(&Status::hostControlEvent),
                             this, std::placeholders::_1))
         {
-            // Nothing to do here
+            // Check to see if we have OCC already bound.  If so, just set it
+            if (device.bound())
+            {
+                this->occActive(true);
+            }
+
+            // Announce that we are ready
+            this->emit_object_added();
         }
 
         /** @brief Since we are overriding the setter-occActive but not the