diff --git a/src/health.rs b/src/health.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a604da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/health.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+use crate::events::OwncastState;
+use crate::owncast_api::OwncastApiClient;
+
+pub async fn run_health_poller(
+    api_client: &OwncastApiClient,
+    state_tx: mpsc::Sender<OwncastState>,
+    interval: Duration,
+    mut shutdown: tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>,
+) {
+    let mut current_state = OwncastState::Unavailable;
+
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tokio::time::sleep(interval) => {},
+            _ = shutdown.changed() => {
+                info!("Health poller shutting down");
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        let new_state = match api_client.get_status().await {
+            Ok(status) => {
+                if status.online {
+                    OwncastState::Online
+                } else {
+                    OwncastState::OfflineChatOpen
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                warn!(error = %e, "Failed to poll Owncast status");
+                OwncastState::Unavailable
+            }
+        };
+
+        if new_state != current_state {
+            info!(old = ?current_state, new = ?new_state, "Owncast state changed");
+            current_state = new_state.clone();
+            if state_tx.send(new_state).await.is_err() {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3a164cb..eae70ba 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod config;
 mod events;
+mod health;
 mod html;
 mod owncast_api;