diff --git a/graphql/resolvers.js b/graphql/resolvers.js
index 3714d37..4c69222 100644
--- a/graphql/resolvers.js
+++ b/graphql/resolvers.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const Group = require("../models/group.js");
 const Landmark = require("../models/landmark.js");
 const { User } = require("../models/user.js");
 const { MongoServerError } = require("mongodb");
+const pubsub = require("../pubsub.js");
 
 const alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
 // even if we generate 10 IDs per hour,
@@ -73,7 +74,10 @@ const resolvers = {
                     password: await bcrypt.hash(credentials.password, 10),
                 }),
             });
+
             const userObj = await newUser.save();
+            pubsub.publish("USER_STATUS_CHANGED", { userId: user.id, user });
+
             return userObj;
         },
 
@@ -98,6 +102,8 @@ const resolvers = {
                 anon = false;
             }
 
+            pubsub.publish("USER_STATUS_CHANGED", { userId: user.id, user });
+
             return jwt.sign(
                 {
                     "https://beacon.ccextractor.org": {
@@ -314,6 +320,12 @@ const resolvers = {
                     (payload, variables) => payload.groupID === variables.groupID
                 ),
             },
+            userStatusChanged: {
+                subscribe: withFilter(
+                    (_, __, { pubsub }) => pubsub.asyncIterator(["USER_STATUS_CHANGED"]),
+                    (payload, variables) => payload.userId === variables.userId
+                ),
+            },
         },
     }),
 };
diff --git a/graphql/schema.js b/graphql/schema.js
index c0d0662..2948cde 100644
--- a/graphql/schema.js
+++ b/graphql/schema.js
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
         userLocation(id: ID!): User
         beaconJoined(id: ID!): User
         groupJoined(groupID: ID!): User
+        userStatusChanged(userId: ID!): User
     }
 
     schema {