diff --git a/chat_mod/init.lua b/chat_mod/init.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce8019f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat_mod/init.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+function send_messages(res)
+	for message in string.gmatch(res["data"], "[^\n]+") do
+		minetest.chat_send_all(message)
+	end
+end
+
+function main(http_api)
+	port = minetest.settings:get("chat_server_port")
+	if port == nil then
+		port = "9876"
+	end
+	http_api.fetch({url = "http://localhost:" .. port .. "/get"}, send_messages)
+	minetest.after(0.5, main, http_api)
+end
+
+local http_api = minetest.request_http_api()
+main(http_api)