diff --git a/brewpi.py b/brewpi.py
index 21da9ff..21fc8b9 100644
--- a/brewpi.py
+++ b/brewpi.py
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
 # listState = "", "d", "h", "dh" to reflect whether the list is up to date for installed (d) and available (h)
 deviceList = dict(listState="", installed=[], available=[])
 
+# Message queue
+messageQueue = Queue.Queue()
+
 lcdText = ['Script starting up', ' ', ' ', ' ']
 
 # Read in command line arguments
@@ -484,6 +487,8 @@ def renameTempKey(key):
             conn.send(json.dumps(cs))
         elif messageType == "getControlVariables":
             conn.send(cv)
+        elif messageType == "getMessages":
++            conn.send(json.dumps({'messages': getLogMessages()}))
         elif messageType == "refreshControlConstants":
             bg_ser.write("c")
             raise socket.timeout