--- a/services/ozone/api.js
+++ b/services/ozone/api.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const {
   MultiImageInvalidator,
 } = require('@atproto/aws')
 const {
   Database,
   OzoneService,
+  OzoneDaemon,
   envToCfg,
   envToSecrets,
   httpLogger,
@@ -76,10 +77,17 @@ const main = async () => {
   const ozone = await OzoneService.create(cfg, secrets, { imgInvalidator })

   await ozone.start()

   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')