diff --git a/packages/appview/src/db.ts b/packages/appview/src/db.ts
index fc177ec..bffd2c9 100644
--- a/packages/appview/src/db.ts
+++ b/packages/appview/src/db.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export type DatabaseSchema = {
   status: Status
   auth_session: AuthSession
   auth_state: AuthState
+  cursor: Cursor
 }
 
 export type Status = {
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ export type AuthState = {
   state: AuthStateJson
 }
 
+export type Cursor = {
+  id: number
+  seq: number
+}
+
 type AuthStateJson = string
 
 type AuthSessionJson = string
@@ -47,6 +53,19 @@ const migrationProvider: MigrationProvider = {
   },
 }
 
+migrations['002'] = {
+  async up(db: Kysely<unknown>) {
+    await db.schema
+      .createTable('cursor')
+      .addColumn('id', 'integer', (col) => col.primaryKey())
+      .addColumn('seq', 'integer', (col) => col.notNull())
+      .execute()
+  },
+  async down(db: Kysely<unknown>) {
+    await db.schema.dropTable('cursor').execute()
+  },
+}
+
 migrations['001'] = {
   async up(db: Kysely<unknown>) {
     await db.schema
diff --git a/packages/appview/src/index.ts b/packages/appview/src/index.ts
index 93b5304..55d25fb 100644
--- a/packages/appview/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/appview/src/index.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class Server {
     // Create the atproto utilities
     const oauthClient = await createClient(db)
     const baseIdResolver = createIdResolver()
-    const ingester = createIngester(db, baseIdResolver)
+    const ingester = await createIngester(db, baseIdResolver)
     const resolver = createBidirectionalResolver(baseIdResolver)
     const ctx = {
       db,
diff --git a/packages/appview/src/ingester.ts b/packages/appview/src/ingester.ts
index 43aeae8..3a42261 100644
--- a/packages/appview/src/ingester.ts
+++ b/packages/appview/src/ingester.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,43 @@
 import { IdResolver } from '@atproto/identity'
-import { Firehose, type Event } from '@atproto/sync'
+import { Firehose, MemoryRunner, type Event } from '@atproto/sync'
 import { XyzStatusphereStatus } from '@statusphere/lexicon'
 import pino from 'pino'
 
 import type { Database } from '#/db'
 
-export function createIngester(db: Database, idResolver: IdResolver) {
+export async function createIngester(db: Database, idResolver: IdResolver) {
   const logger = pino({ name: 'firehose ingestion' })
+
+  const cursor = await db
+    .selectFrom('cursor')
+    .where('id', '=', 1)
+    .select('seq')
+    .executeTakeFirst()
+
+  logger.info(`start cursor: ${cursor?.seq}`)
+
+  // For throttling cursor writes
+  let lastCursorWrite = 0
+
+  const runner = new MemoryRunner({
+    startCursor: cursor?.seq || undefined,
+    setCursor: async (seq) => {
+      const now = Date.now()
+
+      if (now - lastCursorWrite >= 10000) {
+        lastCursorWrite = now
+        await db
+          .updateTable('cursor')
+          .set({ seq })
+          .where('id', '=', 1)
+          .execute()
+      }
+    },
+  })
+
   return new Firehose({
     idResolver,
+    runner,
     handleEvent: async (evt: Event) => {
       // Watch for write events
       if (evt.event === 'create' || evt.event === 'update') {