--- a/services/ozone/api.js
+++ b/services/ozone/api.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   Database,
   OzoneService,
   envToCfg,
+  OzoneDaemon,
   envToSecrets,
   httpLogger,
   readEnv,
@@ -79,10 +80,17 @@
 
   httpLogger.info('ozone is running')
 
+  // Start OzoneDaemon for label events
+  httpLogger.info('starting ozone daemon')
+  const daemon = await OzoneDaemon.create(cfg, secrets)
+  await daemon.start()
+  httpLogger.info('ozone daemon is running')
+
   // Graceful shutdown (see also https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/graceful-shutdowns-with-ecs/)
   process.on('SIGTERM', async () => {
     httpLogger.info('ozone is stopping')
 
+    await daemon.destroy()
     await ozone.destroy()
 
     httpLogger.info('ozone is stopped')
