diff --git a/app/api/inngest/client.ts b/app/api/inngest/client.ts
index 1e407f12..b062a584 100644
--- a/app/api/inngest/client.ts
+++ b/app/api/inngest/client.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type Events = {
       document_link: string;
     };
   };
+  "appview/come-online": { data: {} };
 };
 
 // Create a client to send and receive events
diff --git a/app/api/inngest/functions/come_online.ts b/app/api/inngest/functions/come_online.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2874691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/api/inngest/functions/come_online.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { supabaseServerClient } from "supabase/serverClient";
+import { inngest } from "../client";
+import { AtpAgent, AtUri } from "@atproto/api";
+import { Json } from "supabase/database.types";
+import { ids } from "lexicons/api/lexicons";
+
+export const come_online = inngest.createFunction(
+  { id: "come_online" },
+  { event: "appview/come-online" },
+  async ({ event, step }) => {
+    return { online: true };
+  },
+);
diff --git a/app/api/inngest/route.tsx b/app/api/inngest/route.tsx
index ec0ea4c4..8ae9821a 100644
--- a/app/api/inngest/route.tsx
+++ b/app/api/inngest/route.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { serve } from "inngest/next";
 import { inngest } from "app/api/inngest/client";
 import { index_post_mention } from "./functions/index_post_mention";
+import { come_online } from "./functions/come_online";
 
 // Create an API that serves zero functions
 export const { GET, POST, PUT } = serve({
   client: inngest,
-  functions: [index_post_mention],
+  functions: [index_post_mention, come_online],
 });
diff --git a/appview/index.ts b/appview/index.ts
index ad55e51b..0f07ab0d 100644
--- a/appview/index.ts
+++ b/appview/index.ts
@@ -215,4 +215,8 @@ async function main() {
   process.on("SIGTERM", cleanup);
 }
 
+inngest.send({
+  name: "appview/come-online",
+  data: {},
+});
 main();