diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7e5dfa9..027e71e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-FROM ruby:2.4.0-alpine
+FROM ruby:2.4.1-alpine
 
 ENV APPLICATION /usr/lib/origin
 ENV RAILS_ENV production
 ENV PORT 3001
+ENV BUNDLE_FORCE_RUBY_PLATFORM 1
 
 WORKDIR $APPLICATION
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache build-base tzdata
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base tzdata protobuf
 RUN apk add --no-cache --repository http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main postgresql-dev
 RUN gem install bundler
 
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e2f388a..68ed781 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ gem "pry-rails", "0.3.6"
 gem "pry-remote", "0.1.8"
 gem "bugsnag", "5.3.2"
 gem "secure_headers", "3.6.4"
+gem "google-cloud-pubsub", "0.24.0", require: "google/cloud/pubsub"
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem "rspec-rails", "3.6.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b189db2..2cdde9c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ GEM
       i18n (~> 0.7)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
+    addressable (2.5.1)
+      public_suffix (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.2)
     arel (8.0.0)
     bcrypt (3.1.11)
     bugsnag (5.3.2)
@@ -46,26 +48,71 @@ GEM
     concurrent-ruby (1.0.5)
     diff-lcs (1.3)
     erubi (1.6.0)
+    faraday (0.12.1)
+      multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     globalid (0.4.0)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+    google-cloud-core (1.0.0)
+      google-cloud-env (~> 1.0)
+      googleauth (~> 0.5.1)
+    google-cloud-env (1.0.0)
+      faraday (~> 0.11)
+    google-cloud-pubsub (0.24.0)
+      google-cloud-core (~> 1.0)
+      google-gax (~> 0.8.0)
+      grpc-google-iam-v1 (~> 0.6.8)
+    google-gax (0.8.2)
+      google-protobuf (~> 3.2)
+      googleapis-common-protos (~> 1.3.5)
+      googleauth (~> 0.5.1)
+      grpc (~> 1.0)
+      rly (~> 0.2.3)
+    google-protobuf (3.3.0-x86_64-linux)
+    googleapis-common-protos (1.3.5)
+      google-protobuf (~> 3.2)
+      grpc (~> 1.0)
+    googleauth (0.5.1)
+      faraday (~> 0.9)
+      jwt (~> 1.4)
+      logging (~> 2.0)
+      memoist (~> 0.12)
+      multi_json (~> 1.11)
+      os (~> 0.9)
+      signet (~> 0.7)
+    grpc (1.2.5-x86_64-linux)
+      google-protobuf (~> 3.1)
+      googleauth (~> 0.5.1)
+    grpc-google-iam-v1 (0.6.8)
+      googleapis-common-protos (~> 1.3.1)
+      googleauth (~> 0.5.1)
+      grpc (~> 1.0)
     i18n (0.8.1)
     jsonapi-resources (0.9.0)
       activerecord (>= 4.1)
       concurrent-ruby
       railties (>= 4.1)
+    jwt (1.5.6)
+    little-plugger (1.1.4)
+    logging (2.2.2)
+      little-plugger (~> 1.1)
+      multi_json (~> 1.10)
     loofah (2.0.3)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
     mail (2.6.5)
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4)
+    memoist (0.15.0)
     method_source (0.8.2)
     mime-types (3.1)
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2016.0521)
     mini_portile2 (2.1.0)
     minitest (5.10.1)
+    multi_json (1.12.1)
+    multipart-post (2.0.0)
     nio4r (2.0.0)
     nokogiri (1.7.1)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.1.0)
+    os (0.9.6)
     pg (0.19.0)
     pry (0.10.4)
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
@@ -76,6 +123,7 @@ GEM
     pry-remote (0.1.8)
       pry (~> 0.9)
       slop (~> 3.0)
+    public_suffix (2.0.5)
     puma (3.8.2)
     rack (2.0.1)
     rack-authentication_bearer (1.0.0)
@@ -106,6 +154,7 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
     rake (12.0.0)
+    rly (0.2.3)
     rspec-core (3.6.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.6.0)
     rspec-expectations (3.6.0)
@@ -125,6 +174,11 @@ GEM
     rspec-support (3.6.0)
     secure_headers (3.6.4)
       useragent
+    signet (0.7.3)
+      addressable (~> 2.3)
+      faraday (~> 0.9)
+      jwt (~> 1.5)
+      multi_json (~> 1.10)
     slop (3.6.0)
     sprockets (3.7.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -148,6 +202,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   bcrypt (= 3.1.11)
   bugsnag (= 5.3.2)
+  google-cloud-pubsub (= 0.24.0)
   jsonapi-resources (= 0.9.0)
   pg (= 0.19.0)
   pry-rails (= 0.3.6)
diff --git a/config/initializers/google_pubsub.rb b/config/initializers/google_pubsub.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb5d77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/google_pubsub.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+client = Google::Cloud::Pubsub.new(ENV["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"])
+
+PUBSUB_CLIENT = client.topic(ENV["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PUBSUB_TOPIC"])