diff --git a/notify.c b/notify.c
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+++ b/notify.c
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+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include "runtime-config.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#define NOTIFICATION_PREFIX "[h/nest-sanity-checks] "
+#define NOTIFICATION_PREFIX_LEN sizeof(NOTIFICATION_PREFIX)
+/* notify_init() initializes curl.
+ If this fails, exiting is the only option, as curl must be usable,
+ or alerts will fail to send later on when things break.
+ This file is the only context that should utilize libcurl.
+ Therefore, the curl instance is static. */
+static CURL *curl;
+/* notify_init_early is the first thing that runs,
+ * and it makes sure that curl_global_init() does not
+ * run multiple times in parallel somehow.
+ */
+int notify_init_early() {
+	CURLcode curl_global_init_res;
+	curl_global_init_res = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
+	if(curl_global_init_res!=CURLE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[E] curl_global_init failed.\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	else {
+		return 0;
+	}
+int notify_init() {
+	curl = curl_easy_init();
+	if(curl == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[E] curl_easy_init failed.\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	CURLcode url_set_result;
+	url_set_result = curl_easy_setopt(config_get_url());
+	if(url_set_result!=CURLE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[E] Failed to set notify URL. Cannot deliver notifications, exiting.\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+}
+char *build_prefixed_report(const char *report) {
+	/* Adds a prefix to every message that goes to nest admins */
+	/* TODO: do this in a less weird way,
+	 * maybe consider creating a C macro that
+	 * adds prefixes and calls the report send function */
+	int report_len = strlen(report);
+	int post_payload_len = report_len + NOTIFICATION_PREFIX_LEN;
+	char *post_payload = malloc(post_payload_len);
+	for(int a=0;a<NOTIFICATION_PREFIX_LEN-1;a++) {
+		post_payload[a] = NOTIFICATION_PREFIX[a];
+	}
+	for(int a=0;a<report_len;a++) {
+		post_payload[NOTIFICATION_PREFIX_LEN+a] = report[a];
+	}
+	post_payload[post_payload_len]=0;
+	return post_payload;
+}
+int send_alarm(const char *report) {
+	printf("[I] Sending report '%s'\n", report);
+	char *prefixed_report;
+	prefixed_report = build_prefixed_report(report);
+	char *urlencoded_report;
+	urlencoded_report = curl_easy_escape(curl, prefixed_report, 0);
+	if(urlencoded_report = NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[E] Failed to send report, curl_easy_escape failed.\n", report);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	CURLcode post_field_set_result;
+	post_field_set_result = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, urlencoded_report);
+	if(post_field_set_result != CURLE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[E] Failed to send report, setting CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS failed.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	CURLcode res;
+	res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+	if(res != CURLE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[E] Failed to send report, curl_easy_perform failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/sanity.c b/sanity.c
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+++ b/sanity.c
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+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "runtime-config.h"
+int main() {
+	
+}