diff --git a/src/sinkSender.c b/src/sinkSender.c
index 1bf78e3..9fa631b 100644
--- a/src/sinkSender.c
+++ b/src/sinkSender.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "sinkSender.h"
 #include "logging.h"
@@ -87,7 +88,20 @@ void sinkSenderPut(uint32_t seconds, uint32_t frequency) {
       if (hptr->h_addrtype == AF_INET) {
         uint8_t *sinkAddr = hptr->h_addr_list[0];
         logmsg(LOG_DEBUG, "sink addr: %d.%d.%d.%d", sinkAddr[0], sinkAddr[1], sinkAddr[2], sinkAddr[3]);
-        
+
+        int sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+        if (sockfd != -1) {
+          struct sockaddr_in servaddr;
+          memset(servaddr, 0, sizeof(servaddr));
+          servaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+          servaddr.sin_port = htons(sinkPort);
+          memcpy(servaddr.sin_addr.s_addr, sinkAddr, 4);
+
+          ssize_t res = sendto(sockfd, minuteBuffer.b, sizeof(minuteBuffer.b), 0, servaddr, sizeof(servaddr));
+          logmsg(LOG_DEBUG, "%d octets sent", res);
+        } else {
+          logmsg(LOG_ERR, "unable to get socket: %s", strerror(errno));
+        }
       } else {
         logmsg(LOG_ERR, "unknown address type: %d", hptr->h_addrtype);
       }