diff --git a/pkg/initialize/events.go b/pkg/initialize/events.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..305287aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/initialize/events.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2021 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public Licensee for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package initialize
+
+import "time"
+
+// BootedEvent represents a BootedEvent event
+type BootedEvent struct {
+	BootedAt time.Time
+}
+
+// TopicName defines the name for BootedEvent
+func (t *BootedEvent) TopicName() string {
+	return "booted"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/initialize/init.go b/pkg/initialize/init.go
index 7a6141135..f805d182d 100644
--- a/pkg/initialize/init.go
+++ b/pkg/initialize/init.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	migrator "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/modules/migration"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/red"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/user"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // LightInit will only fullInit config, redis, logger but no db connection.
@@ -95,5 +96,12 @@ func FullInit() {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err.Error())
 		}
+
+		err = events.Publish(&BootedEvent{
+			BootedAt: time.Now(),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 	}()
 }