diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7faf40..4843343 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+
+cache/
+
+# python gitignore
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[codz]
diff --git a/notify.sh b/notify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..95d8d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script runs ausweisstatus.py with the provided arguments sends a notification to a discord webhook if the
+# status has changed since the last execution
+
+# Usage: ./notify.sh <P|R|ID> <Seriennummer> <Geburtsdatum>
+
+WEBHOOK_URL=""
+
+notify() {
+    message="New status for $2 ($3): $1"
+    echo "$message"
+    curl -q -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" -X POST --data "{\"content\": \"$message\"}" "$WEBHOOK_URL" &>/dev/null
+}
+
+# source venv if found
+test -e venv/bin/activate && source venv/bin/activate
+test -e .venv/bin/activate && source .venv/bin/activate
+
+output="$(./ausweisstatus.py "$@")"
+
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "$output"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -e ./cache/"$2" ]]; then
+    read -r previous < ./cache/"$2"
+    if [ "$previous" != "$output" ]; then
+        notify "$output" "$2" "$1"
+    else
+        echo "No status change for $2"
+    fi
+fi
+
+mkdir -p ./cache
+echo "$output" > ./cache/"$2"