diff --git a/docker/configure.sh b/docker/configure.sh
index a5050a9..9b87ef8 100755
--- a/docker/configure.sh
+++ b/docker/configure.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ LENNY_LOG_LEVEL=$LENNY_LOG_LEVEL
 LENNY_RELOAD=$LENNY_RELOAD
 LENNY_SSL_CRT=$LENNY_SSL_CRT
 LENNY_SSL_KEY=$LENNY_SSL_KEY
+LENNY_OLSYNC=1
 
 # Service Ports
 READER_PORT=$READER_PORT
diff --git a/lenny/configs/__init__.py b/lenny/configs/__init__.py
index 328ace6..2cb27fc 100644
--- a/lenny/configs/__init__.py
+++ b/lenny/configs/__init__.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
 PORT = int(os.environ.get('LENNY_PORT', 8080))
 WORKERS = int(os.environ.get('LENNY_WORKERS', 1))
 DEBUG = bool(int(os.environ.get('LENNY_DEBUG', 0)))
+OLSYNC = bool(int(os.environ.get('LENNY_OLSYNC', 1)))
 LOG_LEVEL = os.environ.get('LENNY_LOG_LEVEL', 'info')
 SSL_CRT = os.environ.get('LENNY_SSL_CRT')
 SSL_KEY = os.environ.get('LENNY_SSL_KEY')
 LENNY_HTTP_HEADERS = {"User-Agent": "LennyImportBot/1.0"}
 
+
 READER_PORT = int(os.environ.get('READER_PORT', 3000))
 READIUM_PORT = int(os.environ.get('READIUM_PORT', 15080))
 READIUM_BASE_URL = f"http://lenny_readium:{READIUM_PORT}"
diff --git a/lenny/core/api.py b/lenny/core/api.py
index 24b12e8..ce5008e 100644
--- a/lenny/core/api.py
+++ b/lenny/core/api.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ def add(cls, openlibrary_edition: int, files: list[UploadFile], uploader_ip:str,
                 )
                 db.add(item)
                 db.commit()
+                OpenLibrary.notify_changes(openlibrary_edition, uploader_ip)
                 return item
             except Exception as e:
                 db.rollback()
diff --git a/lenny/core/openlibrary.py b/lenny/core/openlibrary.py
index 4a55880..756a8ab 100644
--- a/lenny/core/openlibrary.py
+++ b/lenny/core/openlibrary.py
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 import logging
 
-from lenny.configs import LENNY_HTTP_HEADERS
+from lenny.configs import OLSYNC
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class OpenLibrary:
     
     SEARCH_URL = "https://openlibrary.org/search.json"
-    HTTP_HEADERS = LENNY_HTTP_HEADERS
+    NOTIFY_URL = "https://openlibrary.org/notify.json"
+    HTTP_HEADERS = {"User-Agent": "LennyImportBot/1.0"}
     HTTP_TIMEOUT = 5
     DEFAULT_FIELDS = [
         'key', 'title', 'author_key', 'author_name', 'editions', 'editions.*',
@@ -70,6 +71,15 @@ def search_json(cls, query: str, fields: Optional[List[str]] = None, page: int =
             logger.error(f"Error searching Open Library: {e}")
             return {}
 
+    @classmethod
+    def notify_changes(cls, olid, host):
+        """Notifies openlibrary.org of changes to this instance; can be toggled with
+        OLSYNC config.
+        """
+        if OLSYNC:
+            r = requests.post(cls.NOTIFY_URL, headers=cls.HTTP_HEADERS, timeout=cls.HTTP_TIMEOUT)
+            re.raise_for_status()
+        
     
 class OpenLibraryRecord(dict):
     def __init__(self, data=None, **kwargs):