diff --git a/functions/handle-participant-joined-left-background/index.js b/functions/handle-participant-joined-left-background/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2d2c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/handle-participant-joined-left-background/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+require('dotenv').config();
+
+const { updateMeetingAttendence } = require('../zoom-meeting-webhook-handler/slack.js');
+
+const rooms = require('../../data/rooms.json');
+
+const handler = async function (event, context) {
+  try {
+    const request = JSON.parse(event.body);
+
+    console.log('PRINTING REQUEST FROM handle-participant-joined-left-background')
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(request, null, 2))
+
+    // check our meeting ID. The meeting ID never changes, but the uuid is different for each instance
+
+    const room = rooms.find(
+      (room) => room.ZoomMeetingId === request.payload.object.id
+    );
+
+    if (room) {
+      const Airtable = require('airtable');
+      const base = new Airtable().base(process.env.AIRTABLE_COWORKING_BASE);
+
+      const { findRoomInstance } = require('../zoom-meeting-webhook-handler/airtable');
+
+          let roomInstance = await findRoomInstance(
+            room,
+            base,
+            request.payload.object.uuid
+          );
+
+          if (roomInstance) {
+            // create room event record
+            console.log(`found room instance ${roomInstance.getId()}`);
+
+            const updatedMeeting = await updateMeetingAttendence(
+              room,
+              roomInstance.get('slack_thread_timestamp'),
+              request
+            );
+          }
+    } else {
+      console.log('meeting ID is not co-working meeting');
+    }
+
+    return {
+      statusCode: 200,
+      body: '',
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    // output to netlify function log
+    console.log(error);
+    return {
+      statusCode: 500,
+      // Could be a custom message or object i.e. JSON.stringify(err)
+      body: JSON.stringify({ msg: error.message }),
+    };
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = { handler };
diff --git a/functions/zoom-meeting-webhook-handler/index.js b/functions/zoom-meeting-webhook-handler/index.js
index 76fa365..44debad 100644
--- a/functions/zoom-meeting-webhook-handler/index.js
+++ b/functions/zoom-meeting-webhook-handler/index.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const ZOOM_SECRET =
 const ZOOM_AUTH =
   process.env.TEST_ZOOM_WEBHOOK_AUTH || process.env.ZOOM_WEBHOOK_AUTH;
 
+const APP_HOST = process.env.TEST_APP_HOST || process.env.APP_HOST;
+
 const handler = async function (event, context) {
   try {
     /**
@@ -96,22 +98,14 @@ const handler = async function (event, context) {
       switch (request.event) {
         case EVENT_PARTICIPANT_JOINED:
         case EVENT_PARTICIPANT_LEFT:
-          let roomInstance = await findRoomInstance(
-            room,
-            base,
-            request.payload.object.uuid
-          );
+          console.log('CALLING handle-participant-joined-left-background')
 
-          if (roomInstance) {
-            // create room event record
-            console.log(`found room instance ${roomInstance.getId()}`);
+          response = await fetch(`${APP_HOST}/handle-participant-joined-left-background`, {
+            method: 'POST',
+            body: event.body,
+          });
 
-            const updatedMeeting = await updateMeetingAttendence(
-              room,
-              roomInstance.get('slack_thread_timestamp'),
-              request
-            );
-          }
+          console.log('EXITING IMMEDIATELY FROM zoom-meeting-webhook-handler')
 
           break;
 
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index 287f05a..b18539d 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@
   from = "/event-reminders"
   to = "/.netlify/functions/event-reminders-background"
   status = 200
+
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/handle-participant-joined-left-background"
+  to = "/.netlify/functions/handle-participant-joined-left-background"
+  status = 200
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