diff --git a/TimberWinR/Manager.cs b/TimberWinR/Manager.cs
index c9f5085..f7b8901 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Manager.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Manager.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Reflection;
 using NLog;
 using NLog.Config;
 using NLog.Targets;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using TimberWinR.Inputs;
 using TimberWinR.Outputs;
 using System.Threading;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
 namespace TimberWinR
 {
@@ -190,9 +192,38 @@ namespace TimberWinR
                     foreach (var output in Outputs)
                         output.Connect(elistner);
                 }
+
+                var computerName = System.Environment.MachineName + "." +
+                       Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
+                           @"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters")
+                           .GetValue("Domain", "")
+                           .ToString();    
+
+                foreach (var output in Outputs)
+                {
+                    var name = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName();
+                    JObject json = new JObject(
+                     new JProperty("TimberWinR",
+                         new JObject(
+                             new JProperty("version", GetAssemblyByName("TimberWinR.ServiceHost").GetName().Version.ToString()),
+                             new JProperty("host", computerName),
+                             new JProperty("output", output.Name),
+                             new JProperty("initialized", DateTime.UtcNow)
+                             )));
+                    output.Startup(json);
+                }
             }
+
         }
 
+
+        private Assembly GetAssemblyByName(string name)
+        {
+            return AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies().
+                   SingleOrDefault(assembly => assembly.GetName().Name == name);
+        }
+
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates the default <see cref="FileTarget"/>.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Outputs/Elasticsearch.cs b/TimberWinR/Outputs/Elasticsearch.cs
index 6e6d76c..eef540e 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Outputs/Elasticsearch.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Outputs/Elasticsearch.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Outputs
         private long _errorCount;
 
         public ElasticsearchOutput(TimberWinR.Manager manager, Parser.ElasticsearchOutput eo, CancellationToken cancelToken)
-            : base(cancelToken)
+            : base(cancelToken, "Elasticsearch")
         {
             _sentMessages = 0;
             _errorCount = 0;
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Outputs/OutputSender.cs b/TimberWinR/Outputs/OutputSender.cs
index 37ef9d2..0e3cc2d 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Outputs/OutputSender.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Outputs/OutputSender.cs
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Outputs
     {
         public CancellationToken CancelToken { get; private set; }        
         private List<InputListener> _inputs;
-
-        public OutputSender(CancellationToken cancelToken)
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+      
+        public OutputSender(CancellationToken cancelToken, string name)
         {
             CancelToken = cancelToken;
+            Name = name;
             _inputs = new List<InputListener>();
         }
 
@@ -24,6 +26,11 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Outputs
             listener.OnMessageRecieved += MessageReceivedHandler;            
         }
 
+        public void Startup(JObject json)
+        {
+            MessageReceivedHandler(json);
+        }
+
         public abstract JObject ToJson();
         protected abstract void MessageReceivedHandler(JObject jsonMessage);
     }
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Outputs/Redis.cs b/TimberWinR/Outputs/Redis.cs
index a166a9f..85a3181 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Outputs/Redis.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Outputs/Redis.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Outputs
         }
 
         public RedisOutput(TimberWinR.Manager manager, Parser.RedisOutput ro, CancellationToken cancelToken)
-            : base(cancelToken)
+            : base(cancelToken, "Redis")
         {
             _redisDepth = 0;
             _batchCount = ro.BatchCount;
diff --git a/TimberWinR/Outputs/Stdout.cs b/TimberWinR/Outputs/Stdout.cs
index f437a30..c604ba2 100644
--- a/TimberWinR/Outputs/Stdout.cs
+++ b/TimberWinR/Outputs/Stdout.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace TimberWinR.Outputs
         private long _sentMessages;
 
         public StdoutOutput(TimberWinR.Manager manager, Parser.StdoutOutput eo, CancellationToken cancelToken)
-            : base(cancelToken)
+            : base(cancelToken, "Stdout")
         {
             _sentMessages = 0;
             _manager = manager;