diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 9b62b6a..f17cba6 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -188,6 +188,73 @@ void main(void)
 	printf("setup ESP8266 WiFi SoC: ");
 	radio_esp8266_setup();
 	printf("OK\n");
+
+	// send HTTP POST request
+	printf("making HTTP request: ");
+	radio_esp8266_tcp_open("192.168.42.2",8086); // open connection
+	while (!radio_esp8266_activity) { // wait until response has been received
+		__WFI(); // wait until something happens
+	}
+	if (!radio_esp8266_success) { // could not open port
+		return; // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	char http_line[256+1] = {0};
+	int http_length = snprintf(http_line, LENGTH(http_line), "POST /write?db=test HTTP/1.1\r\n");
+	if (http_length<=0) { // line creation failed
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	radio_esp8266_send((uint8_t*)http_line, http_length); // send data
+	while (!radio_esp8266_activity) { // wait until response has been received
+		__WFI(); // wait until something happens
+	}
+	if (!radio_esp8266_success) { // could not open port
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	http_length = snprintf(http_line, LENGTH(http_line), "Content-Length: 74\r\n");
+	if (http_length<=0) { // line creation failed
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	radio_esp8266_send((uint8_t*)http_line, http_length); // send data
+	while (!radio_esp8266_activity) { // wait until response has been received
+		__WFI(); // wait until something happens
+	}
+	if (!radio_esp8266_success) { // could not open port
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	http_length = snprintf(http_line, LENGTH(http_line), "Host: influx\r\n");
+	if (http_length<=0) { // line creation failed
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	radio_esp8266_send((uint8_t*)http_line, http_length); // send data
+	while (!radio_esp8266_activity) { // wait until response has been received
+		__WFI(); // wait until something happens
+	}
+	if (!radio_esp8266_success) { // could not open port
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	http_length = snprintf(http_line, LENGTH(http_line), "\r\n");
+	if (http_length<=0) { // line creation failed
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	radio_esp8266_send((uint8_t*)http_line, http_length); // send data
+	while (!radio_esp8266_activity) { // wait until response has been received
+		__WFI(); // wait until something happens
+	}
+	if (!radio_esp8266_success) { // could not open port
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	http_length = snprintf(http_line, LENGTH(http_line), "cpu_load_short,host=server01,region=us-west value=0.64 1434055562000000000");
+	if (http_length<=0) { // line creation failed
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	radio_esp8266_send((uint8_t*)http_line, http_length); // send data
+	while (!radio_esp8266_activity) { // wait until response has been received
+		__WFI(); // wait until something happens
+	}
+	if (!radio_esp8266_success) { // could not open port
+		while (true); // not ideal error handling
+	}
+	printf("OK\n");
 	
 	// main loop
 	printf("command input: ready\n");
@@ -279,7 +346,7 @@ void main(void)
 			ticks_time = rtc_get_counter_val(); // copy time from internal RTC for processing
 			action = true; // action has been performed
 			if ((ticks_time%(60))==0) { // one minute passed
-				printf("uptime %02lu:%02lu:%02lu\n", ticks_time/(60*60), (ticks_time%(60*60))/60, (ticks_time%60)); // display external time
+				printf("uptime: %02lu:%02lu:%02lu\n", ticks_time/(60*60), (ticks_time%(60*60))/60, (ticks_time%60)); // display external time
 			}
 		}
 		if (action) { // go to sleep if nothing had to be done, else recheck for activity