diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 41bc17e..94ae5e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -840,6 +840,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyper-util",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
  "url",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 713d475..e49ba2d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 resolver = "2"
 members = ["lib/search_and_replace", "theseus-server"]
+
+[profile.release]
+strip = true
+lto = true
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 34c3c83..d33d101 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ run: dst/dev.toml $(TARGETS_CLIENT)
 clean: client_clean
 	rm -rf dst
 
-dst/release/theseus-server: $(SRCS_RUST_THESEUS_SERVER) $(TARGETS_CLIENT)
+dst/release/theseus-server: $(SRCS_RUST_THESEUS_SERVER) $(TARGETS_CLIENT) dst/prod.toml
 	cargo build --package theseus-server --release
 	touch $@
diff --git a/config/dev.toml b/config/dev.toml
index 05c4885..8d53fb2 100644
--- a/config/dev.toml
+++ b/config/dev.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ max_question_body_size = 25
 memory_limit = 50
 
 [maintenance]
-interval = 60
+interval = 10
 
 [push]
-endpoint = "[::1]:8081"
+endpoint = "http://[::1]:8081/push"
diff --git a/config/make.mk b/config/make.mk
index 2257d09..69e1da6 100644
--- a/config/make.mk
+++ b/config/make.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 dst/dev.toml: config/dev.toml
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	ln -f $< $@
+
+dst/prod.toml: config/prod.toml
+	@mkdir -p $(@D)
+	ln -f $< $@
diff --git a/config/prod.toml b/config/prod.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6705a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/prod.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[server]
+bind_to = "[::1]:8080"
+max_question_body_size = 2048
+
+[performance]
+memory_limit = 536870912
+
+[maintenance]
+interval = 60
+
+[push]
+endpoint = "http://[::1]:9091/api.php?cmd=newmodmessages"
diff --git a/theseus-server/Cargo.toml b/theseus-server/Cargo.toml
index 2e782f1..926cc8e 100644
--- a/theseus-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/theseus-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ http-body-util = "0.1.3"
 hyper = { version = "1.6.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1.11", features = ["full"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.140"
 tokio = { version = "1.44.2", features = ["full"] }
 toml = "0.8.22"
 url = "2.5.4"
diff --git a/theseus-server/src/config.rs b/theseus-server/src/config.rs
index 4de4f0c..9a5e30f 100644
--- a/theseus-server/src/config.rs
+++ b/theseus-server/src/config.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def_config! {
         interval = u64, // in seconds
 
         [push Push]
-        endpoint = std::net::SocketAddr, // recommended format: "<host>:<port>"
+        endpoint = String, // recommended format: "<host>:<port>"
 
     }
 
diff --git a/theseus-server/src/main.rs b/theseus-server/src/main.rs
index 44ff6e0..23f70f6 100644
--- a/theseus-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/theseus-server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::{atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering}, Arc}};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::Arc};
 use askama::Template;
-use http_body_util::{combinators::BoxBody, BodyExt, Collected, Full};
+use http_body_util::{combinators::BoxBody, BodyExt, Full};
 use hyper::{
     body::{Body, Bytes, Incoming},
     header::HeaderValue, server::conn::http1, service::service_fn, Error, Method, Request, Response
 };
 use hyper_util::rt::TokioIo;
-use tokio::{net::TcpListener, sync::Mutex};
+use tokio::{net::{TcpListener, TcpStream}, sync::Mutex};
 
 mod logger;
 mod args;
@@ -191,15 +191,102 @@ async fn new_question(
     Ok(response!(main_page req, "info", "Your question was successfully added."))
 }
 
+struct PushEndpoint<'a> {
+    uri: &'a hyper::Uri,
+    host: &'a str,
+    port: u16,
+    addr: String,
+    authority: String,
+}
+
+impl<'a> PushEndpoint<'a> {
+    fn new(uri: &'a hyper::Uri) -> Result<PushEndpoint<'a>, &'static str> {
+        let host = uri.host().ok_or("no host provided")?;
+        let port = uri.port_u16().ok_or("no port provided")?;
+        let addr = format!("{}:{}", host, port);
+        let authority = uri.authority().ok_or("no authority provided")?.to_string();
+        Ok(Self { uri, host, port, addr, authority })
+    }
+}
+
 async fn maintenance(state: Arc<SharedState>) {
+    let Ok(uri): Result<hyper::Uri, _> = state.config.push.endpoint.parse() else {
+        log!(fatal "could not parse uri: {:?}", state.config.push.endpoint);
+        return;
+    };
+    let uri = match PushEndpoint::new(&uri) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(e) => {
+            log!(fatal "could not parse endpoint address: {:?}", e);
+            return;
+        }
+    };
     let interval = std::time::Duration::from_secs(state.config.maintenance.interval);
+    let mut questions: HashSet<String> = HashSet::default();
     log!(debug "started maintenance routine with {:?} interval", interval);
     loop {
-        log!(debug "running maintenance");
+        log!(debug "----- MAINTENANCE -----");
+        let questions_new = state.questions.lock().await.consume_to_push();
+        questions.extend(questions_new);
+        log!(debug "pushing {} questions", questions.len());
+        match push_questions(&questions, &uri).await {
+            Ok(()) => questions = HashSet::default(),
+            Err(()) => { log!(debug "push failed - will try again"); },
+        };
+        log!(debug "----- /MAINTENANCE -----");
         tokio::time::sleep(interval).await;
     }
 }
 
+fn make_push_request<'a>(
+    questions: &HashSet<String>, uri: &PushEndpoint<'a>
+) -> Result<hyper::Request<Full<Bytes>>, ()> {
+    let Ok(body) = serde_json::to_string(questions) else { return Err(()); };
+    hyper::Request::builder()
+        .uri(uri.uri)
+        .header(hyper::header::HOST, &uri.authority)
+        .header(hyper::header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json")
+        .body(Full::new(Bytes::from(body))).map_err(|_| ())
+}
+
+async fn connect_to_push_endpoint(
+    addr: &String,
+) -> Result<hyper::client::conn::http1::SendRequest<Full<Bytes>>, ()> {
+    let stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await.map_err(|_| ())?;
+    let (sender, conn) = hyper::client::conn::http1::handshake(
+        TokioIo::new(stream)
+    ).await.map_err(|_| ())?;
+    tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+        conn.await
+    });
+    Ok(sender)
+}
+
+async fn push_questions<'a>(questions: &HashSet<String>, uri: &PushEndpoint<'a>) -> Result<(), ()> {
+    if questions.len() == 0 {
+        log!(debug "skipping push - no new questions");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let Ok(mut conn) = connect_to_push_endpoint(&uri.addr).await else {
+        log!(err "could not connect to push endpoint");
+        return Err(());
+    };
+    let Ok(req) = make_push_request(questions, uri) else {
+        log!(err "could not construct push questions request");
+        return Err(());
+    };
+    let Ok(res) = conn.send_request(req).await else {
+        log!(err "could not send questions request to push endpoint");
+        return Err(());
+    };
+    if res.status() != hyper::StatusCode::OK {
+        log!(err "got non-200 response from push endpoint");
+        return Err(());
+    }
+    log!(info "successfully pushed new questions");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn load_config(path: &str) -> Result<config::Config, String> {
     let Ok(file_contents) = std::fs::read_to_string(path) else {
         return Err("could not read the config file".to_string());