diff --git a/notification-server/.env.template b/notification-server/.env.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21ec9828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/.env.template
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+PGPASSWORD=$DB_PASSWORD
+NOTIFICATION_SERVER_DB_CONNECTION="host=localhost dbname=notification-server user=postgres password=$DB_PASSWORD port=5432"
+NOTIFICATION_SERVER_LISTEN_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:3030"
diff --git a/notification-server/.gitignore b/notification-server/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c49bd78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
diff --git a/notification-server/Cargo.lock b/notification-server/Cargo.lock
index a8f325da..d6204bf8 100644
--- a/notification-server/Cargo.lock
+++ b/notification-server/Cargo.lock
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.18"
@@ -96,6 +105,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "418c75fa768af9c03be99d17643f93f79bbba589895012a80e3452a19ddda15b"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "038dfcf04a5feb68e9c60b21c9625a54c2c0616e79b72b0fd87075a056ae1d1b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c03a11a9034d92058ceb6ee011ce58af4a9bf61491aa7e1e59ecd24bd40d22d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad186efb764318d35165f1758e7dcef3b10628e26d41a44bc5550652e6804391"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "61a38449feb7068f52bb06c12759005cf459ee52bb4adc1d5a7c4322d716fb19"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.86"
@@ -272,13 +330,13 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
- "bitflags",
+ "axum-core 0.3.4",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "hyper 0.14.29",
  "itoa",
  "matchit",
  "memchr",
@@ -287,12 +345,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
- "sync_wrapper",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a6c9af12842a67734c9a2e355436e5d03b22383ed60cf13cd0c18fbfe3dcbcf"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core 0.4.3",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -302,19 +394,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "mime",
+ "rustversion",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a15c63fd72d41492dc4f497196f5da1fb04fb7529e631d73630d1b491e47a2e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
  "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.72"
+version = "0.3.73"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17c6a35df3749d2e8bb1b7b21a976d82b15548788d2735b9d82f329268f71a11"
+checksum = "5cc23269a4f8976d0a4d2e7109211a419fe30e8d88d677cd60b6bc79c5732e0a"
 dependencies = [
  "addr2line",
  "cc",
@@ -349,6 +462,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf4b9d6a944f767f8e5e0db018570623c85f3d925ac718db4e06d0187adb21c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitvec"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -505,6 +624,52 @@ dependencies = [
  "inout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5db83dced34638ad474f39f250d7fea9598bdd239eaced1bdf45d597da0f433f"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7e204572485eb3fbf28f871612191521df159bc3e15a9f5064c66dba3a8c05f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c780290ccf4fb26629baa7a1081e68ced113f1d3ec302fa5948f1c381ebf06c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b82cf0babdbd58558212896d1a4272303a57bdb245c2bf1147185fb45640e70"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b6a852b24ab71dffc585bcb46eaf7959d175cb865a7152e35b348d1b2960422"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concordium-contracts-common"
 version = "9.1.0"
@@ -547,7 +712,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "futures",
  "hex",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.12",
  "num",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits",
@@ -666,6 +831,16 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6245d59a3e82a7fc217c5828a6692dbc6dfb63a0c8c90495621f7b9d79704a0e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91e195e091a93c46f7102ec7818a2aa394e1e1771c3ab4825963fa03e45afb8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -824,15 +999,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
-version = "0.99.17"
+version = "0.99.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4fb810d30a7c1953f91334de7244731fc3f3c10d7fe163338a35b9f640960321"
+checksum = "5f33878137e4dafd7fa914ad4e259e18a4e8e532b9617a2d0150262bf53abfce"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustc_version",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -846,6 +1021,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenv"
+version = "0.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519"
 version = "2.2.3"
@@ -894,12 +1075,41 @@ version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3dca9240753cf90908d7e4aac30f630662b02aebaa1b58a3cadabdb23385b58b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a009aa4810eb158359dda09d0c87378e4bbb89b5a801f016885a4707ba24f7ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38b35839ba51819680ba087cd351788c9a3c476841207e0b8cee0b04722343b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4443176a9f2c162692bd3d352d745ef9413eec5782a80d8fd6f8a1ac692a07f7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ff"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -923,6 +1133,15 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "form_urlencoded"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13624c2627564efccf4934284bdd98cbaa14e79b0b5a141218e507b3a823456"
+dependencies = [
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "funty"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -1077,7 +1296,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.12",
  "indexmap 2.2.6",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
@@ -1119,6 +1338,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "allocator-api2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -1145,6 +1376,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "21b9ddb458710bc376481b842f5da65cdf31522de232c1ca8146abce2a358258"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "itoa",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body"
 version = "0.4.6"
@@ -1152,15 +1394,38 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ceab25649e9960c0311ea418d17bee82c0dcec1bd053b5f9a66e265a693bed2"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cac85db508abc24a2e48553ba12a996e87244a0395ce011e62b37158745d643"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body-util"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "793429d76616a256bcb62c2a2ec2bed781c8307e797e2598c50010f2bee2544f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d897f394bad6a705d5f4104762e116a75639e470d80901eed05a860a95cb1904"
+checksum = "0fcc0b4a115bf80b728eb8ea024ad5bd707b615bfed49e0665b6e0f86fd082d9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httpdate"
@@ -1168,6 +1433,12 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "0.14.29"
@@ -1179,8 +1450,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
  "httparse",
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
@@ -1192,18 +1463,52 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fe575dd17d0862a9a33781c8c4696a55c320909004a67a00fb286ba8b1bc496d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
+ "itoa",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "smallvec",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-timeout"
 version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbb958482e8c7be4bc3cf272a766a2b0bf1a6755e7a6ae777f017a31d11b13b1"
 dependencies = [
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 0.14.29",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-io-timeout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b875924a60b96e5d7b9ae7b066540b1dd1cbd90d1828f54c92e02a283351c56"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.60"
@@ -1265,6 +1570,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8478577c03552c21db0e2724ffb8986a5ce7af88107e6be5d2ee6e158c12800"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1307,6 +1618,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cpufeatures",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "leb128"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -1319,6 +1636,16 @@ version = "0.2.155"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07af8b9cdd281b7915f413fa73f29ebd5d55d0d3f0155584dade1ff18cea1b17"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.21"
@@ -1331,11 +1658,21 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "md-5"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d89e7ee0cfbedfc4da3340218492196241d89eefb6dab27de5df917a6d2e78cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
-version = "2.7.2"
+version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c8640c5d730cb13ebd907d8d04b52f55ac9a2eec55b440c8892f40d56c76c1d"
+checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
@@ -1351,9 +1688,9 @@ checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "87dfd01fe195c66b572b37921ad8803d010623c0aca821bea2302239d155cdae"
+checksum = "b8a240ddb74feaf34a79a7add65a741f3167852fba007066dcac1ca548d89c08"
 dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
@@ -1383,7 +1720,31 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "notification-server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
+ "clap",
  "concordium-rust-sdk",
+ "dotenv",
+ "env_logger",
+ "futures",
+ "log",
+ "num-bigint",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-postgres",
+ "tonic",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-properties"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4259d9d4425d9f0661581b804cb85fe66a4c631cadd8f490d1c13a35d5d9291"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "universal-hash"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -2341,12 +3122,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a183cf7feeba97b4dd1c0d46788634f6221d87fa961b305bed08c851829efcc0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -2368,6 +3167,12 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasite"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8dad83b4f25e74f184f64c43b150b91efe7647395b42289f38e50566d82855b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.92"
@@ -2422,6 +3227,49 @@ version = "0.2.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af190c94f2773fdb3729c55b007a722abb5384da03bc0986df4c289bf5567e96"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77afa9a11836342370f4817622a2f0f418b134426d91a82dfb48f532d2ec13ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "whoami"
+version = "1.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a44ab49fad634e88f55bf8f9bb3abd2f27d7204172a112c7c9987e01c1c94ea9"
+dependencies = [
+ "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
+ "wasite",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/notification-server/Cargo.toml b/notification-server/Cargo.toml
index 4728acf0..39a8a3cd 100644
--- a/notification-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/notification-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,26 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-
+anyhow = "1.0.86"
+axum = "0.7.5"
+clap = { version = "4.5.7", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 concordium-rust-sdk = { version = "*", path = "../deps/concordium-rust-sdk" }
+dotenv = "0.15"
+env_logger = "0.11.3"
+futures = "0.3.30"
+log = "0.4.21"
+tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "signal"] }
+tokio-postgres = "0.7"
+tonic = {version = "0.10", features = ["tls", "tls-roots"]} # Use system trust roots.
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3" }
+tracing = { version = "0.1" }
+serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"] }
+num-bigint = "0.4.5"
+
+[[bin]]
+path = "src/bin/api.rs"
+name = "notification-api"
+
+[[bin]]
+path = "src/bin/service.rs"
+name = "notification-service"
diff --git a/notification-server/Makefile b/notification-server/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae578741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := all
+
+all: docker-up wait-for-db create-tables
+
+setup:
+	@echo "Setting default password"
+	@DB_PASSWORD=$$(openssl rand -base64 12) && \
+	export DB_PASSWORD=$$DB_PASSWORD && \
+	cat .env.template | envsubst > .env
+
+docker-up:
+	@echo "Starting Docker containers..."
+	docker-compose up -d
+
+# Target to wait for the PostgreSQL database to be ready.
+wait-for-db:
+	@echo "Waiting for the database to be ready..."
+	@max_attempts=10; \
+	current_attempt=1; \
+	until docker-compose exec -T db pg_isready -U postgres; do \
+		sleep 5; \
+		current_attempt=$$((current_attempt+1)); \
+		if [ $$current_attempt -gt $$max_attempts ]; then \
+			echo "Database did not become ready in time."; \
+			exit 1; \
+		fi; \
+		echo "Retrying ($$current_attempt/$$max_attempts)..."; \
+	done
+
+create-tables:
+	@echo "Creating tables from SQL files..."
+	@for sql_file in resources/*.sql; do \
+		echo "Processing $$sql_file..."; \
+		docker-compose exec -T db psql --username=postgres < $$sql_file; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY: setup all docker-up wait-for-db create-tables
diff --git a/notification-server/README.md b/notification-server/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d2177b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Notification server
+
+Server to obtain information about particular account to device mappings and store them in a persistence layer.
+
+# Notification service
+
+Service indexing the CCD chain and given incoming transactions, emit a notification to the device
+associated with the account that received the transaction.
+
+## Setting up local dev
+
+```shell
+make setup && make
+```
+
+where `make setup` will be a onetime setup and `make` will be continuously used to ensure containers are valid.
+
+and run the application with 
+
+```shell
+cargo run --bin <BINARY_NAME>
+```
+
+where `<BINARY_NAME>` is the name of the binary you want to run.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notification-server/docker-compose.yml b/notification-server/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a68796a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Use postgres/example user/password credentials
+version: '3.9'
+
+services:
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PGPASSWORD}
diff --git a/notification-server/resources/schema.sql b/notification-server/resources/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c7e7390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/resources/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-- accounts created.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS account_device_mapping (
+  id SERIAL8 PRIMARY KEY,
+  address BYTEA NOT NULL,
+  device_id VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+  UNIQUE (address, device_id)
+);
diff --git a/notification-server/src/bin/api.rs b/notification-server/src/bin/api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b97279de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/src/bin/api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+use axum::{
+    extract::{Json, Path, State},
+    http::StatusCode,
+    routing::put,
+    Router,
+};
+use clap::Parser;
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio_postgres::Config;
+use tracing::info;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+struct Args {
+    #[arg(
+        long = "db-connection",
+        help = "A connection string detailing the connection to the database used by the \
+                application.",
+        env = "NOTIFICATION_SERVER_DB_CONNECTION"
+    )]
+    db_connection:  String,
+    #[arg(
+        long = "listen-address",
+        help = "Listen address for the server.",
+        env = "NOTIFICATION_SERVER_LISTEN_ADDRESS",
+        default_value = "0.0.0.0:3030"
+    )]
+    listen_address: std::net::SocketAddr,
+    /// Logging level of the application
+    #[arg(long = "log-level", default_value_t = log::LevelFilter::Info)]
+    log_level:      log::LevelFilter,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct AppState {
+    db_connection: Config,
+}
+
+async fn upsert_account_device(
+    Path(device): Path<String>,
+    State(state): State<Arc<AppState>>,
+    Json(account): Json<Vec<String>>,
+) -> Result<impl axum::response::IntoResponse, axum::response::Response> {
+    info!("Subscribing accounts {:?} to device {}", account, device);
+    let _ = &state.db_connection;
+    // TODO write to the database
+    Ok(StatusCode::OK)
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    dotenv().ok();
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+
+    let db_connection: Config = args.db_connection.parse()?;
+    let app_state = Arc::new(AppState { db_connection });
+    // TODO add authentication middleware
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route(
+            "/api/v1/device/:device/subscription",
+            put(upsert_account_device),
+        )
+        .with_state(app_state);
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(args.listen_address).await?;
+    axum::serve(listener, app).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/notification-server/src/bin/service.rs b/notification-server/src/bin/service.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c42a7de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/src/bin/service.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use concordium_rust_sdk::v2::{Client, Endpoint};
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+use notification_server::processor::process;
+use tonic::{
+    codegen::{http, tokio_stream::StreamExt},
+    transport::ClientTlsConfig,
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+struct Args {
+    /// The node used for querying
+    #[arg(
+        long = "node",
+        help = "The endpoint is expected to point to a concordium node grpc v2 API's.",
+        default_value = "https://grpc.testnet.concordium.com:20000"
+    )]
+    endpoint:      Endpoint,
+    /// Database connection string.
+    #[arg(
+        long = "db-connection",
+        help = "A connection string detailing the connection to the database used by the \
+                application.",
+        env = "NOTIFICATION_SERVER_DB_CONNECTION"
+    )]
+    db_connection: tokio_postgres::config::Config,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    dotenv().ok();
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let endpoint = if args
+        .endpoint
+        .uri()
+        .scheme()
+        .map_or(false, |x| x == &http::uri::Scheme::HTTPS)
+    {
+        args.endpoint.tls_config(ClientTlsConfig::new())?
+    } else {
+        args.endpoint
+    }
+    .connect_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10))
+    .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(300))
+    .http2_keep_alive_interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(300))
+    .keep_alive_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10))
+    .keep_alive_while_idle(true);
+
+    let mut client = Client::new(endpoint).await?;
+    let mut receiver = client.get_finalized_blocks().await?;
+    while let Some(v) = receiver.next().await {
+        let block_hash = v?.block_hash;
+        println!("Blockhash: {:?}", block_hash);
+        let transactions = client
+            .get_block_transaction_events(block_hash)
+            .await?
+            .response;
+        let results = process(transactions).await;
+        results.iter().for_each(|result| {
+            println!("address: {}, amount: {}", result.address, result.amount);
+        });
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/notification-server/src/lib.rs b/notification-server/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cde65f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod processor;
diff --git a/notification-server/src/main.rs b/notification-server/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a11a96..00000000
--- a/notification-server/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
-}
diff --git a/notification-server/src/processor.rs b/notification-server/src/processor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d64fa84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notification-server/src/processor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+use concordium_rust_sdk::{
+    base::contracts_common::AccountAddress,
+    cis2,
+    cis2::Event,
+    types,
+    types::{
+        AccountTransactionEffects, Address, Address::Account,
+        BlockItemSummaryDetails::AccountTransaction, ContractTraceElement,
+    },
+};
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use num_bigint::BigInt;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct NotificationInformation {
+    pub address: AccountAddress,
+    pub amount:  BigInt,
+}
+
+impl NotificationInformation {
+    pub fn new(address: AccountAddress, amount: BigInt) -> Self { Self { address, amount } }
+}
+
+fn convert<T: Into<BigInt>>(
+    address: Address,
+    amount: T,
+    is_positive: bool,
+) -> Option<NotificationInformation> {
+    let mut amount: BigInt = amount.into();
+    if !is_positive {
+        amount = -amount;
+    }
+
+    match address {
+        Account(address) => Some(NotificationInformation::new(address, amount)),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_cis2_events_addresses(effects: &AccountTransactionEffects) -> Vec<NotificationInformation> {
+    match &effects {
+        AccountTransactionEffects::AccountTransfer { to, amount } => {
+            vec![NotificationInformation::new(*to, amount.micro_ccd.into())]
+        }
+        AccountTransactionEffects::AccountTransferWithMemo { to, amount, .. } => {
+            vec![NotificationInformation::new(*to, amount.micro_ccd.into())]
+        }
+        AccountTransactionEffects::ContractUpdateIssued { effects } => effects
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|effect| match effect {
+                ContractTraceElement::Transferred { to, amount, .. } => {
+                    vec![NotificationInformation::new(*to, amount.micro_ccd.into())]
+                }
+                ContractTraceElement::Updated { data } => data
+                    .events
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter_map(|event| match cis2::Event::try_from(event) {
+                        Ok(Event::Transfer { to, amount, .. }) => convert(to, amount.0, true),
+                        Ok(Event::Mint { owner, amount, .. }) => convert(owner, amount.0, true),
+                        Ok(Event::Burn { owner, amount, .. }) => convert(owner, amount.0, false),
+                        _ => None,
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+                _ => vec![],
+            })
+            .collect(),
+        AccountTransactionEffects::TransferredWithSchedule { to, amount } => {
+            vec![NotificationInformation::new(
+                *to,
+                amount.iter().fold(BigInt::from(0), |acc, &(_, item)| {
+                    acc + BigInt::from(item.micro_ccd)
+                }),
+            )]
+        }
+        AccountTransactionEffects::TransferredWithScheduleAndMemo { to, amount, .. } => {
+            vec![NotificationInformation::new(
+                *to,
+                amount.iter().fold(BigInt::from(0), |acc, &(_, item)| {
+                    acc + BigInt::from(item.micro_ccd)
+                }),
+            )]
+        }
+        _ => vec![],
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn process(
+    transactions: impl Stream<Item = Result<types::BlockItemSummary, tonic::Status>>,
+) -> Vec<NotificationInformation> {
+    transactions
+        .filter_map(|result| async move { result.ok() })
+        .flat_map(|t| {
+            futures::stream::iter(match t.details {
+                AccountTransaction(ref account_transaction) => {
+                    get_cis2_events_addresses(&account_transaction.effects)
+                }
+                _ => vec![],
+            })
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<NotificationInformation>>()
+        .await
+}