diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f374e1..a196130 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /terraform.tfstate*
 /.terraform.tfstate*
 /.github/cache
+/terraform.tfvars
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/vigil/configuration.tf b/modules/vigil/configuration.tf
index 92e915c..6c44497 100644
--- a/modules/vigil/configuration.tf
+++ b/modules/vigil/configuration.tf
@@ -7,19 +7,22 @@ locals {
     })
   ]
   vigil_toml = templatefile("${path.module}/vigil.toml.tpl", {
-    manager_token  = random_password.token["manager"].result
-    reporter_token = random_password.token["worker"].result
-    page_title     = var.page_title
-    page_url       = var.page_url
-    company_name   = var.company_name
-    icon_color     = var.icon_color
-    icon_url       = var.icon_url
-    logo_color     = var.logo_color
-    logo_url       = var.logo_url
-    website_url    = var.website_url
-    support_url    = var.support_url
-    custom_html    = var.custom_html
-    services       = local.services_toml
+    manager_token        = random_password.token["manager"].result
+    reporter_token       = random_password.token["worker"].result
+    page_title           = var.page_title
+    page_url             = var.page_url
+    company_name         = var.company_name
+    icon_color           = var.icon_color
+    icon_url             = var.icon_url
+    logo_color           = var.logo_color
+    logo_url             = var.logo_url
+    website_url          = var.website_url
+    support_url          = var.support_url
+    custom_html          = var.custom_html
+    services             = local.services_toml
+    startup_notification = var.notify_on_startup
+    telegram_bot_token   = var.notify_telegram.token
+    telegram_chat_id     = var.notify_telegram.channel
   })
   vigil_toml_checksum = md5(local.vigil_toml)
 }
diff --git a/modules/vigil/inputs.tf b/modules/vigil/inputs.tf
index fe421f0..e5b68d7 100644
--- a/modules/vigil/inputs.tf
+++ b/modules/vigil/inputs.tf
@@ -16,7 +16,20 @@ variable "docker_networks" {
   description = "Docker networks to connect the vigil service to"
   default     = null
 }
-
+variable "notify_on_startup" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "Whether to send a startup notifications"
+  default     = false
+}
+variable "notify_telegram" {
+  type = object({
+    token   = string
+    channel = string
+    topic = optional(string, null)
+  })
+  description = "Telegram configuration"
+  default     = null
+}
 variable "monitored_services" {
   type = map(list(object({
     id                        = string
@@ -26,7 +39,6 @@ variable "monitored_services" {
     http_status_healthy_below = optional(number, 400)
     http_status_healthy_above = optional(number, 200)
   })))
-
 }
 variable "page_title" {
   type        = string
diff --git a/modules/vigil/vigil.toml.tpl b/modules/vigil/vigil.toml.tpl
index 38a2f9a..57a5bdc 100644
--- a/modules/vigil/vigil.toml.tpl
+++ b/modules/vigil/vigil.toml.tpl
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ queue_nack_dead_above = 5000
 queue_loaded_retry_delay = 500
 
 [notify]
-startup_notification = false
+startup_notification = ${startup_notification}
 reminder_interval = 600
 reminder_backoff_function = "linear"
 reminder_backoff_limit = 3
 
-#[notify.telegram]
-#bot_token = "xxxxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
-#chat_id = "xxxxxxxxx"
+[notify.telegram]
+bot_token = "${telegram_bot_token}"
+chat_id = "${telegram_chat_id}"
 
 [probe]
 
diff --git a/vigil.tf b/vigil.tf
index c4208cd..a4b5960 100644
--- a/vigil.tf
+++ b/vigil.tf
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ module "vigil_nginx_config" {
   allow_non_ssl = true
   allow_ssl     = false
 }
-
+variable "telegram_token" {
+  type = string
+}
+variable "telegram_channel" {
+  type = string
+}
+variable "telegram_topic" {
+  type = string
+}
 module "vigil" {
   source = "./modules/vigil"
   monitored_services = {
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ module "vigil" {
         id    = "backup"
         label = "Backup Server"
         endpoints = [
-          "icmp://backup.ti",
+          #"icmp://backup.ti", # ??? Doesn't work?
           "tcp://backup.ti:22",
           "http://backup.ti",
         ]
@@ -205,4 +213,10 @@ module "vigil" {
   docker_networks = [
     docker_network.loadbalancer
   ]
+  notify_on_startup = true
+  notify_telegram = {
+    token   = var.telegram_token
+    channel = var.telegram_channel
+    topic = var.telegram_topic
+  }
 }
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