diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5104651..7dbfb34 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ node_js:
  - "node"
 notifications:
   email: false
-  webhooks: https://lhdev.lbry.tech/autoupdate
+  webhooks: https://lighthouse.lbry.io/autoupdate
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 174e29a..5a9869f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "koa-logger": "^2.0.0",
     "koa-router": "^7.0.0",
     "limited-request-queue": "^3.0.4",
+    "node-slack": "^0.0.7",
     "oas": "^0.8.8",
     "ora": "^1.3.0",
     "prettysize": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/server/controllers/lighthouse.js b/server/controllers/lighthouse.js
index 375ef82..79423ed 100644
--- a/server/controllers/lighthouse.js
+++ b/server/controllers/lighthouse.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {claimSync} from '../utils/chainquery';
 import {getStats} from '../utils/importer';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import got from 'got';
+import {logToSlack} from '../index';
 
 const loggerStream = winstonStream(winston, 'info');
 
@@ -441,22 +442,22 @@ class LighthouseControllers {
     let status = verifier.verify(travisPublicKey, travisSignature);
     if (status) {
       let notification = JSON.parse(payload);
-      if (notification.branch === 'auto_deploy_api') {
+      if (notification.branch === 'master') {
         if (!notification.isPullRequest) {
-          console.log('Auto Updating Lighthouse - ', notification.message);
+          logToSlack('Auto Updating Lighthouse - ' + notification.message);
           update();
           ctx.body = 'OK';
         } else {
           ctx.status = 400;
-          ctx.body = 'skip auto update: pull request';
+          ctx.body = 'skip auto update: pull request'; logToSlack(ctx.body);
         }
       } else {
         ctx.status = 400;
-        ctx.body = 'only deploys on master branch';
+        ctx.body = 'skip auto update: only deploys on master branch'; logToSlack(ctx.body);
       }
     } else {
       ctx.status = 500;
-      ctx.body = 'could not verify webhook';
+      ctx.body = 'skip auto update: could not verify webhook'; logToSlack(ctx.body);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 66171f4..a110709 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import helmet from 'koa-helmet';
 import routing from './routes/';
 import { port } from './config';
 import winston from 'winston';
+import slack from 'node-slack';
 require('winston-daily-rotate-file');
 
 // Setup logging
 winston.remove(winston.transports.Console);
 winston.add(winston.transports.Console, { colorize: true, timestamp: true, prettyPrint: true });
-
+var slackAPIKey = process.env.SLACK_HOOK_URL;
+var mySlack = new slack(slackAPIKey, {});
 // Create Koa Application
 const app = new Koa();
 
@@ -24,6 +26,26 @@ app
 routing(app);
 
 // Start the application
-app.listen(port, () => winston.log('info', `Lighthouse API server is running at http://localhost:${port}/`));
+app.listen(port, () => logToSlack(`Lighthouse API server is running at http://localhost:${port}/`));
 
 export default app;
+
+export function logToSlack (message) {
+  winston.log('info', 'SentToSlack: ' + message);
+  mySlack.send({
+    text      : message,
+    channel   : '#lighthouse-status',
+    username  : 'Lighthouse',
+    icon_emoji: 'lighthouse',
+  });
+}
+
+export function logErrorToSlack (message) {
+  winston.log('error', 'SentToSlack: ' + message);
+  mySlack.send({
+    text      : message,
+    channel   : '#lighthouse-status',
+    username  : 'Lighthouse',
+    icon_emoji: 'lighthouse',
+  });
+}
diff --git a/server/utils/chainquery/index.js b/server/utils/chainquery/index.js
index 7748274..b570968 100644
--- a/server/utils/chainquery/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/chainquery/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import appRoot from 'app-root-path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import fileExists from 'file-exists';
 import * as util from '../../utils/importer/util';
+import {logErrorToSlack} from '../../index';
 
 const elasticsearchloglevel = 'info';
 const loggerStream = winstonStream(winston, elasticsearchloglevel);
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export async function claimSync () {
     await sleep(600000);
     claimSync();
   } catch (err) {
-    winston.log(err);
+    logErrorToSlack(err);
     status.err = err;
     await sleep(600000);
     claimSync();
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ function getJSON (path) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     jsonfile.readFile(path, function (err, jsoncontent) {
       if (err) {
+        logErrorToSlack(err);
         reject(err);
       } else {
         resolve(jsoncontent);
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ function saveJSON (path, obj) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     jsonfile.writeFile(path, obj, function (err, jsoncontent) {
       if (err) {
+        logErrorToSlack(err);
         reject(err);
       } else {
         resolve();
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ function getBlockedOutpoints () {
         resolve(htmlString);
       })
       .catch(function (err) {
-        winston.log('error', '[Importer] Error getting blocked outpoints. ' + err);
+        logErrorToSlack('[Importer] Error getting blocked outpoints. ' + err);
         reject(err);
       });
   });
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ function getClaimsSince (time) {
         resolve(htmlString);
       })
       .catch(function (err) {
-        winston.log('error', '[Importer] Error getting updated claims. ' + err);
+        logErrorToSlack('[Importer] Error getting updated claims. ' + err);
         reject(err);
       });
   });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b5b40f4..70efd65 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ajv@^4.7.0:
     co "^4.6.0"
     json-stable-stringify "^1.0.1"
 
-ajv@^5.0.1, ajv@^5.1.0:
+ajv@^5.0.1, ajv@^5.1.0, ajv@^5.3.0:
   version "5.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-5.5.2.tgz#73b5eeca3fab653e3d3f9422b341ad42205dc965"
   dependencies:
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ aws4@^1.6.0:
   version "1.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.7.0.tgz#d4d0e9b9dbfca77bf08eeb0a8a471550fe39e289"
 
+aws4@^1.8.0:
+  version "1.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.8.0.tgz#f0e003d9ca9e7f59c7a508945d7b2ef9a04a542f"
+
 babel-cli@^6.5.1:
   version "6.26.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-cli/-/babel-cli-6.26.0.tgz#502ab54874d7db88ad00b887a06383ce03d002f1"
@@ -1298,6 +1302,12 @@ combined-stream@1.0.6, combined-stream@^1.0.5, combined-stream@~1.0.5:
   dependencies:
     delayed-stream "~1.0.0"
 
+combined-stream@^1.0.6, combined-stream@~1.0.6:
+  version "1.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/combined-stream/-/combined-stream-1.0.7.tgz#2d1d24317afb8abe95d6d2c0b07b57813539d828"
+  dependencies:
+    delayed-stream "~1.0.0"
+
 commander@2.9.0:
   version "2.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.9.0.tgz#9c99094176e12240cb22d6c5146098400fe0f7d4"
@@ -1477,6 +1487,12 @@ d@1:
   dependencies:
     es5-ext "^0.10.9"
 
+d@~0.1.1:
+  version "0.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/d/-/d-0.1.1.tgz#da184c535d18d8ee7ba2aa229b914009fae11309"
+  dependencies:
+    es5-ext "~0.10.2"
+
 dashdash@^1.12.0:
   version "1.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dashdash/-/dashdash-1.14.1.tgz#853cfa0f7cbe2fed5de20326b8dd581035f6e2f0"
@@ -1575,6 +1591,15 @@ defer-to-connect@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/defer-to-connect/-/defer-to-connect-1.0.1.tgz#41ec1dd670dc4c6dcbe7e54c9e44d784d025fe63"
 
+deferred@0.7.1:
+  version "0.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deferred/-/deferred-0.7.1.tgz#f65cd3c05683f3df554bf5c153851494811d01f4"
+  dependencies:
+    d "~0.1.1"
+    es5-ext "~0.10.2"
+    event-emitter "~0.3.1"
+    next-tick "~0.2.2"
+
 define-property@^0.2.5:
   version "0.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/define-property/-/define-property-0.2.5.tgz#c35b1ef918ec3c990f9a5bc57be04aacec5c8116"
@@ -1784,6 +1809,14 @@ es5-ext@^0.10.14, es5-ext@^0.10.35, es5-ext@^0.10.9, es5-ext@~0.10.14:
     es6-symbol "~3.1.1"
     next-tick "1"
 
+es5-ext@~0.10.2:
+  version "0.10.46"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es5-ext/-/es5-ext-0.10.46.tgz#efd99f67c5a7ec789baa3daa7f79870388f7f572"
+  dependencies:
+    es6-iterator "~2.0.3"
+    es6-symbol "~3.1.1"
+    next-tick "1"
+
 es6-iterator@^2.0.1, es6-iterator@~2.0.1, es6-iterator@~2.0.3:
   version "2.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es6-iterator/-/es6-iterator-2.0.3.tgz#a7de889141a05a94b0854403b2d0a0fbfa98f3b7"
@@ -1983,7 +2016,7 @@ etag@~1.8.1:
   version "1.8.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/etag/-/etag-1.8.1.tgz#41ae2eeb65efa62268aebfea83ac7d79299b0887"
 
-event-emitter@~0.3.5:
+event-emitter@~0.3.1, event-emitter@~0.3.5:
   version "0.3.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/event-emitter/-/event-emitter-0.3.5.tgz#df8c69eef1647923c7157b9ce83840610b02cc39"
   dependencies:
@@ -2116,6 +2149,10 @@ extend@^3.0.0, extend@~3.0.1:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/extend/-/extend-3.0.1.tgz#a755ea7bc1adfcc5a31ce7e762dbaadc5e636444"
 
+extend@~3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/extend/-/extend-3.0.2.tgz#f8b1136b4071fbd8eb140aff858b1019ec2915fa"
+
 external-editor@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/external-editor/-/external-editor-1.1.1.tgz#12d7b0db850f7ff7e7081baf4005700060c4600b"
@@ -2338,6 +2375,14 @@ form-data@~2.3.1:
     combined-stream "1.0.6"
     mime-types "^2.1.12"
 
+form-data@~2.3.2:
+  version "2.3.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/form-data/-/form-data-2.3.3.tgz#dcce52c05f644f298c6a7ab936bd724ceffbf3a6"
+  dependencies:
+    asynckit "^0.4.0"
+    combined-stream "^1.0.6"
+    mime-types "^2.1.12"
+
 format-util@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/format-util/-/format-util-1.0.3.tgz#032dca4a116262a12c43f4c3ec8566416c5b2d95"
@@ -2645,6 +2690,13 @@ har-validator@~5.0.3:
     ajv "^5.1.0"
     har-schema "^2.0.0"
 
+har-validator@~5.1.0:
+  version "5.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/har-validator/-/har-validator-5.1.0.tgz#44657f5688a22cfd4b72486e81b3a3fb11742c29"
+  dependencies:
+    ajv "^5.3.0"
+    har-schema "^2.0.0"
+
 has-ansi@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-ansi/-/has-ansi-2.0.0.tgz#34f5049ce1ecdf2b0649af3ef24e45ed35416d91"
@@ -3925,12 +3977,22 @@ mime-db@~1.33.0:
   version "1.33.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.33.0.tgz#a3492050a5cb9b63450541e39d9788d2272783db"
 
+mime-db@~1.37.0:
+  version "1.37.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.37.0.tgz#0b6a0ce6fdbe9576e25f1f2d2fde8830dc0ad0d8"
+
 mime-types@^2.0.7, mime-types@^2.1.10, mime-types@^2.1.12, mime-types@~2.1.17, mime-types@~2.1.18:
   version "2.1.18"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.18.tgz#6f323f60a83d11146f831ff11fd66e2fe5503bb8"
   dependencies:
     mime-db "~1.33.0"
 
+mime-types@~2.1.19:
+  version "2.1.21"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.21.tgz#28995aa1ecb770742fe6ae7e58f9181c744b3f96"
+  dependencies:
+    mime-db "~1.37.0"
+
 mime@1.4.1:
   version "1.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime/-/mime-1.4.1.tgz#121f9ebc49e3766f311a76e1fa1c8003c4b03aa6"
@@ -4124,6 +4186,10 @@ next-tick@1:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/next-tick/-/next-tick-1.0.0.tgz#ca86d1fe8828169b0120208e3dc8424b9db8342c"
 
+next-tick@~0.2.2:
+  version "0.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/next-tick/-/next-tick-0.2.2.tgz#75da4a927ee5887e39065880065b7336413b310d"
+
 nice-try@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nice-try/-/nice-try-1.0.5.tgz#a3378a7696ce7d223e88fc9b764bd7ef1089e366"
@@ -4166,6 +4232,13 @@ node-readfiles@^0.2.0:
   dependencies:
     es6-promise "^3.2.1"
 
+node-slack@^0.0.7:
+  version "0.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-slack/-/node-slack-0.0.7.tgz#2a022d3b5b47eaaa693fb167fcbfbcad7697ace7"
+  dependencies:
+    deferred "0.7.1"
+    request "~2.x"
+
 node-status@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-status/-/node-status-1.0.0.tgz#7906a7c47a6587d03496bf74ec634abaa03f8e80"
@@ -4302,6 +4375,10 @@ oauth-sign@~0.8.2:
   version "0.8.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/oauth-sign/-/oauth-sign-0.8.2.tgz#46a6ab7f0aead8deae9ec0565780b7d4efeb9d43"
 
+oauth-sign@~0.9.0:
+  version "0.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/oauth-sign/-/oauth-sign-0.9.0.tgz#47a7b016baa68b5fa0ecf3dee08a85c679ac6455"
+
 object-assign@^4.0.1, object-assign@^4.1.0, object-assign@^4.1.1:
   version "4.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-assign/-/object-assign-4.1.1.tgz#2109adc7965887cfc05cbbd442cac8bfbb360863"
@@ -4772,6 +4849,10 @@ pseudomap@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pseudomap/-/pseudomap-1.0.2.tgz#f052a28da70e618917ef0a8ac34c1ae5a68286b3"
 
+psl@^1.1.24:
+  version "1.1.29"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/psl/-/psl-1.1.29.tgz#60f580d360170bb722a797cc704411e6da850c67"
+
 pstree.remy@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pstree.remy/-/pstree.remy-1.1.0.tgz#f2af27265bd3e5b32bbfcc10e80bac55ba78688b"
@@ -4793,7 +4874,7 @@ qs@6.5.1:
   version "6.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.5.1.tgz#349cdf6eef89ec45c12d7d5eb3fc0c870343a6d8"
 
-qs@^6.1.0, qs@~6.5.1:
+qs@^6.1.0, qs@~6.5.1, qs@~6.5.2:
   version "6.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.5.2.tgz#cb3ae806e8740444584ef154ce8ee98d403f3e36"
 
@@ -5196,6 +5277,31 @@ request@^2.81.0:
     tunnel-agent "^0.6.0"
     uuid "^3.1.0"
 
+request@~2.x:
+  version "2.88.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/request/-/request-2.88.0.tgz#9c2fca4f7d35b592efe57c7f0a55e81052124fef"
+  dependencies:
+    aws-sign2 "~0.7.0"
+    aws4 "^1.8.0"
+    caseless "~0.12.0"
+    combined-stream "~1.0.6"
+    extend "~3.0.2"
+    forever-agent "~0.6.1"
+    form-data "~2.3.2"
+    har-validator "~5.1.0"
+    http-signature "~1.2.0"
+    is-typedarray "~1.0.0"
+    isstream "~0.1.2"
+    json-stringify-safe "~5.0.1"
+    mime-types "~2.1.19"
+    oauth-sign "~0.9.0"
+    performance-now "^2.1.0"
+    qs "~6.5.2"
+    safe-buffer "^5.1.2"
+    tough-cookie "~2.4.3"
+    tunnel-agent "^0.6.0"
+    uuid "^3.3.2"
+
 require-directory@^2.1.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz#8c64ad5fd30dab1c976e2344ffe7f792a6a6df42"
@@ -5984,6 +6090,13 @@ tough-cookie@>=2.3.3, tough-cookie@~2.3.3:
   dependencies:
     punycode "^1.4.1"
 
+tough-cookie@~2.4.3:
+  version "2.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.4.3.tgz#53f36da3f47783b0925afa06ff9f3b165280f781"
+  dependencies:
+    psl "^1.1.24"
+    punycode "^1.4.1"
+
 tr46@~0.0.3:
   version "0.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz#8184fd347dac9cdc185992f3a6622e14b9d9ab6a"
@@ -6203,7 +6316,7 @@ uuid@^3.1.0:
   version "3.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-3.3.0.tgz#b237147804881d7b86f40a7ff8f590f15c37de32"
 
-uuid@^3.2.1:
+uuid@^3.2.1, uuid@^3.3.2:
   version "3.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-3.3.2.tgz#1b4af4955eb3077c501c23872fc6513811587131"