diff --git a/nim.cfg b/nim.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..521e21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nim.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-d:ssl
diff --git a/norg/borg/borg.nim b/norg/borg/borg.nim
index e9e123b..c631569 100644
--- a/norg/borg/borg.nim
+++ b/norg/borg/borg.nim
@@ -41,19 +41,20 @@ proc initRepo(nc: NorgConfig, repo: Repository): int =
   return runDiscard genCommand(cmd = "init", repo = repo.path, others = nc.args.others)
 
 proc backupSources(nc: NorgConfig, repo: Repository): int =
-  if nc.notifiers.len > 0:
-    notify(nc.notifiers, state=Running)
+  let start_time = now()
+  notify(nc.notifiers, state=Running)
   let others = concat(nc.source_dirs, nc.args.others)
   let archivename = repo.path & "::" & genArchiveName()
   let res = run genCommand(cmd = "create", repo = archivename, others = others)
-  if nc.notifiers.len > 0:
-    case res
-    of 0:
-      notify(nc.notifiers, state=Success)
-    of 1:
-      notify(nc.notifiers, state=Failure)
-    else:
-      notify(nc.notifiers, state=Failure)
+  let end_time = now()
+  let elapsed = (end_time - start_time)
+  let total = elapsed.inMilliSeconds()
+  of 0:
+    notify(nc.notifiers, state=Success, runtime=total)
+  of 1:
+    notify(nc.notifiers, state=Failure, runtime=total)
+  else:
+    notify(nc.notifiers, state=Failure, runtime=total)
 
 
 proc listArchives(nc: NorgConfig, repo: Repository): int =
diff --git a/norg/config/notifier_config.nim b/norg/config/notifier_config.nim
index 019522d..521c87b 100644
--- a/norg/config/notifier_config.nim
+++ b/norg/config/notifier_config.nim
@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ proc parseUptimeKumaConf(conf: TomlValueRef): UptimeKuma =
     uk.states = defaultStates()
   return uk
 
-proc parseNotifiers*(in_conf: TomlValueRef): seq[Notifier] =
-  var notifiers: seq[Notifier] = @[]
+proc parseNotifiers*(in_conf: TomlValueRef): Notifiers =
+  var notifiers = Notifiers()
   if in_conf.hasKey("uptimekuma"):  
     let u = parseUptimeKumaConf(in_conf["uptimekuma"])
-    echo u
-    notifiers.add(u)
-    echo notifiers[0]
-
+    notifiers.uptimekuma = u
+    echo notifiers
   return notifiers
diff --git a/norg/model/config_type.nim b/norg/model/config_type.nim
index 4f54ff2..70bd19f 100644
--- a/norg/model/config_type.nim
+++ b/norg/model/config_type.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type
     keep_weekly*: int
     keep_monthly*: int
     #checks*: Check - see borgmatic
-    notifiers*: seq[Notifier]
+    notifiers*: Notifiers
     args*: NorgArgs
     encryption_password: string
 
diff --git a/norg/model/notifier_type.nim b/norg/model/notifier_type.nim
index dbc39d2..381dfa7 100644
--- a/norg/model/notifier_type.nim
+++ b/norg/model/notifier_type.nim
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ type
 
 proc defaultStates*(): seq[State] = 
   return @[Success, Failure, Running]
+
+proc newNotifier*(): Notifier =
+  return Notifier(states: defaultStates())
+
diff --git a/norg/model/notifier_types.nim b/norg/model/notifier_types.nim
index 23156df..d5aa29e 100644
--- a/norg/model/notifier_types.nim
+++ b/norg/model/notifier_types.nim
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ import uptimekuma_type
 export notifier_type
 export uptimekuma_type
 
+type
+  Notifiers* = object
+    uptimekuma*: UptimeKuma
 
diff --git a/norg/model/uptimekuma_type.nim b/norg/model/uptimekuma_type.nim
index c41e2aa..f82c1c8 100644
--- a/norg/model/uptimekuma_type.nim
+++ b/norg/model/uptimekuma_type.nim
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
 import state_type
 import notifier_type
+import strformat
 
-type
+import ../utils/httprequest
+
+type 
   UptimeKuma* = object of Notifier
-    extra*: int
 
-proc send_notify*(uk: Notifier, state: State): int {.discardable.} =
-  echo "Would send to UptimeKuma here"
+proc send_notify*(uk: UptimeKuma, state: State, runtime: int = 0): int {.discardable.} =
+  var status: string
+  case state
+  of Success, Running:
+    status = "up"
+  else:
+    status = "down"
+  let url = fmt"{uk.base_url}?status={status}&msg={state}&ping={runtime}"
+
+  echo "Sending notification to " & url
+  let res = sendHttpRequest(HttpGet, url)
+  if res.status == $Http200:
+    return 0
+  else:
+    return 1
 
diff --git a/norg/notifier/notifier.nim b/norg/notifier/notifier.nim
index b418fc6..0cac445 100644
--- a/norg/notifier/notifier.nim
+++ b/norg/notifier/notifier.nim
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import ../model/state_type
 import ../model/notifier_types
 
-proc notify*(notifiers: seq[Notifier], state: State): int {.discardable.}  = 
-  for n in notifiers:
-    if state in n.states:
-      echo "Sending notification to " & n.base_url
-      n.send_notify(state)
+proc notify*(notifiers: Notifiers, state: State, runtime: int = 0): int {.discardable.}  = 
+  if notifiers.uptimekuma.base_url != "" and
+     state in notifiers.uptimekuma.states:
+       notifiers.uptimekuma.send_notify(state, runtime)
diff --git a/norg/utils/httprequest.nim b/norg/utils/httprequest.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fee95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/norg/utils/httprequest.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import httpclient
+
+export httpclient
+
+proc sendHttpRequest*(meth: HttpMethod, url: string, body: string = "", headers: HttpHeaders = newHttpHeaders(), timeout: int = 10): Response =
+  let client = newHttpClient(headers = headers, timeout = timeout * 1000)
+  var res: Response
+  try:
+    case meth
+    of HttpGET:
+      res = client.get(url)
+    of HttpPost:
+      res = client.post(url, body)
+    else:
+      discard
+  finally:
+    client.close()
+  return res
+
+