diff --git a/lbry/scripts/monitor_slow_queries.py b/lbry/scripts/monitor_slow_queries.py
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+import os, asyncio, aiohttp, json, slack, sqlparse
+
+
+async def listen(slack_client, url):
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(3)) as session:
+        print(f"connecting to {url}")
+        try:
+            ws = await session.ws_connect(url)
+        except (aiohttp.ClientConnectorError, asyncio.TimeoutError):
+            print(f"failed to connect to {url}")
+            return
+        print(f"connected to {url}")
+
+        async for msg in ws:
+            r = json.loads(msg.data)
+            try:
+                queries = r["api"]["search"]["interrupted_queries"]
+            except KeyError:
+                continue
+
+            for q in queries:
+                # clean = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", q)
+                clean = sqlparse.format(q, reindent=True, keyword_case='upper')
+                print(f'{url}: {clean}')
+                response = await slack_client.chat_postMessage(
+                    username=url,
+                    icon_emoji=":hourglass_flowing_sand:",
+                    channel='#clubhouse-de-obscure',
+                    text="*Query timed out:* " + clean
+                )
+                if not response["ok"]:
+                    print("SLACK ERROR:\n", response)
+                print()
+
+
+async def main():
+    try:
+        slack_client = slack.WebClient(token=os.environ['SLACK_TOKEN'], run_async=True)
+    except KeyError:
+        print("Error: SLACK_TOKEN env var required")
+        return
+
+    num_servers = 5
+    tasks = []
+    for i in range(1, num_servers+1):
+        tasks.append(asyncio.create_task(listen(slack_client, f'http://spv{i}.lbry.com:50005')))
+    await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+
+asyncio.run(main())