diff --git a/cereal b/cereal
index 610fa77bc4..ab79999e5d 160000
--- a/cereal
+++ b/cereal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 610fa77bc41ddf58e57f52ef678222a435cb6748
+Subproject commit ab79999e5dc2de25c3eb0c9acbed47c9e81f5d79
diff --git a/selfdrive/monitoring/dmonitoringd.py b/selfdrive/monitoring/dmonitoringd.py
index 63df16c795..1fd0353569 100755
--- a/selfdrive/monitoring/dmonitoringd.py
+++ b/selfdrive/monitoring/dmonitoringd.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ def dmonitoringd_thread(sm=None, pm=None):
       "isLowStd": driver_status.pose.low_std,
       "hiStdCount": driver_status.hi_stds,
       "isPreview": offroad,
+      "isActiveMode": driver_status.active_monitoring_mode,
     }
     pm.send('dMonitoringState', dat)
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/paint.cc b/selfdrive/ui/paint.cc
index 88549a9eb7..67bf8673c2 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/paint.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/paint.cc
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void ui_draw_vision_face(UIState *s) {
   const int face_size = 96;
   const int face_x = (s->scene.viz_rect.x + face_size + (bdr_s * 2));
   const int face_y = (s->scene.viz_rect.bottom() - footer_h + ((footer_h - face_size) / 2));
-  ui_draw_circle_image(s, face_x, face_y, face_size, "driver_face", s->scene.dmonitoring_state.getFaceDetected());
+  ui_draw_circle_image(s, face_x, face_y, face_size, "driver_face", s->scene.dmonitoring_state.getIsActiveMode());
 }
 
 static void ui_draw_driver_view(UIState *s) {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static void ui_draw_driver_view(UIState *s) {
   const int face_size = 85;
   const int icon_x = is_rhd ? rect.right() - face_size - bdr_s * 2 : rect.x + face_size + bdr_s * 2;
   const int icon_y = rect.bottom() - face_size - bdr_s * 2.5;
-  ui_draw_circle_image(s, icon_x, icon_y, face_size, "driver_face", face_detected);
+  ui_draw_circle_image(s, icon_x, icon_y, face_size, "driver_face", s->scene.dmonitoring_state.getIsActiveMode());
 }
 
 static void ui_draw_vision_header(UIState *s) {