diff --git a/backend/mqtt_publisher.py b/backend/mqtt_publisher.py
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+'''
+This program will check the database about every minute to search for a new event.
+If one is found it will be sent to an mqtt server
+
+'''
+
+
+import time
+import sqlite3
+import configparser
+import random
+import json
+import subprocess
+
+import logging as log
+log.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', level=log.INFO)
+
+
+def _initilize_DB(_sqlite_location):
+    _db_conn = sqlite3.connect(_sqlite_location, timeout=60.0)
+    cursor = _db_conn.cursor()
+    cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='Events'")
+    if cursor.fetchone() == None:
+        cursor.execute('''CREATE TABLE Events
+         (UTCUnixTime INTEGER, SubSeconds REAL, TemperatureC REAL, Humidity REAL, AccelX REAL,
+          AccelY REAL, AccelZ REAL, MagX REAL, MagY REAL, MagZ REAL, Pressure REAL, Longitude REAL,
+          Latitude REAL, DetectorName TEXT, DetectorVersion TEXT);''')
+        _db_conn.commit()
+
+
+def getserial():
+    # Extract serial from cpuinfo file
+    cpuserial = "0000000000000000"
+    try:
+        f = open('/proc/cpuinfo','r')
+        for line in f:
+            if line[0:6]=='Serial':
+                cpuserial = line[10:26]
+        f.close()
+    except:
+        cpuserial = "ERROR000000000"
+
+    return cpuserial
+
+def send_via_mqtt(broker_address, broker_topic, message):
+    execution_string = "mosquitto_pub -h {} -t '{}' -m '{}'".format(broker_address, broker_topic, message)
+    log.debug("Executing the following: {}".format(execution_string))
+    # ToDo: This is unsafe, change it!
+    subprocess.call(execution_string, shell=True)
+
+# settings files
+CONFIG_FILE = "../config/CosmicPi.config"
+
+# read configuration
+# Todo: Put the config parser into a propper class
+# Todo: Implement proper error catching for configparser (e.g. non existent keys or file)
+# read configuration
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+config.read(CONFIG_FILE)
+sqlite_location = config.get("Storage", "sqlite_location")
+broker_address = config.get("MQTT", "broker_address")
+broker_topic = "{}/{}".format(config.get("MQTT", "broker_topic"), getserial())
+last_sent_event_timestamp = 0
+
+
+# setup the program
+_initilize_DB(sqlite_location)
+
+# start the cleaning loop
+while(True):
+    global last_sent_event_timestamp
+    # establish a connection
+    db_conn = sqlite3.connect(sqlite_location, timeout=60.0)
+    # we would like to be able to use have our rows as dictionaries
+    db_conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+    cursor = db_conn.cursor()
+
+    # get the most recent time
+    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM Events ORDER BY UTCUnixTime DESC, SubSeconds DESC;")
+    latest_time = cursor.fetchone()[0]
+
+    # Get the next events that will be sent
+    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM Events WHERE UTCUnixTime > ?;", (last_sent_event_timestamp,))
+    # send the next events
+    available_events = cursor.fetchall()
+    log.info("Searched for events since: {}; Found the following number of new events: {}".format(last_sent_event_timestamp, len(available_events)))
+    for event in available_events:
+        message = json.dumps(dict(event))
+        send_via_mqtt(broker_address, broker_topic, message)
+    db_conn.close()
+
+    # save the event time
+    last_sent_event_timestamp = latest_time
+
+    # sleep for a semi random time
+    time_to_wait = int(random.randrange(30, 90))
+    log.info("Sleeping for: {} [s]".format(time_to_wait))
+    time.sleep(time_to_wait)
diff --git a/install_files/CosmicPi-mqtt.service b/install_files/CosmicPi-mqtt.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Software for sending locally stored events from the CosmicPi to an MQTT srver
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python PATH_TO_EXECUTABLE/backend/mqtt_publisher.py
+WorkingDirectory=PATH_TO_EXECUTABLE/backend/
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target