diff --git a/crawlab/app.py b/crawlab/app.py
index 7a3f60b9..d90bc2d0 100644
--- a/crawlab/app.py
+++ b/crawlab/app.py
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import sys
 from multiprocessing import Process
 
 import click
+from celery import Celery
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_cors import CORS
 from flask_restful import Api
 
+from constants.node import NodeStatus
+from db.manager import db_manager
 from routes.schedules import ScheduleApi
+from tasks.celery import celery_app
 from tasks.scheduler import scheduler
 
 file_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
@@ -65,6 +69,25 @@ api.add_resource(ScheduleApi,
                  '/api/schedules',
                  '/api/schedules/<string:id>')
 
+
+def monitor_nodes_status(celery_app):
+    def update_nodes_status(event):
+        node_id = event.get('hostname')
+        db_manager.update_one('nodes', id=node_id, values={
+            'status': NodeStatus.ONLINE
+        })
+
+    def update_nodes_status_online(event):
+        print(event)
+
+    with celery_app.connection() as connection:
+        recv = celery_app.events.Receiver(connection, handlers={
+            'worker-heartbeat': update_nodes_status,
+            # 'worker-online': update_nodes_status_online,
+        })
+        recv.capture(limit=None, timeout=None, wakeup=True)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # create folder if it does not exist
     if not os.path.exists(PROJECT_LOGS_FOLDER):
@@ -73,5 +96,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # run scheduler as a separate process
     scheduler.run()
 
+    # monitor node status
+    p_monitor = Process(target=monitor_nodes_status, args=(celery_app,))
+    p_monitor.start()
+
     # run app instance
     app.run(host=FLASK_HOST, port=FLASK_PORT, threaded=True)