diff --git a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/msg/Ping.scala b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/msg/Ping.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index b300a76d..00000000
--- a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/msg/Ping.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 Eike K. & Contributors
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- */
-
-package docspell.backend.msg
-
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
-
-import docspell.pubsub.api.{Topic, TypedTopic}
-
-import io.circe.generic.semiauto.{deriveDecoder, deriveEncoder}
-import io.circe.{Decoder, Encoder}
-
-final case class Ping(sender: String, num: Long)
-
-object Ping {
-  implicit val jsonDecoder: Decoder[Ping] =
-    deriveDecoder[Ping]
-
-  implicit val jsonEncoder: Encoder[Ping] =
-    deriveEncoder[Ping]
-
-  private[this] val counter = new AtomicLong(0)
-  def next(sender: String): Ping =
-    Ping(sender, counter.getAndIncrement())
-
-  val topic: TypedTopic[Ping] =
-    TypedTopic[Ping](Topic("ping"))
-}
diff --git a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/msg/Topics.scala b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/msg/Topics.scala
index 996ff7c6..26c594f7 100644
--- a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/msg/Topics.scala
+++ b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/msg/Topics.scala
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ object Topics {
 
   /** A list of all topics. It is required to list every topic in use here! */
   val all: NonEmptyList[TypedTopic[_]] =
-    NonEmptyList.of(Ping.topic, JobDone.topic, CancelJob.topic, jobsNotify)
+    NonEmptyList.of(JobDone.topic, CancelJob.topic, jobsNotify)
 }
diff --git a/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/syntax/StringSyntax.scala b/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/syntax/StringSyntax.scala
index 6fc06440..40d5bf80 100644
--- a/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/syntax/StringSyntax.scala
+++ b/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/syntax/StringSyntax.scala
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import io.circe.Decoder
 import io.circe.parser._
 
 trait StringSyntax {
-
   implicit class EvenMoreStringOps(s: String) {
-
     def asNonBlank: Option[String] =
       Option(s).filter(_.trim.nonEmpty)
 
@@ -24,5 +22,6 @@ trait StringSyntax {
         value <- json.as[A]
       } yield value
   }
-
 }
+
+object StringSyntax extends StringSyntax
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/JoexAppImpl.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/JoexAppImpl.scala
index 85359092..2ec86d11 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/JoexAppImpl.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/JoexAppImpl.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import fs2.concurrent.SignallingRef
 
 import docspell.analysis.TextAnalyser
 import docspell.backend.fulltext.CreateIndex
-import docspell.backend.msg.{CancelJob, Ping, Topics}
+import docspell.backend.msg.{CancelJob, Topics}
 import docspell.backend.ops._
 import docspell.common._
 import docspell.ftsclient.FtsClient
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ final class JoexAppImpl[F[_]: Async](
     val scheduler: Scheduler[F],
     val periodicScheduler: PeriodicScheduler[F]
 ) extends JoexApp[F] {
-  private[this] val logger: Logger[F] =
-    Logger.log4s(org.log4s.getLogger(s"Joex-${cfg.appId.id}"))
-
   def init: F[Unit] = {
     val run = scheduler.start.compile.drain
     val prun = periodicScheduler.start.compile.drain
@@ -71,9 +68,6 @@ final class JoexAppImpl[F[_]: Async](
 
   def subscriptions =
     for {
-      _ <- Async[F].start(pubSubT.subscribeSink(Ping.topic) { msg =>
-        logger.info(s">>>> PING $msg")
-      })
       _ <- Async[F].start(pubSubT.subscribeSink(Topics.jobsNotify) { _ =>
         scheduler.notifyChange
       })
diff --git a/modules/pubsub/naive/src/main/scala/docspell/pubsub/naive/NaivePubSub.scala b/modules/pubsub/naive/src/main/scala/docspell/pubsub/naive/NaivePubSub.scala
index cb7370ad..16ad7096 100644
--- a/modules/pubsub/naive/src/main/scala/docspell/pubsub/naive/NaivePubSub.scala
+++ b/modules/pubsub/naive/src/main/scala/docspell/pubsub/naive/NaivePubSub.scala
@@ -26,30 +26,30 @@ import org.http4s.client.dsl.Http4sClientDsl
 import org.http4s.dsl.Http4sDsl
 import org.http4s.{HttpRoutes, Uri}
 
-/** A pubsub implementation that can be used across machines, but uses a rather
-  * inefficient protocol. The reason is to make it work with the current setup, i.e. not
-  * requiring to add another complex piece of software to the mix, like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
+/** A pubsub implementation that can be used across machines, using a rather inefficient
+  * but simple protocol. It can therefore work with the current setup, i.e. not requiring
+  * to add another complex piece of software to the mix, like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
   *
   * However, the api should allow to be used on top of such a tool. This implementation
   * can be used in a personal setting, where there are only a few nodes.
   *
-  * How it works:
+  * How it works: Each node has a set of local subscribers and a http endpoint. If it
+  * publishes a message, it notifies all local subscribers and sends out a json message to
+  * all endpoints that are registered for this topic. If it receives a messagen through
+  * its endpoint, it notifies all local subscribers.
   *
-  * It is build on the `Topic` class from fs2.concurrent. A map of a topic name to such a
+  * It is build on the `Topic` class from fs2.concurrent. A map of the name to such a
   * `Topic` instance is maintained. To work across machines, the database is used as a
-  * synchronization point. Each subscriber must provide a http api and so its "callback"
-  * URL is added into the database to the list of remote subscribers.
+  * synchronization point. Each node must provide a http api and so its "callback" URL is
+  * added into the database associated to a topic name.
   *
   * When publishing a message, the message can be published to the internal fs2 topic.
   * Then all URLs to this topic name are looked up in the database and the message is
   * POSTed to each URL as JSON. The endpoint of each machine takes this message and
   * publishes it to its own internal fs2.concurrent.Topic instance.
   *
-  * Obviously, there are drawbacks: it is slow, because the messages go through http and
-  * connections must be opened/closed etc and the database is hit as well. Then it doesn't
-  * scale to lots of machines and messages. The upside is, that it works with the current
-  * setup and it should be good enough for personal use, where there are only a small
-  * amount of machines and messages.
+  * Obviously, this doesn't scale well to lots of machines and messages. It should be good
+  * enough for personal use, where there are only a small amount of machines and messages.
   *
   * The main use case for docspell is to communicate between the rest-server and job
   * executor. It is for internal communication and all topics are known at compile time.
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/Main.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/Main.scala
index 5907ff41..61844bdd 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/Main.scala
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/Main.scala
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ object Main extends IOApp {
 
     pools = connectEC.map(Pools.apply)
     rc <-
-      pools.use(p =>
-        RestServer
-          .stream[IO](cfg, p)
-          .compile
-          .drain
-          .as(ExitCode.Success)
-      )
+      pools.use(p => RestServer.serve[IO](cfg, p))
   } yield rc
 }
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestAppImpl.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestAppImpl.scala
index 313ec05e..65a5ad5e 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestAppImpl.scala
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestAppImpl.scala
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
 package docspell.restserver
 
 import cats.effect._
-import cats.implicits._
 
 import docspell.backend.BackendApp
-import docspell.backend.msg.{JobDone, Ping}
 import docspell.common.Logger
 import docspell.ftsclient.FtsClient
 import docspell.ftssolr.SolrFtsClient
@@ -35,24 +33,10 @@ object RestAppImpl {
       ftsClient <- createFtsClient(cfg)(httpClient)
       pubSubT = PubSubT(pubSub, logger)
       backend <- BackendApp.create[F](cfg.backend, store, ftsClient, pubSubT)
-      _ <- Resource.eval(subscriptions(backend, logger))
       app = new RestAppImpl[F](cfg, backend)
     } yield app
   }
 
-  private def subscriptions[F[_]: Async](
-      backend: BackendApp[F],
-      logger: Logger[F]
-  ): F[Unit] =
-    for {
-      _ <- Async[F].start(backend.pubSub.subscribeSink(Ping.topic) { msg =>
-        logger.info(s">>>> PING $msg")
-      })
-      _ <- Async[F].start(backend.pubSub.subscribeSink(JobDone.topic) { msg =>
-        logger.info(s">>>> Job Done $msg")
-      })
-    } yield ()
-
   private def createFtsClient[F[_]: Async](
       cfg: Config
   )(client: Client[F]): Resource[F, FtsClient[F]] =
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestServer.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestServer.scala
index e5531fbe..707c7aeb 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestServer.scala
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/RestServer.scala
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 
 package docspell.restserver
 
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
 import cats.effect._
 import cats.implicits._
 import fs2.Stream
+import fs2.concurrent.Topic
 
 import docspell.backend.auth.{AuthToken, ShareToken}
 import docspell.backend.msg.Topics
@@ -19,6 +22,8 @@ import docspell.restserver.auth.OpenId
 import docspell.restserver.http4s.EnvMiddleware
 import docspell.restserver.routes._
 import docspell.restserver.webapp._
+import docspell.restserver.ws.OutputEvent.KeepAlive
+import docspell.restserver.ws.{OutputEvent, WebSocketRoutes}
 import docspell.store.Store
 
 import org.http4s._
@@ -30,63 +35,96 @@ import org.http4s.headers.Location
 import org.http4s.implicits._
 import org.http4s.server.Router
 import org.http4s.server.middleware.Logger
+import org.http4s.server.websocket.WebSocketBuilder2
 
 object RestServer {
 
-  def stream[F[_]: Async](cfg: Config, pools: Pools): Stream[F, Nothing] = {
+  def serve[F[_]: Async](cfg: Config, pools: Pools): F[ExitCode] =
+    for {
+      wsTopic <- Topic[F, OutputEvent]
+      keepAlive = Stream
+        .awakeEvery[F](30.seconds)
+        .map(_ => KeepAlive)
+        .through(wsTopic.publish)
 
-    val templates = TemplateRoutes[F](cfg)
-    val app = for {
+      server =
+        Stream
+          .resource(createApp(cfg, pools))
+          .flatMap { case (restApp, pubSub, httpClient) =>
+            Stream(
+              Subscriptions(wsTopic, restApp.backend.pubSub),
+              BlazeServerBuilder[F]
+                .bindHttp(cfg.bind.port, cfg.bind.address)
+                .withoutBanner
+                .withHttpWebSocketApp(
+                  createHttpApp(cfg, httpClient, pubSub, restApp, wsTopic)
+                )
+                .serve
+                .drain
+            )
+          }
+
+      exit <-
+        (server ++ Stream(keepAlive)).parJoinUnbounded.compile.drain.as(ExitCode.Success)
+    } yield exit
+
+  def createApp[F[_]: Async](
+      cfg: Config,
+      pools: Pools
+  ): Resource[F, (RestApp[F], NaivePubSub[F], Client[F])] =
+    for {
+      httpClient <- BlazeClientBuilder[F].resource
       store <- Store.create[F](
         cfg.backend.jdbc,
         cfg.backend.files.chunkSize,
         pools.connectEC
       )
-      httpClient <- BlazeClientBuilder[F].resource
       pubSub <- NaivePubSub(cfg.pubSubConfig, store, httpClient)(Topics.all.map(_.topic))
       restApp <- RestAppImpl.create[F](cfg, store, httpClient, pubSub)
-      httpClient <- BlazeClientBuilder[F].resource
-      httpApp = Router(
-        "/internal/pubsub" -> pubSub.receiveRoute,
-        "/api/info" -> routes.InfoRoutes(),
-        "/api/v1/open/" -> openRoutes(cfg, httpClient, restApp),
-        "/api/v1/sec/" -> Authenticate(restApp.backend.login, cfg.auth) { token =>
-          securedRoutes(cfg, restApp, token)
-        },
-        "/api/v1/admin" -> AdminAuth(cfg.adminEndpoint) {
-          adminRoutes(cfg, restApp)
-        },
-        "/api/v1/share" -> ShareAuth(restApp.backend.share, cfg.auth) { token =>
-          shareRoutes(cfg, restApp, token)
-        },
-        "/api/doc" -> templates.doc,
-        "/app/assets" -> EnvMiddleware(WebjarRoutes.appRoutes[F]),
-        "/app" -> EnvMiddleware(templates.app),
-        "/sw.js" -> EnvMiddleware(templates.serviceWorker),
-        "/" -> redirectTo("/app")
-      ).orNotFound
+    } yield (restApp, pubSub, httpClient)
 
-      finalHttpApp = Logger.httpApp(logHeaders = false, logBody = false)(httpApp)
+  def createHttpApp[F[_]: Async](
+      cfg: Config,
+      httpClient: Client[F],
+      pubSub: NaivePubSub[F],
+      restApp: RestApp[F],
+      topic: Topic[F, OutputEvent]
+  )(
+      wsB: WebSocketBuilder2[F]
+  ) = {
+    val templates = TemplateRoutes[F](cfg)
+    val httpApp = Router(
+      "/internal/pubsub" -> pubSub.receiveRoute,
+      "/api/info" -> routes.InfoRoutes(),
+      "/api/v1/open/" -> openRoutes(cfg, httpClient, restApp),
+      "/api/v1/sec/" -> Authenticate(restApp.backend.login, cfg.auth) { token =>
+        securedRoutes(cfg, restApp, wsB, topic, token)
+      },
+      "/api/v1/admin" -> AdminAuth(cfg.adminEndpoint) {
+        adminRoutes(cfg, restApp)
+      },
+      "/api/v1/share" -> ShareAuth(restApp.backend.share, cfg.auth) { token =>
+        shareRoutes(cfg, restApp, token)
+      },
+      "/api/doc" -> templates.doc,
+      "/app/assets" -> EnvMiddleware(WebjarRoutes.appRoutes[F]),
+      "/app" -> EnvMiddleware(templates.app),
+      "/sw.js" -> EnvMiddleware(templates.serviceWorker),
+      "/" -> redirectTo("/app")
+    ).orNotFound
 
-    } yield finalHttpApp
-
-    Stream
-      .resource(app)
-      .flatMap(httpApp =>
-        BlazeServerBuilder[F]
-          .bindHttp(cfg.bind.port, cfg.bind.address)
-          .withHttpApp(httpApp)
-          .withoutBanner
-          .serve
-      )
-  }.drain
+    Logger.httpApp(logHeaders = false, logBody = false)(httpApp)
+  }
 
   def securedRoutes[F[_]: Async](
       cfg: Config,
       restApp: RestApp[F],
+      wsB: WebSocketBuilder2[F],
+      topic: Topic[F, OutputEvent],
       token: AuthToken
   ): HttpRoutes[F] =
     Router(
+      "ws" -> WebSocketRoutes(token, topic, wsB),
       "auth" -> LoginRoutes.session(restApp.backend.login, cfg, token),
       "tag" -> TagRoutes(restApp.backend, token),
       "equipment" -> EquipmentRoutes(restApp.backend, token),
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/Subscriptions.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/Subscriptions.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a574f0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/Subscriptions.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Eike K. & Contributors
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+package docspell.restserver
+
+import fs2.Stream
+import fs2.concurrent.Topic
+
+import docspell.backend.msg.JobDone
+import docspell.common._
+import docspell.common.syntax.StringSyntax._
+import docspell.pubsub.api.PubSubT
+import docspell.restserver.ws.OutputEvent
+
+/** Subscribes to those events from docspell that are forwarded to the websocket endpoints
+  */
+object Subscriptions {
+
+  def apply[F[_]](
+      wsTopic: Topic[F, OutputEvent],
+      pubSub: PubSubT[F]
+  ): Stream[F, Nothing] =
+    jobDone(pubSub).through(wsTopic.publish)
+
+  def jobDone[F[_]](pubSub: PubSubT[F]): Stream[F, OutputEvent] =
+    pubSub
+      .subscribe(JobDone.topic)
+      .filter(m => m.body.task == ProcessItemArgs.taskName)
+      .map(m => m.body.args.parseJsonAs[ProcessItemArgs])
+      .collect { case Right(a) => OutputEvent.ItemProcessed(a.meta.collective) }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/InputMessage.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/InputMessage.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ea8dc02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/InputMessage.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Eike K. & Contributors
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+package docspell.restserver.ws
+
+sealed trait InputMessage
+
+object InputMessage {}
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/OutputEvent.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/OutputEvent.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8567f3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/OutputEvent.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Eike K. & Contributors
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+package docspell.restserver.ws
+
+import docspell.backend.auth.AuthToken
+import docspell.common._
+
+sealed trait OutputEvent {
+  def forCollective(token: AuthToken): Boolean
+  def encode: String
+}
+
+object OutputEvent {
+
+  case object KeepAlive extends OutputEvent {
+    def forCollective(token: AuthToken): Boolean = true
+    def encode: String = "keep-alive"
+  }
+
+  final case class ItemProcessed(collective: Ident) extends OutputEvent {
+    def forCollective(token: AuthToken): Boolean =
+      token.account.collective == collective
+
+    def encode: String =
+      "item-processed"
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/WebSocketRoutes.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/WebSocketRoutes.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..022420b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/ws/WebSocketRoutes.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Eike K. & Contributors
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+package docspell.restserver.ws
+
+import cats.effect.Async
+import fs2.concurrent.Topic
+import fs2.{Pipe, Stream}
+
+import docspell.backend.auth.AuthToken
+
+import org.http4s.HttpRoutes
+import org.http4s.dsl.Http4sDsl
+import org.http4s.server.websocket.WebSocketBuilder2
+import org.http4s.websocket.WebSocketFrame
+import org.http4s.websocket.WebSocketFrame.Text
+
+object WebSocketRoutes {
+
+  def apply[F[_]: Async](
+      user: AuthToken,
+      topic: Topic[F, OutputEvent],
+      wsb: WebSocketBuilder2[F]
+  ): HttpRoutes[F] = {
+    val dsl = new Http4sDsl[F] {}
+    import dsl._
+
+    HttpRoutes.of { case GET -> Root =>
+      val toClient: Stream[F, WebSocketFrame.Text] =
+        topic
+          .subscribe(500)
+          .filter(_.forCollective(user))
+          .map(msg => Text(msg.encode))
+
+      val toServer: Pipe[F, WebSocketFrame, Unit] =
+        _.map(_ => ())
+
+      wsb.build(toClient, toServer)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Data.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Data.elm
index c64c192a..73a813f4 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Data.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Data.elm
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ type Msg
     | SetLanguage UiLanguage
     | ClientSettingsSaveResp UiSettings (Result Http.Error BasicResult)
     | ReceiveBrowserSettings StoredUiSettings
+    | ReceiveWsMessage String
 
 
 defaultPage : Flags -> Page
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Update.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Update.elm
index 47d7ad9b..f3b7e22f 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Update.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/App/Update.elm
@@ -308,6 +308,13 @@ updateWithSub msg model =
             in
             updateUserSettings texts lm model
 
+        ReceiveWsMessage data ->
+            let
+                _ =
+                    Debug.log "WS-msg" data
+            in
+            ( model, Cmd.none, Sub.none )
+
 
 applyClientSettings : Messages -> Model -> UiSettings -> ( Model, Cmd Msg, Sub Msg )
 applyClientSettings texts model settings =
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Main.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Main.elm
index a5b7eda3..be80a076 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Main.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Main.elm
@@ -93,4 +93,5 @@ subscriptions model =
     Sub.batch
         [ model.subs
         , Ports.receiveUiSettings ReceiveBrowserSettings
+        , Ports.receiveWsMessage ReceiveWsMessage
         ]
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Ports.elm b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Ports.elm
index 233e6c63..c366bccc 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Ports.elm
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/elm/Ports.elm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ port module Ports exposing
     , printElement
     , receiveCheckQueryResult
     , receiveUiSettings
+    , receiveWsMessage
     , removeAccount
     , requestUiSettings
     , setAccount
@@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ and calls the print dialog.
 port printElement : String -> Cmd msg
 
 
+{-| Receives messages from the websocket.
+-}
+port receiveWsMessage : (String -> msg) -> Sub msg
+
+
+
+--- Higher level functions based on ports
+
+
 setUiTheme : UiTheme -> Cmd msg
 setUiTheme theme =
     internalSetUiTheme (Data.UiTheme.toString theme)
diff --git a/modules/webapp/src/main/webjar/docspell.js b/modules/webapp/src/main/webjar/docspell.js
index ef4ef03c..e70a00bd 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/src/main/webjar/docspell.js
+++ b/modules/webapp/src/main/webjar/docspell.js
@@ -135,3 +135,13 @@ elmApp.ports.printElement.subscribe(function(id) {
         }
     }
 });
+
+var socket = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:7880/api/v1/sec/ws');
+socket.addEventListener("message", function(event) {
+    if (event.data != "keep-alive" && event.data) {
+        elmApp.ports.receiveWsMessage.send(event.data);
+    }
+});
+// elmApp.ports.sendWsMessage.subscribe(function(msg) {
+//     socket.send(msg);
+// });