diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index ac3cd97..a10c1c8 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import { Hono } from "hono";
 import { cors } from "hono/cors";
 import { emailRoutes } from "./routes/emails";
+import { eventRoutes } from "./routes/events";
 import { createDatabase } from "./db/index";
+import { EventBus } from "./services/eventbus";
 
 const db = createDatabase(process.env.DB_PATH ?? "magnumopus.db");
+const bus = new EventBus();
 
 const app = new Hono();
 
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@ app.use("*", cors());
 app.get("/health", (c) => c.json({ status: "ok" }));
 
 app.route("/api", emailRoutes(db));
+app.route("/api", eventRoutes(bus));
 
 export default {
 	port: Number(process.env.PORT ?? 3000),
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/events.ts b/backend/src/routes/events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5759739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/routes/events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Hono } from "hono";
+import { streamSSE } from "hono/streaming";
+import type { EventBus } from "../services/eventbus";
+
+export function eventRoutes(bus: EventBus): Hono {
+	const router = new Hono();
+
+	router.get("/events", (c) => {
+		return streamSSE(c, async (stream) => {
+			let id = 0;
+			const unsubscribe = bus.subscribe(async (event) => {
+				await stream.writeSSE({
+					data: JSON.stringify(event),
+					event: event.type as string,
+					id: String(id++),
+				});
+			});
+
+			stream.onAbort(() => {
+				unsubscribe();
+			});
+
+			// keep connection alive
+			while (true) {
+				await stream.sleep(30000);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+
+	return router;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/services/eventbus.test.ts b/backend/src/services/eventbus.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a5f853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/services/eventbus.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { EventBus } from "./eventbus";
+
+describe("EventBus", () => {
+	test("subscribers receive published events", () => {
+		const bus = new EventBus();
+		const received: unknown[] = [];
+
+		bus.subscribe((event) => received.push(event));
+		bus.publish({ type: "new_mail", threadId: "t001" });
+
+		expect(received).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(received[0]).toEqual({ type: "new_mail", threadId: "t001" });
+	});
+
+	test("unsubscribe stops receiving events", () => {
+		const bus = new EventBus();
+		const received: unknown[] = [];
+
+		const unsubscribe = bus.subscribe((event) => received.push(event));
+		bus.publish({ type: "a" });
+		unsubscribe();
+		bus.publish({ type: "b" });
+
+		expect(received).toHaveLength(1);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/backend/src/services/eventbus.ts b/backend/src/services/eventbus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f3c52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/services/eventbus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+export type EventHandler = (event: Record<string, unknown>) => void;
+
+export class EventBus {
+	private subscribers = new Set<EventHandler>();
+
+	subscribe(handler: EventHandler): () => void {
+		this.subscribers.add(handler);
+		return () => {
+			this.subscribers.delete(handler);
+		};
+	}
+
+	publish(event: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+		for (const handler of this.subscribers) {
+			handler(event);
+		}
+	}
+}