diff --git a/http_server.ts b/http_server.ts
index 9325e0b..2b5a8ec 100644
--- a/http_server.ts
+++ b/http_server.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import http from "node:http";
-
 import { RemoteInfo } from "node:dgram";
 import { createWriteStream } from "node:fs";
+import http from "node:http";
 
 import { CommandsByValue } from "./datatypes.js";
 import { create_LanSearch } from "./func_replacements.js";
 import { hexdump } from "./hexdump.js";
+import { create_P2pAlive } from "./impl.js";
 import { Handlers, makeSession } from "./server.js";
 
 const s = makeSession(
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ const s = makeSession(
       console.log(hexdump(msg.buffer, { ansi: options.ansi, ansiColor: 1 }));
     }
     Handlers[cmd](session, dv, rinfo);
+    session.lastReceivedPacket = Date.now();
   },
   (session) => {
-    // ther should be a better way of executing periodic status update requests
-    // per device
+    // ther should be a better way of executing periodic status update
+    // requests per device
     const int = setInterval(() => {
       let buf = new DataView(new Uint8Array(4).buffer);
       create_LanSearch(buf);
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ s.eventEmitter.on("connect", (name: string, rinfo: RemoteInfo) => {
   console.log(`Connected to ${name} - ${rinfo.address}`);
   s.outgoingCommandId = 0;
   s.dst_ip = rinfo.address;
+
+  const int = setInterval(() => {
+    let buf = create_P2pAlive();
+    if (Date.now() - s.lastReceivedPacket > 500) {
+      s.send(buf);
+    }
+  }, 1000);
 });
 
 const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
diff --git a/impl.ts b/impl.ts
index ba2e73e..7da82f7 100644
--- a/impl.ts
+++ b/impl.ts
@@ -92,3 +92,10 @@ export const create_P2pRdy = (inbuf: DataView): DataView => {
   outbuf.add(4).writeByteArray(new Uint8Array(inbuf.readByteArray(P2PRDY_SIZE).buffer));
   return outbuf;
 };
+
+export const create_P2pAlive = (): DataView => {
+  const outbuf = new DataView(new Uint8Array(4).buffer);
+  outbuf.writeU16(Commands.P2PAlive);
+  outbuf.add(2).writeU16(0);
+  return outbuf;
+};
diff --git a/server.ts b/server.ts
index afb896a..bf55084 100644
--- a/server.ts
+++ b/server.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export type Session = {
   ticket: number[];
   eventEmitter: EventEmitter;
   dst_ip: string;
+  lastReceivedPacket: number;
 };
 
 export type PacketHandler = (session: Session, dv: DataView, rinfo: RemoteInfo) => void;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ export const makeSession = (cb: msgCb, connCb: connCb, options: opt): Session =>
   const session: Session = {
     outgoingCommandId: 0,
     ticket: [0, 0, 0, 0],
+    lastReceivedPacket: 0,
     eventEmitter: new EventEmitter(),
     send: (msg: DataView) => {
       const raw = msg.readU16();