diff --git a/src/server/WebBackend.cpp b/src/server/WebBackend.cpp
index 689cf5c..9549d01 100644
--- a/src/server/WebBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/server/WebBackend.cpp
@@ -197,14 +197,16 @@ RestOutputStruct::ExitCode WebSocket::EvaluateSysadmBEADMRequest(const QJsonValu
     QStringList keys = in_args.toObject().keys();
     bool ok = false;
     if(keys.contains("action")){
-      QString act = JsonValueToString(in_args.toObject().value("action"));
+      QString act = JsonValueToString(in_args.toObject().value("action")).toLower();
       if(act=="listbes"){
 	ok = true;
         out->insert("listbes", sysadm::BEADM::listBEs());
-      }
-      if(act=="renamebe"){
+      }else if(act=="renamebe"){
 	ok = true;
         out->insert("renamebe", sysadm::BEADM::renameBE(in_args.toObject()));
+      }else if(act=="activatebe"){
+	ok = true;
+        out->insert("activatebe", sysadm::BEADM::activateBE(in_args.toObject()));
       }
     } //end of "action" key usage
 
diff --git a/src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.cpp b/src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.cpp
index 56316aa..4dd92e8 100644
--- a/src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.cpp
+++ b/src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ QJsonObject BEADM::listBEs() {
   return retObject;
 }
 
+// Rename the specified source BE to a a new target BE name
+
 QJsonObject BEADM::renameBE(QJsonObject jsin) {
   QJsonObject retObject;
   
@@ -61,7 +63,6 @@ QJsonObject BEADM::renameBE(QJsonObject jsin) {
   QString source = jsin.value("source").toString();
   QString target = jsin.value("target").toString();
 
-
   QStringList output = General::RunCommand("beadm rename " + source + " " + target).split("\n");
   for ( int i = 0; i < output.size(); i++)
   {
@@ -75,3 +76,33 @@ QJsonObject BEADM::renameBE(QJsonObject jsin) {
   retObject.insert("target", target);
   return retObject;
 }
+
+// Activate the given BeName for the next boot
+
+QJsonObject BEADM::activateBE(QJsonObject jsin) {
+	QJsonObject retObject;
+
+	QStringList keys = jsin.keys();
+	if (! keys.contains("target") ) {
+		retObject.insert("error", "Missing required key(s) 'target'");
+		return retObject;
+}
+
+  // Get the key values
+
+  QString target = jsin.value("target").toString();
+
+
+  QStringList output = General::RunCommand("beadm activate " + target).split("\n");
+
+  for ( int i = 0; i < output.size(); i++)
+  {
+    if ( output.at(i).indexOf("ERROR") != -1 ) {
+      retObject.insert("error", output.at(i));
+      return retObject;
+    }
+  }
+
+  retObject.insert("target", target);
+  return retObject;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.h b/src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.h
index 488bcf7..c3c4f9c 100644
--- a/src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.h
+++ b/src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class BEADM{
 public:
 	static QJsonObject listBEs();
 	static QJsonObject renameBE(QJsonObject);
+	static QJsonObject activateBE(QJsonObject);
 };
 	
 } //end of pcbsd namespace