diff --git a/src/main/java/com/intel/jndn/management/NFD.java b/src/main/java/com/intel/jndn/management/NFD.java
index 56d98ff..e3cc825 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/intel/jndn/management/NFD.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/intel/jndn/management/NFD.java
@@ -90,11 +90,17 @@
    *
    * @param forwarder only a localhost Face
    * @return the forwarder status object, see
-   * http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/ForwarderStatus.
+   * <a href="http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/ForwarderStatus">
+   * http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/ForwarderStatus</a>.
    * @throws java.lang.Exception
    */
   public static ForwarderStatus getForwarderStatus(Face forwarder) throws Exception {
-    Data data = retrieveDataSet(forwarder, new Name("/localhost/nfd/status"));
+    Interest interest = new Interest(new Name("/localhost/nfd/status"));
+    interest.setMustBeFresh(true);
+    interest.setChildSelector(Interest.CHILD_SELECTOR_RIGHT);
+    interest.setInterestLifetimeMilliseconds(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
+
+    Data data = SimpleClient.getDefault().getSync(forwarder, interest);
     ForwarderStatus status = new ForwarderStatus();
     status.wireDecode(data.getContent().buf());
     return status;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/intel/jndn/management/IntegrationSuite.java b/src/test/java/com/intel/jndn/management/IntegrationSuite.java
index d8e74e5..7e5461e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/intel/jndn/management/IntegrationSuite.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/intel/jndn/management/IntegrationSuite.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     NFD.register(face, "udp4://127.0.0.1:56363", new Name("/my/test/route"), 999);
     
     // check that route is created
+    Thread.sleep(1000); // NFD registers the route asynchronously
     boolean found = false;
     for(RibEntry route : NFD.getRouteList(face)){
       logger.info("Found route: " + route.getName().toUri());