diff --git a/audit-service/src/conf/config.json b/audit-service/src/conf/config.json
index f0e431f..9cde165 100644
--- a/audit-service/src/conf/config.json
+++ b/audit-service/src/conf/config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "http.port": 36000,
   "url": "jdbc:hsqldb:file:audit-db;shutdown=true",
   "driverclass" : "org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/audit-service/src/main/java/io/vertx/workshop/audit/impl/AuditVerticle.java b/audit-service/src/main/java/io/vertx/workshop/audit/impl/AuditVerticle.java
index dd99bc1..68bf227 100644
--- a/audit-service/src/main/java/io/vertx/workshop/audit/impl/AuditVerticle.java
+++ b/audit-service/src/main/java/io/vertx/workshop/audit/impl/AuditVerticle.java
@@ -53,12 +53,11 @@ public void start(Future<Void> future) {
     readySingle.doOnSuccess(consumer -> {
       // on success we set the handler that will store message in the database
       consumer.handler(message -> storeInDatabase(message.body()));
-    }).subscribe(consumer -> {
-      // complete the verticle start with a success
-      future.complete();
-    }, error -> {
-      // signal a verticle start failure
-      future.fail(error);
+    }).doOnSuccess(consumer -> {
+      // on success publish the audit endpoint for dashboard to consume
+      rxPublishHttpEndpoint("audit", "localhost", config().getInteger("http.port", 36000))
+        .doOnSuccess(future::complete)
+        .doOnError(future::fail);
     });
   }