diff --git a/analytics/ga.go b/analytics/ga.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59b17ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/analytics/ga.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package analytics
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httputil"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func SendStartEvent(se StartEvent) error {
+	postBody := map[string]interface{}{
+		"client_id": se.ClientId,
+		"events": []map[string]interface{}{
+			{
+				"name":   "start",
+				"params": se,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	jsonValue, err := json.Marshal(postBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://www.google-analytics.com/mp/collect", bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	q := req.URL.Query()
+	q.Add("measurement_id", "G-S6NT05VXK9")
+	q.Add("api_secret", "7FFhe65HQK-bXvujpQMquQ")
+	req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+
+	response, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debug(err)
+	}
+	defer response.Body.Close()
+
+	if response.StatusCode/100 != 2 {
+		dump, err := httputil.DumpResponse(response, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Debugf("%v", string(dump))
+		return fmt.Errorf("google analytics returned non-2xx status code: %v", response.Status)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/analytics/ga_example.go b/analytics/ga_example.go
deleted file mode 100644
index de4454b4..00000000
--- a/analytics/ga_example.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"log"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httputil"
-)
-
-type StartEvent struct {
-	Version       string
-	FilterLength  int
-	CustomAddress bool
-	CustomBase    bool
-	TailSize      int
-	Protected     bool
-
-}
-
-func main() {
-	postBody := map[string]interface{}{
-		"client_id": "XXXXXXXXXX.YYYYYYYYYY",
-		"events": []map[string]interface{}{
-			{
-				"name": "test_go",
-				"params": map[string]interface{}{
-					"version": "1.1.1",
-					"docker":  "2",
-					"color":   "red",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	jsonValue, err := json.Marshal(postBody)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	log.Print(string(jsonValue))
-
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://www.google-analytics.com/mp/collect", bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	q := req.URL.Query()
-	q.Add("measurement_id", "G-S6NT05VXK9")
-	q.Add("api_secret", "7FFhe65HQK-bXvujpQMquQ")
-	req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
-
-	dump, err := httputil.DumpRequestOut(req, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	log.Printf("%v", string(dump))
-
-	if response, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	} else {
-		defer response.Body.Close()
-		dump, err := httputil.DumpResponse(response, true)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		log.Printf("%v", string(dump))
-	}
-}
diff --git a/analytics/types.go b/analytics/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc0eae82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/analytics/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package analytics
+
+type StartEvent struct {
+	ClientId      string `json:"-"`
+	Version       string `json:"version"`
+	FilterLength  int    `json:"filterLength"`
+	CustomAddress bool   `json:"customAddress"`
+	CustomBase    bool   `json:"customBase"`
+	TailSize      int    `json:"tailSize"`
+	Protected     bool   `json:"protected"`
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 382393ef..d2846198 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/alexflint/go-arg"
+	"github.com/amir20/dozzle/analytics"
 	"github.com/amir20/dozzle/docker"
 	"github.com/amir20/dozzle/web"
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	srv := web.CreateServer(dockerClient, static, config)
-
+	go doStartEvent(args)
 	go func() {
 		log.Infof("Accepting connections on %s", srv.Addr)
 		if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
@@ -121,3 +122,25 @@ func main() {
 	srv.Shutdown(ctx)
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
+
+func doStartEvent(arg args) {
+	host, err := os.Hostname()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debug(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	event := analytics.StartEvent{
+		ClientId:      host,
+		Version:       version,
+		FilterLength:  len(filters),
+		CustomAddress: arg.Addr != ":8080",
+		CustomBase:    arg.Base != "/",
+		TailSize:      arg.TailSize,
+		Protected:     arg.Username != "",
+	}
+
+	if err := analytics.SendStartEvent(event); err != nil {
+		log.Debug(err)
+	}
+}