diff --git a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
index 4cb84760..e0e60f72 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ func (p *ptpProcess) cmdRun(stdoutToSocket bool) {
 		} else {
 			processStatus(nil, p.name, p.messageTag, PtpProcessDown)
 		}
+		p.updateGMStatusOnProcessDown(p.name)
 
 		time.Sleep(connectionRetryInterval) // Delay to prevent flooding restarts if startup fails
 		// Don't restart after termination
@@ -1147,3 +1148,14 @@ func (p *ptpProcess) replaceClockID(input string) (output string) {
 	output = clockIDRegEx.ReplaceAllString(input, iface)
 	return output
 }
+
+// updateGMStatusOnProcessDown send events when  ts2phc process is down by
+// send event to EventHandler
+func (p *ptpProcess) updateGMStatusOnProcessDown(process string) {
+	// need to update GM status for  following process kill for  ts2phc
+	if process == ts2phcProcessName {
+		// ts2phc process dead should update GM-STATUS
+		iface := p.ifaces.GetGMInterface().Name
+		p.ProcessTs2PhcEvents(faultyOffset, ts2phcProcessName, iface, map[event.ValueType]interface{}{event.PROCESS_STATUS: int64(0)})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/metrics.go b/pkg/daemon/metrics.go
index a905333c..9703101a 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/metrics.go
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func extractRegularMetrics(configName, processName, output string, ifaces config
 	}
 
 	output = strings.Replace(output, "path", "", 1)
-	replacer := strings.NewReplacer("[", " ", "]", " ", ":", " ", " phc ", " ", " sys ", "")
+	replacer := strings.NewReplacer("[", " ", "]", " ", ":", " ", " phc ", " ", " sys ", " ")
 	output = replacer.Replace(output)
 
 	index := strings.Index(output, configName)
diff --git a/pkg/event/event.go b/pkg/event/event.go
index 197b2d6f..a75fcb4e 100644
--- a/pkg/event/event.go
+++ b/pkg/event/event.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const (
 	PHASE_STATUS         ValueType = "phase_status"
 	FREQUENCY_STATUS     ValueType = "frequency_status"
 	NMEA_STATUS          ValueType = "nmea_status"
+	PROCESS_STATUS       ValueType = "process_status"
 	PPS_STATUS           ValueType = "pps_status"
 	GM_INTERFACE_UNKNOWN string    = "unknown"
 )