diff --git a/components/notebook-controller/pkg/apis/notebook/v1alpha1/notebook_types.go b/components/notebook-controller/pkg/apis/notebook/v1alpha1/notebook_types.go
index 11a052dd..07d890a3 100644
--- a/components/notebook-controller/pkg/apis/notebook/v1alpha1/notebook_types.go
+++ b/components/notebook-controller/pkg/apis/notebook/v1alpha1/notebook_types.go
@@ -46,12 +46,19 @@ type NotebookStatus struct {
 }
 
 type NotebookCondition struct {
-	// Type of the confition/
-	Type NotebookConditionType `json:"type"`
+	// Type is the type of the condition. Possible values are Running|Waiting|Terminated
+	Type string `json:"type"`
+	// Last time we probed the condition.
+	// +optional
+	LastProbeTime metav1.Time `json:"lastProbeTime,omitempty"`
+	// (brief) reason the container is in the current state
+	// +optional
+	Reason string `json:"reason,omitempty"`
+	// Message regarding why the container is in the current state.
+	// +optional
+	Message string `json:"message,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type NotebookConditionType string
-
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
diff --git a/components/notebook-controller/pkg/controller/notebook/notebook_controller.go b/components/notebook-controller/pkg/controller/notebook/notebook_controller.go
index 387cf391..b44b81d0 100644
--- a/components/notebook-controller/pkg/controller/notebook/notebook_controller.go
+++ b/components/notebook-controller/pkg/controller/notebook/notebook_controller.go
@@ -241,19 +241,6 @@ func (r *ReconcileNotebook) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Resu
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Update the status if previous condition is not "Ready"
-	oldConditions := instance.Status.Conditions
-	if len(oldConditions) == 0 || oldConditions[0].Type != "Ready" {
-		newCondition := v1alpha1.NotebookCondition{
-			Type: "Ready",
-		}
-		instance.Status.Conditions = append([]v1alpha1.NotebookCondition{newCondition}, oldConditions...)
-		// Using context.Background as: https://book.kubebuilder.io/basics/status_subresource.html
-		err = r.Status().Update(context.Background(), instance)
-		if err != nil {
-			return reconcile.Result{}, err
-		}
-	}
 	// Update the readyReplicas if the status is changed
 	if foundStateful.Status.ReadyReplicas != instance.Status.ReadyReplicas {
 		log.Info("Updating Status", "namespace", instance.Namespace, "name", instance.Name)
@@ -268,7 +255,7 @@ func (r *ReconcileNotebook) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Resu
 	pod := &corev1.Pod{}
 	err = r.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: ss.Name + "-0", Namespace: ss.Namespace}, pod)
 	if err != nil && errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-		// This should be reconcile by the StatefulSet
+		// This should be reconciled by the StatefulSet
 		log.Info("Pod not found...")
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
@@ -277,7 +264,17 @@ func (r *ReconcileNotebook) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Resu
 		if len(pod.Status.ContainerStatuses) > 0 &&
 			pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].State != instance.Status.ContainerState {
 			log.Info("Updating container state: ", "namespace", instance.Namespace, "name", instance.Name)
-			instance.Status.ContainerState = pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].State
+			cs := pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].State
+			instance.Status.ContainerState = cs
+			oldConditions := instance.Status.Conditions
+			newCondition := getNextCondition(cs)
+			// Append new condition
+			if len(oldConditions) == 0 || oldConditions[0].Type != newCondition.Type ||
+				oldConditions[0].Reason != newCondition.Reason ||
+				oldConditions[0].Message != newCondition.Message {
+				log.Info("Appending to conditions: ", "namespace", instance.Namespace, "name", instance.Name, "type", newCondition.Type, "reason", newCondition.Reason, "message", newCondition.Message)
+				instance.Status.Conditions = append([]v1alpha1.NotebookCondition{newCondition}, oldConditions...)
+			}
 			err = r.Status().Update(context.Background(), instance)
 			if err != nil {
 				return reconcile.Result{}, err
@@ -288,6 +285,32 @@ func (r *ReconcileNotebook) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Resu
 	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
 }
 
+func getNextCondition(cs corev1.ContainerState) v1alpha1.NotebookCondition {
+	var nbtype = ""
+	var nbreason = ""
+	var nbmsg = ""
+
+	if cs.Running != nil {
+		nbtype = "Running"
+	} else if cs.Waiting != nil {
+		nbtype = "Waiting"
+		nbreason = cs.Waiting.Reason
+		nbmsg = cs.Waiting.Message
+	} else {
+		nbtype = "Terminated"
+		nbreason = cs.Terminated.Reason
+		nbmsg = cs.Terminated.Reason
+	}
+
+	newCondition := v1alpha1.NotebookCondition{
+		Type:          nbtype,
+		LastProbeTime: metav1.Now(),
+		Reason:        nbreason,
+		Message:       nbmsg,
+	}
+	return newCondition
+
+}
 func generateStatefulSet(instance *v1alpha1.Notebook) *appsv1.StatefulSet {
 	ss := &appsv1.StatefulSet{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{