diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 062f632..22ab5c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aes"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b169f7a6d4742236a0a00c541b845991d0ac43e546831af1249753ab4c3aa3a0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cipher",
+ "cpufeatures",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.8.11"
@@ -169,6 +180,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-utility"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a349201d80b4aa18d17a34a182bdd7f8ddf845e9e57d2ea130a12e10ef1e3a47"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "gloo-timers",
+ "tokio",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-wsocket"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d50cb541e6d09e119e717c64c46ed33f49be7fa592fa805d56c11d6a7ff093c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-utility",
+ "futures",
+ "futures-util",
+ "js-sys",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.26.0",
+ "tokio-socks",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atoi"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -193,6 +235,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atomic-destructor"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d919cb60ba95c87ba42777e9e246c4e8d658057299b437b7512531ce0a09a23"
+dependencies = [
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -324,9 +375,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoin"
-version = "0.32.4"
+version = "0.32.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "788902099d47c8682efe6a7afb01c8d58b9794ba66c06affd81c3d6b560743eb"
+checksum = "ce6bc65742dea50536e35ad42492b234c27904a27f0abdcbce605015cb4ea026"
 dependencies = [
  "base58ck",
  "bech32",
@@ -772,6 +823,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "data-encoding"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8566979429cf69b49a5c740c60791108e86440e8be149bbea4fe54d2c32d6e2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "der"
 version = "0.7.9"
@@ -1055,6 +1112,12 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foldhash"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f81ec6369c545a7d40e4589b5597581fa1c441fe1cce96dd1de43159910a36a2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1215,6 +1278,18 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gloo-timers"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b995a66bb87bebce9a0f4a95aed01daca4872c050bfcb21653361c03bc35e5c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "group"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -1285,6 +1360,11 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+ "equivalent",
+ "foldhash",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashlink"
@@ -1981,6 +2061,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lnvps_db",
  "log",
  "nostr",
+ "nostr-sdk",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "rand",
  "reqwest",
@@ -2037,6 +2118,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lru"
+version = "0.12.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "234cf4f4a04dc1f57e24b96cc0cd600cf2af460d4161ac5ecdd0af8e1f3b2a38"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2171,6 +2261,7 @@ version = "0.37.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8aad4b767bbed24ac5eb4465bfb83bc1210522eb99d67cf4e547ec2ec7e47786"
 dependencies = [
+ "aes",
  "async-trait",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bech32",
@@ -2191,6 +2282,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nostr-database"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23696338d51e45cd44e061823847f4b0d1d362eca80d5033facf9c184149f72f"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "lru",
+ "nostr",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nostr-relay-pool"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15fcc6e3f0ca54d0fc779009bc5f2684cea9147be3b6aa68a7d301ea590f95f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-utility",
+ "async-wsocket",
+ "atomic-destructor",
+ "negentropy 0.3.1",
+ "negentropy 0.4.3",
+ "nostr",
+ "nostr-database",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nostr-sdk"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "491221fc89b1aa189a0de640127127d68b4e7c5c1d44371b04d9a6d10694b5af"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-utility",
+ "atomic-destructor",
+ "nostr",
+ "nostr-database",
+ "nostr-relay-pool",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"
@@ -3119,6 +3259,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "934b404430bb06b3fae2cba809eb45a1ab1aecd64491213d7c3301b88393f8d1"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "rustls-webpki 0.102.8",
  "subtle",
@@ -4044,6 +4185,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-socks"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d4770b8024672c1101b3f6733eab95b18007dbe0847a8afe341fcf79e06043f"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "futures-util",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-stream"
 version = "0.1.16"
@@ -4055,6 +4208,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-tungstenite"
+version = "0.24.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "edc5f74e248dc973e0dbb7b74c7e0d6fcc301c694ff50049504004ef4d0cdcd9"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "log",
+ "rustls 0.23.19",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.26.0",
+ "tungstenite",
+ "webpki-roots",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.12"
@@ -4245,6 +4414,26 @@ version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tungstenite"
+version = "0.24.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "18e5b8366ee7a95b16d32197d0b2604b43a0be89dc5fac9f8e96ccafbaedda8a"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "bytes",
+ "data-encoding",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "httparse",
+ "log",
+ "rand",
+ "rustls 0.23.19",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "sha1",
+ "thiserror",
+ "utf-8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.17.0"
@@ -4355,6 +4544,12 @@ version = "2.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "daf8dba3b7eb870caf1ddeed7bc9d2a049f3cfdfae7cb521b087cc33ae4c49da"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf-8"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf16_iter"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -4489,6 +4684,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.26.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d642ff16b7e79272ae451b7322067cdc17cadf68c23264be9d94a32319efe7e"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "whoami"
 version = "1.5.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0b567f9..c9e032c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 name = "api"
 
 [features]
-default = ["mikrotik"]
+default = ["mikrotik", "nostr-dm"]
 mikrotik = []
+nostr-dm = ["dep:nostr-sdk", "nostr-sdk/nip04", "nostr-sdk/nip44", "nostr-sdk/nip59"]
 
 [dependencies]
 lnvps_db = { path = "lnvps_db" }
@@ -32,3 +33,5 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
 ssh2 = "0.9.4"
 ssh-key = "0.6.7"
 lettre = { version = "0.11.10", features = ["tokio1-native-tls"] }
+
+nostr-sdk = { version = "0.37.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lnvps_db/src/mysql.rs b/lnvps_db/src/mysql.rs
index 26d1712..e1affd4 100644
--- a/lnvps_db/src/mysql.rs
+++ b/lnvps_db/src/mysql.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl LNVpsDb for LNVpsDbMysql {
     }
 
     async fn upsert_user(&self, pubkey: &[u8; 32]) -> Result<u64> {
-        let res = sqlx::query("insert ignore into users(pubkey) values(?) returning id")
+        let res = sqlx::query("insert ignore into users(pubkey,contact_nip17) values(?,1) returning id")
             .bind(pubkey.as_slice())
             .fetch_optional(&self.db)
             .await?;
diff --git a/src/bin/api.rs b/src/bin/api.rs
index 274cdd6..e380b45 100644
--- a/src/bin/api.rs
+++ b/src/bin/api.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use lnvps::status::VmStateCache;
 use lnvps::worker::{WorkJob, Worker};
 use lnvps_db::{LNVpsDb, LNVpsDbMysql};
 use log::error;
+use nostr::Keys;
+use nostr_sdk::Client;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -50,6 +52,16 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
         db.execute(setup_script).await?;
     }
 
+    let nostr_client = if let Some(ref c) = settings.nostr {
+        let cx = Client::builder().signer(Keys::parse(&c.nsec)?).build();
+        for r in &c.relays {
+            cx.add_relay(r.clone()).await?;
+        }
+        cx.connect().await;
+        Some(cx)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
     let router = settings.router.as_ref().map(|r| r.get_router());
     let status = VmStateCache::new();
     let worker_provisioner =
@@ -58,7 +70,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
             .get_provisioner(db.clone(), router, lnd.clone(), exchange.clone());
     worker_provisioner.init().await?;
 
-    let mut worker = Worker::new(db.clone(), worker_provisioner, &settings, status.clone());
+    let mut worker = Worker::new(
+        db.clone(),
+        worker_provisioner,
+        &settings,
+        status.clone(),
+        nostr_client.clone(),
+    );
     let sender = worker.sender();
 
     // send a startup notification
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index 9799afb..f832a25 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ pub struct Settings {
 
     /// Network router config
     pub router: Option<RouterConfig>,
+
+    /// Nostr config for sending DM's
+    pub nostr: Option<NostrConfig>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -33,6 +36,12 @@ pub struct LndConfig {
     pub macaroon: PathBuf,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct NostrConfig {
+    pub relays: Vec<String>,
+    pub nsec: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub enum RouterConfig {
     Mikrotik {
diff --git a/src/worker.rs b/src/worker.rs
index d05eb84..0dee6cf 100644
--- a/src/worker.rs
+++ b/src/worker.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ use chrono::{Days, Utc};
 use lettre::message::{MessageBuilder, MultiPart};
 use lettre::transport::smtp::authentication::Credentials;
 use lettre::AsyncTransport;
-use lettre::{AsyncSmtpTransport, Tokio1Executor, Transport};
+use lettre::{AsyncSmtpTransport, Tokio1Executor};
 use lnvps_db::LNVpsDb;
 use log::{debug, error, info};
-use rocket::futures::SinkExt;
+use nostr::{EventBuilder, PublicKey};
+use nostr_sdk::Client;
 use std::ops::Add;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::{unbounded_channel, UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender};
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ pub struct Worker {
     vm_state_cache: VmStateCache,
     tx: UnboundedSender<WorkJob>,
     rx: UnboundedReceiver<WorkJob>,
+    client: Option<Client>,
     last_check_vms: u64,
 }
 
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ impl Worker {
         provisioner: P,
         settings: impl Into<WorkerSettings>,
         vm_state_cache: VmStateCache,
+        client: Option<Client>,
     ) -> Self {
         let (tx, rx) = unbounded_channel();
         Self {
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ impl Worker {
             settings: settings.into(),
             tx,
             rx,
+            client,
             last_check_vms: Utc::now().timestamp() as u64,
         }
     }
@@ -243,10 +247,20 @@ impl Worker {
             }
         }
         if user.contact_nip4 {
-            // send DM
+            // send dm
         }
         if user.contact_nip17 {
-            // send dm
+            if let Some(c) = self.client.as_ref() {
+                let sig = c.signer().await?;
+                let ev = EventBuilder::private_msg(
+                    &sig,
+                    PublicKey::from_slice(&user.pubkey)?,
+                    message,
+                    None,
+                )
+                .await?;
+                c.send_event(ev).await?;
+            }
         }
         Ok(())
     }