diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 115f1f3..81f2929 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ilagent CHANGELOG
 
+## 2024-10-07, Version 0.5.1
+
+* added option to send event message payloads directly to integration endpoint targets
+
 ## 2024-10-04, Version 0.5.0
 
 * upgraded dependencies
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2a4a68..3af45b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ilagent"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 authors = ["Chris Froehlingsdorf <chris@ilert.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ json = "0.12"
 reqwest = "0.12"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = "2"
-ilert = "4.0.1"
+ilert = "4.1.1"
 uuid = { version = "1.10", features = ["v4"] }
 ctrlc = { version = "3.4" }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.32", features = ["bundled"] } # SQLite 3.46.0
diff --git a/docs/mosquitto.conf b/docs/mosquitto.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daa4137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/mosquitto.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+listener 1883
+allow_anonymous true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/mqtt.md b/docs/mqtt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77985b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/mqtt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+### Testing MQTT locally
+
+Run the broker:
+
+```sh
+docker run -d -p 1883:1883 -p 9001:9001 -v ./mosquitto.conf:/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf eclipse-mosquitto
+```
+Recommended UI: https://mqttx.app
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/_mqtt b/examples/_mqtt
index f2199af..6753f83 100755
--- a/examples/_mqtt
+++ b/examples/_mqtt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cargo run -- daemon -p 8977 -v -v --heartbeat il1hbt123 \
-    -m 192.168.1.14 -q 1883 -n ilbro -e 'ilert/e' -r 'ilert/h'
+    -m localhost -q 1883 -n ilbro -e 'ilert/e' -r 'ilert/h'
diff --git a/examples/_mqtt_overwrite b/examples/_mqtt_overwrite
index 1524eab..f6bd43c 100755
--- a/examples/_mqtt_overwrite
+++ b/examples/_mqtt_overwrite
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cargo run -- daemon -v -v \
-    -m 127.0.0.1 -q 1883 -n ilagent -e '#' \
+    -m localhost -q 1883 -n ilagent -e '#' \
     --event_key 'il1api123...' \
     --map_key_alert_key 'mCode' \
     --map_key_summary 'comment' \
diff --git a/src/consumers/kafka.rs b/src/consumers/kafka.rs
index 34d248c..4969f26 100644
--- a/src/consumers/kafka.rs
+++ b/src/consumers/kafka.rs
@@ -150,12 +150,15 @@ async fn handle_event_message(daemon_context: Arc<DaemonContext>, key: &str, pay
     let parsed = EventQueueItemJson::parse_event_json(&daemon_context.config, payload, topic);
     if let Some(mut event) = parsed {
         // info!("Event queue item: {:?}", event);
-        event.customDetails = Some(json!({
-            "kafka_key": key,
-            "kafka_topic": topic
-        }));
-        let db_event_format = EventQueueItemJson::to_db(event);
-        let should_retry = poll::process_queued_event(&daemon_context.ilert_client, &db_event_format).await;
+        if event.customDetails.is_none() {
+            event.customDetails = Some(json!({
+                "messageKey": key,
+                "topic": topic
+            }));
+        }
+        let event_api_path = format!("/v1/events/kafka/{}", event.apiKey.as_str());
+        let db_event_format = EventQueueItemJson::to_db(event, Some(event_api_path));
+        let should_retry = poll::send_queued_event(&daemon_context.ilert_client, &db_event_format).await;
         should_retry
     } else {
         false
diff --git a/src/consumers/mqtt.rs b/src/consumers/mqtt.rs
index 8465398..820aa9f 100644
--- a/src/consumers/mqtt.rs
+++ b/src/consumers/mqtt.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{str, thread};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 use ilert::ilert::ILert;
-
+use serde_json::json;
 use crate::db::ILDatabase;
 use crate::config::ILConfig;
 use crate::{hbt, DaemonContext};
@@ -132,8 +132,14 @@ fn handle_heartbeat_message(payload: &str) -> () {
 
 fn handle_event_message(config: &ILConfig, db: &ILDatabase, payload: &str, topic: &str) -> () {
     let parsed = crate::models::event::EventQueueItemJson::parse_event_json(&config, payload, topic);
-    if let Some(event) = parsed {
-        let db_event = EventQueueItemJson::to_db(event);
+    if let Some(mut event) = parsed {
+        if event.customDetails.is_none() {
+            event.customDetails = Some(json!({
+                "topic": topic
+            }));
+        }
+        let event_api_path = format!("/v1/events/mqtt/{}", event.apiKey.as_str());
+        let db_event = EventQueueItemJson::to_db(event, Some(event_api_path));
         let insert_result = db.create_il_event(&db_event);
         match insert_result {
             Ok(res) => match res {
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index a08a507..c5f01d1 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::models::event_db::EventQueueItem;
 const DB_MIGRATION_VAL: &str = "1";
 const DB_MIGRATION_V1: &str = "mig_1";
 const DB_MIGRATION_V2: &str = "mig_2";
+const DB_MIGRATION_V3: &str = "mig_3";
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct ILAgentItem {
@@ -96,6 +97,19 @@ impl ILDatabase {
             info!("Database migrated to {}", DB_MIGRATION_V2);
         }
 
+        let mig_3 = self.get_il_value(DB_MIGRATION_V3);
+        if mig_3.is_none() {
+
+            self.conn.execute(
+                "ALTER TABLE event_items ADD COLUMN event_api_path TEXT NULL",
+                [],
+            ).expect("Database migration failed (v3, 1)");
+
+            self.set_il_val(DB_MIGRATION_V3, DB_MIGRATION_VAL)
+                .expect("Database migration failed (v3, set)");
+            info!("Database migrated to {}", DB_MIGRATION_V3);
+        }
+
         /*
         Run simple db migrations, if needed, like this:
 
@@ -186,13 +200,15 @@ impl ILDatabase {
             images: row.get(7).unwrap_or(None),
             links: row.get(8).unwrap_or(None),
             custom_details: row.get(9).unwrap_or(None),
-            details: row.get(10).unwrap_or(None)
+            details: row.get(10).unwrap_or(None),
+            event_api_path: row.get(11).unwrap_or(None)
         })
     }
 
     pub fn get_il_event(&self, event_id: &str) -> Result<Option<EventQueueItem>, rusqlite::Error> {
 
-        let mut stmt = self.conn.prepare("SELECT * FROM event_items WHERE id = ?1").unwrap();
+        let mut stmt = self.conn.prepare("SELECT id, api_key, event_type, alert_key, summary, created_at,
+         priority, images, links, custom_details, details, event_api_path FROM event_items WHERE id = ?1")?;
         let query_result = stmt
             .query_map(&[&event_id], |row| {
                 ILDatabase::convert_db_row_to_event(row)
@@ -231,7 +247,8 @@ impl ILDatabase {
 
     pub fn get_il_events(&self, limit: i32) -> Result<Vec<EventQueueItem>,  rusqlite::Error> {
 
-        let mut stmt = self.conn.prepare("SELECT * FROM event_items ORDER BY inserted_at ASC LIMIT ?1").unwrap();
+        let mut stmt = self.conn.prepare("SELECT id, api_key, event_type, alert_key, summary, created_at,
+         priority, images, links, custom_details, details, event_api_path FROM event_items ORDER BY inserted_at ASC LIMIT ?1")?;
         let query_result = stmt
             .query_map(&[&limit], |row| {
                 ILDatabase::convert_db_row_to_event(row)
@@ -276,11 +293,12 @@ impl ILDatabase {
 
         let insert_result = self.conn.execute(
             "INSERT INTO event_items (api_key, event_type, alert_key, summary, created_at, id,
-                priority, images, links, custom_details, details)
-                  VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, ?6, ?7, ?8, ?9, ?10, ?11)",
+                priority, images, links, custom_details, details, event_api_path)
+                  VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, ?6, ?7, ?8, ?9, ?10, ?11, ?12)",
             &[&item.api_key as &dyn ToSql, &item.event_type, &item.alert_key,
                 &item.summary, created_at, &item_id,
-                &item.priority, &item.images, &item.links, &item.custom_details, &item.details],
+                &item.priority, &item.images, &item.links, &item.custom_details, &item.details,
+                &item.event_api_path],
         );
 
         match insert_result {
diff --git a/src/http_server.rs b/src/http_server.rs
index d2ee11d..5391bf9 100644
--- a/src/http_server.rs
+++ b/src/http_server.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async fn post_event(_req: HttpRequest, container: web::Data<Mutex<WebContextCont
     let container = container.lock().await;
 
     let event = event.into_inner();
-    let event = EventQueueItemJson::to_db(event);
+    let event = EventQueueItemJson::to_db(event, None);
 
     if ILertEventType::from_str(event.event_type.as_str()).is_err() {
         return HttpResponse::BadRequest().json(json!({ "error": "Unsupported value for field 'eventType'." }));
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 28f354f..ce4d3e3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ async fn run_event(matches: ArgMatches<'_>) -> () {
     event.images = images;
     event.links = links;
 
-    poll::process_queued_event(&ilert_client, &event).await;
+    poll::send_queued_event(&ilert_client, &event).await;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/models/event.rs b/src/models/event.rs
index 98a24d1..b1f0868 100644
--- a/src/models/event.rs
+++ b/src/models/event.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl EventQueueItemJson {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn to_db(item: EventQueueItemJson) -> EventQueueItem {
+    pub fn to_db(item: EventQueueItemJson, event_api_path: Option<String>) -> EventQueueItem {
 
         let images = match item.images {
             Some(v) => {
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ impl EventQueueItemJson {
             priority: item.priority,
             images,
             links,
-            custom_details
+            custom_details,
+            event_api_path
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/models/event_db.rs b/src/models/event_db.rs
index ad4ed5b..8ef4803 100644
--- a/src/models/event_db.rs
+++ b/src/models/event_db.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ pub struct EventQueueItem {
     pub priority: Option<String>,
     pub images: Option<String>,
     pub links: Option<String>,
-    pub custom_details: Option<String>
+    pub custom_details: Option<String>,
+    pub event_api_path: Option<String>
 }
 
 impl EventQueueItem {
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ impl EventQueueItem {
             priority: None,
             images: None,
             links: None,
-            custom_details: None
+            custom_details: None,
+            event_api_path: None
         }
     }
 
@@ -47,7 +49,8 @@ impl EventQueueItem {
             priority: None,
             images: None,
             links: None,
-            custom_details: None
+            custom_details: None,
+            event_api_path: None
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/poll.rs b/src/poll.rs
index bb658da..fedaa38 100644
--- a/src/poll.rs
+++ b/src/poll.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub async fn run_poll_job(daemon_ctx: Arc<DaemonContext>) -> () {
 async fn process_queued_events(daemon_ctx: Arc<DaemonContext>, events: Vec<EventQueueItem>) -> () {
 
     for event in events.iter() {
-        let should_retry = process_queued_event(&daemon_ctx.ilert_client, event).await;
+        let should_retry = send_queued_event(&daemon_ctx.ilert_client, event).await;
         let event_id = event.id.clone().unwrap_or("".to_string());
         if !should_retry {
             let del_result = daemon_ctx.db.lock().await.delete_il_event(event_id.as_str());
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async fn process_queued_events(daemon_ctx: Arc<DaemonContext>, events: Vec<Event
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn process_queued_event(ilert_client: &ILert, event: &EventQueueItem) -> bool {
+pub async fn send_queued_event(ilert_client: &ILert, event: &EventQueueItem) -> bool {
 
     let parsed_event = EventQueueItemJson::from_db(event.clone());
 
@@ -79,8 +79,15 @@ pub async fn process_queued_event(ilert_client: &ILert, event: &EventQueueItem)
         None => None
     };
 
-    let post_result = ilert_client
-        .create()
+    let mut post_request = ilert_client.create();
+
+    if let Some(event_api_path) = event.event_api_path.as_ref() {
+        post_request.builder.options.path = Some(event_api_path.to_string());
+    } else {
+        post_request.builder.options.path = Some("/events".to_string());
+    }
+
+    let post_result = post_request
         .event_with_details(
             event.api_key.as_str(),
             event_type,
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ pub async fn process_queued_event(ilert_client: &ILert, event: &EventQueueItem)
             parsed_event.links,
             parsed_event.customDetails,
             None
-            )
+        )
         .execute()
         .await;
 
@@ -117,6 +124,11 @@ pub async fn process_queued_event(ilert_client: &ILert, event: &EventQueueItem)
         return true; // too many requests, retry
     }
 
+    if status == 404 {
+        warn!("Event {} failed with bad URL {}, potentially due to bad api key value", event_id, response.url);
+        return false; // no point in retrying
+    }
+
     if status > 499 {
         warn!("Event {} failed server side exception", event_id);
         return true; // 500 exceptions, retry