diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index b2179bc..502b457 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "includes.h"
 #include "database.h"
 #include "jsonbot.h"
-#include "spacestate.h"
+#include "hook_script.h"
 
 /* My global state */
 configuration *conf = NULL;
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ STATUS read_configuration_file(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx)
 				database_init();
 			} else if (strcmp(ptr, "jsonbot") == 0) {
 				jsonbot_init();
-			} else if (strcmp(ptr, "spacestate") == 0) {
-				spacestate_init();
+			} else if (strcmp(ptr, "script") == 0) {
+				script_init();
 			}
 		} while((ptr = strtok(NULL, " ")) != NULL);
 	}
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index c27ba78..5a41983 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -48,14 +48,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	char *jsonbot_password;
 	char *jsonbot_privmsg_to;
 
-	/* Space state database client configuration */
-	char *spacestate_host;
-	char *spacestate_username;
-	char *spacestate_password;
-	char *spacestate_name;
-	char *spacestate_driver;
-	char *spacestate_hook_open;
-	char *spacestate_hook_close;
+	char *hook_script_path;
 
 	/* Global configuration based state */
 	GKeyFile *keyfile;
diff --git a/hook_script.c b/hook_script.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8220dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hook_script.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+   SIA-HS Alarm Monitoring Service
+   Copyright (C) Wilco Baan Hofman <wilco@baanhofman.nl> 2013
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
+#include "includes.h"
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+static void child_handler(int sig) {
+	pid_t pid;
+	int status;
+	/* EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! */
+	while ((pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG)) > 0);
+}
+
+STATUS script_update(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *prom, const char *code, const char *description) {
+	DEBUG(6, "Got event for script hook: %s %s: %s -- %s: %s\n", prom, code, description, sia_code_str(code), sia_code_desc(code));
+
+	const configuration *conf = get_conf();
+	DEBUG(4, "About to execute %s", conf->hook_script_path);
+	if (!fork()) {
+		execl(
+			conf->hook_script_path,
+			conf->hook_script_path,
+			prom,
+			code,
+			description,
+			sia_code_str(code),
+			sia_code_desc(code),
+			(char *)NULL
+		);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+	return ST_OK;
+}
+
+STATUS script_init(void) {
+	/* Establish SIGCHLD handler. */
+	struct sigaction sa;
+	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+	sa.sa_flags = 0;
+	sa.sa_handler = child_handler;
+	sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
+
+	GError *error = NULL;
+	configuration *conf = get_modifiable_conf();
+	conf->hook_script_path = g_key_file_get_string(conf->keyfile, "script", "path", &error);
+	if (error) {
+		DEBUG(2, "Disabling script hook because no path is set");
+		return ST_OK;
+	}
+	DEBUG(3, "Script hook enabled");
+
+	conf->event_handlers = talloc_realloc(conf, conf->event_handlers, event_function, conf->event_handler_cnt+1);
+	conf->event_handlers[conf->event_handler_cnt] = script_update;
+	conf->event_handler_cnt++;
+
+	return ST_OK;
+}
diff --git a/spacestate.h b/hook_script.h
similarity index 84%
rename from spacestate.h
rename to hook_script.h
index a362958..1fcd0d7 100644
--- a/spacestate.h
+++ b/hook_script.h
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-STATUS spacestate_update(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *prom, const char *code, const char *description);
-STATUS spacestate_init(void);
+STATUS script_update(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *prom, const char *code, const char *description);
+STATUS script_init(void);