diff --git a/deployment/deploy-yml.tmpl b/deployment/deploy-yml.tmpl
index 946bf18..ff8355b 100644
--- a/deployment/deploy-yml.tmpl
+++ b/deployment/deploy-yml.tmpl
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ spec:
           envFrom:
             - secretRef: 
                 name: locsrv-db-cred
+          env:
+            - name: MQTT_BROKER
+              value: mqtt://emqx01-anonymous-cluster-internal.broker.svc.cluster.local:1883
+            - name: MQTT_TOPIC
+              value: Locative/Event
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
               protocol: TCP
diff --git a/src/locsrv/main.go b/src/locsrv/main.go
index d90434a..57c0e14 100644
--- a/src/locsrv/main.go
+++ b/src/locsrv/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
   "log"
   "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
   "net/http"
+  "encoding/json"
   "locsrv/database"
   "locsrv/mqtt"
 )
@@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ import (
 type locativeEvent struct {
   Trigger string `json:"trigger"`
   Device string `json:"device"`
-  Location string `json:"id"`
+  Id string `json:"id,omitempty"`
+  Location string `json:"location"`
   Latitude string `json:"latitude"`
   Longitude string `json:"longitude"`
-  Person string
+  Person string `json:"person"`
 }
 
 
@@ -44,11 +46,18 @@ func main() {
       case event := <- ch:
         person, err := dbh.GetPersonById(event.Device)
         event.Person = person
+        event.Location = event.Id
+        event.Id = ""
         if err != nil {
           log.Printf("Person unknown: %v", err)
         } 
-        log.Printf("Trigger: %s, Device: %s, Location: %s, Person: %s, Latitude: %s, Longitude: %s", event.Trigger, event.Device, event.Location, event.Person, event.Latitude, event.Longitude)
-        mqtt.Publish("bla")
+        message, err2 := json.Marshal(event)
+        if err2 != nil {
+          log.Printf("Unable to marshal event: %v", err2)
+        } else {
+          log.Printf("Message: %s", message)
+          mqtt.Publish(string(message))
+        }
       }
     }
   }()
diff --git a/src/locsrv/mqtt/mqtt.go b/src/locsrv/mqtt/mqtt.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e00bd8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locsrv/mqtt/mqtt.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package mqtt
+
+import (
+  "log"
+  "os"
+  "fmt"
+  MQTT "github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang"
+  "github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+
+
+type MqttHandle struct {
+  initialized bool
+  pubTopic string
+  client MQTT.Client
+}
+
+func New() *MqttHandle {
+  var mqttHandle MqttHandle
+  mqttHandle.initialized = true
+
+  mqttOpts := MQTT.NewClientOptions().
+    AddBroker(os.Getenv("MQTT_BROKER")).
+    SetClientID(fmt.Sprintf("locsrv-%s", uuid.New())).
+    SetConnectRetry(true)
+  mqttHandle.client= MQTT.NewClient(mqttOpts)
+  if token := mqttHandle.client.Connect(); token.Wait() && token.Error() != nil {
+    log.Printf("Unable to connect to broker, error %v", token.Error())
+    mqttHandle.initialized = false
+  }
+
+  mqttHandle.pubTopic = os.Getenv("MQTT_TOPIC")
+  if mqttHandle.pubTopic != "" {
+    log.Printf("No topic set")
+    mqttHandle.initialized = false
+  }
+  return &mqttHandle
+}
+
+func (self *MqttHandle) Publish(message string) error {
+  if ! self.initialized {
+    return fmt.Errorf("MQTT connection not initialized")
+  }
+
+  token := self.client.Publish(self.pubTopic, 0, false, message) 
+  token.Wait()
+  if token.Error() != nil {
+    return fmt.Errorf("MQTT publish failed: %v", token.Error())
+  }
+
+  return nil
+}
+
+
+