diff --git a/lib/session.php b/lib/session.php
index 49a124fa67145a5a52803990be469284a8abf52f..9f261d6935bf0b4f4d4512a8a8e84aef62581789 100644
--- a/lib/session.php
+++ b/lib/session.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public	$fullname;		// Fullname
 public  $email=0;		// Email waiting?
 public  $email_forward;		// Email forwarded?
 public  $groups  =array();	// users groups
+public	$printbalance;		// printer balance
 public	$data='';		// Var/array for session persistant data
 public	$token='';		// session identifier
 public  $logintime='';  // Time which user last gave us credentials
@@ -239,6 +240,10 @@ private $datahash='';		// hash of data field
 		$this->fullname = $info['cn'][0];
 		$this->groups = $info['grouplist'];
 
+		$db = new SQLite3('/etc/pykota/pykota.db');
+		$result = $db->query("SELECT balance FROM users WHERE username='$user';");
+		$this->printbalance = $result->fetchArray()[0];
+
 	}
 
 	/* check using mod_auth_externals helper 
diff --git a/templates/login.tpl b/templates/login.tpl
index 9ec309c1b16fa86e24fe841affb6dff3fda9cf58..d7538d060f4e9ee188fe0809c500a3163a26e4e4 100644
--- a/templates/login.tpl
+++ b/templates/login.tpl
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 		{elseif $session->email==1}
 			<a href="https://sucs.org/webmail/">new email</a>
 		{/if}
-	<br /><a href="{$baseurl}/Options">Membership Options</a><br />
+	<br />
+	Print balance: {$session->printbalance} | <a href="{$baseurl}/Options">Membership Options</a>
+	<br />
 	{/if}
 	<input type="submit" class="button" name="Logout" id="Logout" value="Logout" />
 {else}