diff --git a/src/bot/mod.rs b/src/bot/mod.rs
index e48cd90..c009bb8 100644
--- a/src/bot/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bot/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::{
     fs::File,
     io::{BufReader, BufWriter},
     path::PathBuf,
+    sync::mpsc::Receiver,
 };
 
 use anyhow::Context;
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ use matrix_sdk::{
 };
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 
-use crate::config::ProloloConfig;
+use crate::{config::ProloloConfig, webhooks::Event};
 
 mod handlers;
 use handlers::autojoin::autojoin_authorized_rooms;
@@ -61,11 +62,25 @@ impl Prololo {
     ///
     /// [`Prololo::init`] **must** be called before this function, otherwise the [`Client`] isn't
     /// logged in.
-    pub async fn run(&self) {
+    pub async fn run(&self, events: Receiver<Event>) {
         debug!("running...");
+
+        let client = self.client.clone();
+        let config = self.config.clone();
+        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+            Self::handle_events(events, client, config);
+        });
+
         self.client.sync(SyncSettings::default()).await
     }
 
+    fn handle_events(events: Receiver<Event>, client: Client, config: ProloloConfig) {
+        loop {
+            let event = events.recv().unwrap();
+            debug!("received event: {:?}", event);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// This loads the session information from an existing file, and tries to login with it. If no such
     /// file is found, then login using username and password, and save the new session information on
     /// disk.
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 8970830..5eeb74c 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use matrix_sdk::ruma::RoomId;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use url::Url;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct ProloloConfig {
     /// The URL for the homeserver we should connect to
     pub matrix_homeserver: Url,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7a3d1f6..aaf78dc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel;
 
 use anyhow::Context;
 use clap::Clap;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ mod config;
 use config::ProloloConfig;
 
 mod webhooks;
-use webhooks::github_webhook;
+use webhooks::{github_webhook, EventSender};
 
 #[derive(Clap)]
 #[clap(version = "0.1")]
@@ -33,10 +34,14 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let config: ProloloConfig = serde_yaml::from_reader(BufReader::new(config_file))
         .context("couldn't parse config file")?;
 
+    let (sender, receiver) = sync_channel(42);
+
     let prololo = Prololo::new(config).context("failed to create prololo bot")?;
     prololo.init().await.context("failed to init prololo bot")?;
-    tokio::spawn(async move { prololo.run().await });
+    tokio::spawn(async move { prololo.run(receiver).await });
 
-    let rocket = rocket::build().mount("/", routes![github_webhook]);
+    let rocket = rocket::build()
+        .mount("/", routes![github_webhook])
+        .manage(EventSender(sender));
     rocket.launch().await.map_err(|err| anyhow::anyhow!(err))
 }
diff --git a/src/webhooks/github.rs b/src/webhooks/github.rs
index f1bfcbc..df0e62c 100644
--- a/src/webhooks/github.rs
+++ b/src/webhooks/github.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,47 @@
-use anyhow::anyhow;
+use anyhow::{anyhow, bail};
 use rocket::{
     http::Status,
     request::{FromRequest, Outcome},
-    Request,
+    Request, State,
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 mod signing;
 use signing::SignedGitHubPayload;
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
+use url::Url;
+
+use crate::webhooks::{Event, EventSender};
 
 const X_GITHUB_EVENT: &str = "X-GitHub-Event";
 
 struct GitHubSecret(String);
 
 #[rocket::post("/api/webhooks/github", data = "<payload>")]
-pub fn github_webhook(event: GitHubEventType, payload: SignedGitHubPayload) -> &'static str {
+pub fn github_webhook(
+    event: GitHubEventType,
+    payload: SignedGitHubPayload,
+    sender: &State<EventSender>,
+) -> Status {
     info!(
         "received event {:?} with signed payload:\n{}",
         event, payload.0
     );
 
-    "OK"
+    let event = match event.parse_payload(&payload) {
+        Ok(event) => event,
+        Err(e) => {
+            warn!(
+                "couldn't parse payload for event {:?}: {}\n{}",
+                event, e, payload.0
+            );
+            return Status::BadRequest;
+        }
+    };
+
+    sender.0.send(Event::GitHub(event)).unwrap();
+
+    Status::Ok
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -34,6 +54,16 @@ pub enum GitHubEventType {
     Unknown,
 }
 
+impl GitHubEventType {
+    fn parse_payload(&self, payload: &SignedGitHubPayload) -> anyhow::Result<GitHubEvent> {
+        Ok(match self {
+            Self::Create => GitHubEvent::Create(serde_json::from_str(&payload.0)?),
+            Self::Unknown => bail!("unknown event type"),
+            _ => unimplemented!(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[rocket::async_trait]
 impl<'r> FromRequest<'r> for GitHubEventType {
     type Error = anyhow::Error;
@@ -70,16 +100,37 @@ impl<'r> FromRequest<'r> for GitHubEventType {
     }
 }
 
-enum GitHubEvent {
-    Create { ref_type: RefType },
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum GitHubEvent {
+    Create(CreateEvent),
     Issues,
     IssueComment,
     Push,
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
-enum RefType {
+pub enum RefType {
     Branch,
     Tag,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct GitHubUser {
+    login: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Repository {
+    name: String,
+    full_name: String,
+    html_url: Url,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct CreateEvent {
+    r#ref: String,
+    ref_type: RefType,
+    repository: Repository,
+    sender: GitHubUser,
+}
diff --git a/src/webhooks/mod.rs b/src/webhooks/mod.rs
index f8096f5..1cf921b 100644
--- a/src/webhooks/mod.rs
+++ b/src/webhooks/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
+use std::sync::{mpsc::SyncSender};
+
 mod github;
-pub use github::github_webhook;
+pub use github::{github_webhook, GitHubEvent};
+
+pub struct EventSender(pub SyncSender<Event>);
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Event {
+    GitHub(GitHubEvent),
+}