diff --git a/src/publisher_service/mod.rs b/src/publisher_service/mod.rs
index 32859173..0461b9b1 100644
--- a/src/publisher_service/mod.rs
+++ b/src/publisher_service/mod.rs
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ fn create_http_client(
 pub async fn bootstrap(config: Configuration) -> Result<()> {
     wc::metrics::ServiceMetrics::init_with_name("notify-publisher-service");
 
-    let postgres = PgPoolOptions::new().connect(&config.postgres_url).await?;
-    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&postgres).await?;
+    let postgres_pool = PgPoolOptions::new().connect(&config.postgres_url).await?;
+    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&postgres_pool).await?;
 
     let seed = sha256::digest(config.keypair_seed.as_bytes()).as_bytes()[..32]
         .try_into()
         .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidKeypairSeed)?;
     let keypair = Keypair::generate(&mut StdRng::from_seed(seed));
-    let _http_relay_client = Arc::new(create_http_client(
+    let http_relay_client = Arc::new(create_http_client(
         &keypair,
         &config.relay_url.replace("ws", "http"),
         &config.notify_url,
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ pub async fn bootstrap(config: Configuration) -> Result<()> {
 
     info!("Starting metrics server on {}", telemetry_addr);
     let telemetry_app = Router::new().route("/metrics", get(metrics::handler));
-
+    let postgres_pool_arc = Arc::new(postgres_pool);
     select! {
         e = axum::Server::bind(&telemetry_addr).serve(telemetry_app.into_make_service()) => warn!("Metrics server terminated {:?}", e),
-        e = worker::run() => warn!("Worker process terminated {:?}", e),
+        e = worker::run(&postgres_pool_arc, &http_relay_client) => warn!("Worker process terminated {:?}", e),
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/publisher_service/worker.rs b/src/publisher_service/worker.rs
index 35aa8f27..f8747dab 100644
--- a/src/publisher_service/worker.rs
+++ b/src/publisher_service/worker.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
-pub async fn run() {
-    // TODO: worker implementation
+use {
+    sqlx::{postgres::PgListener, PgPool},
+    std::sync::Arc,
+};
+
+pub async fn run(
+    pg_pool: &Arc<PgPool>,
+    relay_client: &Arc<relay_client::http::Client>,
+) -> Result<(), sqlx::Error> {
+    let mut pg_notify_listener = PgListener::connect_with(pg_pool)
+        .await
+        .expect("Notifying listener failed to connect to Postgres");
+    pg_notify_listener
+        .listen("notification_for_delivery")
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to listen to Postgres events channels");
+
+    loop {
+        let notification = pg_notify_listener.recv().await?;
+        tokio::spawn({
+            let pg_pool = pg_pool.clone();
+            let relay_client = relay_client.clone();
+            async move { process_message(&pg_pool, &relay_client, notification.payload()).await }
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+async fn process_message(
+    _pg_pool: &Arc<PgPool>,
+    _relay_client: &Arc<relay_client::http::Client>,
+    _message_delivery_id: &str,
+) {
+    // TODO: implement
 }