diff --git a/script/evgrd/Makefile b/script/evgrd/Makefile
index c8d971971..06c0165d1 100644
--- a/script/evgrd/Makefile
+++ b/script/evgrd/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 evgrd:
-	cargo run --bin evgrd --features=build-daemon
+	LOG_TARGETS=evgrd cargo run --bin evgrd --features=build-daemon
 
diff --git a/script/evgrd/bin/evgrd.rs b/script/evgrd/bin/evgrd.rs
index 124f35573..7e229919a 100644
--- a/script/evgrd/bin/evgrd.rs
+++ b/script/evgrd/bin/evgrd.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashSet, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
 use structopt_toml::{serde::Deserialize, structopt::StructOpt, StructOptToml};
 use url::Url;
 
-use evgrd::{FetchEventsMessage, VersionMessage, MSG_EVENT, MSG_FETCHEVENTS};
+use evgrd::{FetchEventsMessage, VersionMessage, MSG_EVENT, MSG_FETCHEVENTS, MSG_SENDEVENT};
 
 mod rpc;
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ async fn rpc_serve(
         match listener.next().await {
             Ok((stream, url)) => {
                 info!(target: "evgrd", "Accepted connection from {url}");
-                ex.spawn(handle_connect(stream, daemon.clone(), ex.clone())).detach();
+                ex.spawn(handle_connect(stream, daemon.clone())).detach();
             }
 
             // Errors we didn't handle above:
@@ -164,11 +164,7 @@ async fn rpc_serve(
     }
 }
 
-async fn handle_connect(
-    mut stream: Box<dyn PtStream>,
-    daemon: Arc<Daemon>,
-    _ex: Arc<Executor<'_>>,
-) -> Result<()> {
+async fn handle_connect(mut stream: Box<dyn PtStream>, daemon: Arc<Daemon>) -> Result<()> {
     let client_version = VersionMessage::decode_async(&mut stream).await?;
     info!(target: "evgrd", "Client version: {}", client_version.protocol_version);
 
@@ -184,27 +180,43 @@ async fn handle_connect(
                 ev.encode_async(&mut stream).await?;
             }
             msg_type = u8::decode_async(&mut stream).fuse() => {
+                debug!(target: "evgrd", "Received msg_type: {msg_type:?}");
                 let msg_type = msg_type?;
-                if msg_type != MSG_FETCHEVENTS {
-                    error!(target: "evgrd", "Connection received invalid msg_type: {msg_type}");
-                    return Err(Error::MalformedPacket)
-                }
-
-                let fetchevs = FetchEventsMessage::decode_async(&mut stream).await?;
-                info!(target: "evgrd", "Fetching events {fetchevs:?}");
-                let events = daemon.event_graph.fetch_successors_of(fetchevs.unref_tips).await?;
-
-                info!("fetched {events:?}");
-
-                for event in events {
-                   MSG_EVENT.encode_async(&mut stream).await?;
-                   event.encode_async(&mut stream).await?;
+                match msg_type {
+                    MSG_FETCHEVENTS => fetch_events(&mut stream, &daemon).await?,
+                    MSG_SENDEVENT => send_event(&mut stream, &daemon).await?,
+                    _ => error!("Skipping unhandled msg_type: {msg_type}")
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
+async fn fetch_events(stream: &mut Box<dyn PtStream>, daemon: &Daemon) -> Result<()> {
+    let fetchevs = FetchEventsMessage::decode_async(stream).await?;
+    info!(target: "evgrd", "Fetching events {fetchevs:?}");
+    let events = daemon.event_graph.fetch_successors_of(fetchevs.unref_tips).await?;
+
+    info!("fetched {events:?}");
+
+    for event in events {
+        MSG_EVENT.encode_async(stream).await?;
+        event.encode_async(stream).await?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn send_event(stream: &mut Box<dyn PtStream>, daemon: &Daemon) -> Result<()> {
+    let timestamp = u64::decode_async(stream).await?;
+    let content = Vec::<u8>::decode_async(stream).await?;
+    info!("send_event: {timestamp}, {content:?}");
+
+    let event = Event::with_timestamp(timestamp, content, &daemon.event_graph).await;
+    daemon.event_graph.dag_insert(&[event.clone()]).await.unwrap();
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async_daemonize!(realmain);
 async fn realmain(args: Args, ex: Arc<Executor<'static>>) -> Result<()> {
     info!("Starting evgrd node");
diff --git a/script/evgrd/src/lib.rs b/script/evgrd/src/lib.rs
index 2a53f6ed3..50a7b7546 100644
--- a/script/evgrd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/script/evgrd/src/lib.rs
@@ -379,3 +379,4 @@ impl FetchEventsMessage {
 
 pub const MSG_EVENT: u8 = 1;
 pub const MSG_FETCHEVENTS: u8 = 2;
+pub const MSG_SENDEVENT: u8 = 3;