diff --git a/src/blackcore/data/globalsetup.cpp b/src/blackcore/data/globalsetup.cpp
index 48498e6aa..50e7755a2 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/data/globalsetup.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/data/globalsetup.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace BlackCore
     namespace Data
     {
         CGlobalSetup::CGlobalSetup() :
+            CIdentifiable("CGlobalSetup"),
             ITimestampBased(0)
         {
             this->initDefaultValues();
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace BlackCore
             m_vatsimDataFileUrls = CUrlList({ "http://info.vroute.net/vatsim-data.txt" });
             m_sharedUrls = CUrlList(
             {
-                "https://datastore.swift-project.org/shared",
+                "https://datastore.swift-project.net/shared/",
                 "http://www.siliconmind.de/datastore/shared/",
                 "http://swift-project.org/datastore/shared/"
             });
@@ -143,6 +144,19 @@ namespace BlackCore
                    withSwitchedScheme("https", m_dbHttpsPort);
         }
 
+        CUrl CGlobalSetup::getDbClientPingServiceUrl(PingType type) const
+        {
+            CUrl pingUrl = this->getDbClientPingServiceUrl();
+            if (pingUrl.isEmpty()) { CUrl(); }
+
+            pingUrl.appendQuery("uuid", this->identifier().toUuidString());
+            pingUrl.appendQuery("application", sApp->getApplicationNameAndVersion());
+            if (type.testFlag(PingLogoff)) { pingUrl.appendQuery("logoff", "true"); }
+            if (type.testFlag(PingShutdown)) { pingUrl.appendQuery("shutdown", "true"); }
+            if (type.testFlag(PingStarted)) { pingUrl.appendQuery("started", "true"); }
+            return pingUrl;
+        }
+
         CUrl CGlobalSetup::getAlphaXSwiftBusFilesServiceUrl() const
         {
             return getDbRootDirectoryUrl().
diff --git a/src/blackcore/data/globalsetup.h b/src/blackcore/data/globalsetup.h
index c4a07cfba..d9f31450b 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/data/globalsetup.h
+++ b/src/blackcore/data/globalsetup.h
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 #define BLACKCORE_DATA_GLOBALSETUP_H
 
 #include "blackcore/blackcoreexport.h"
-#include "blackmisc/datacache.h"
-#include "blackmisc/metaclass.h"
 #include "blackmisc/network/serverlist.h"
 #include "blackmisc/network/url.h"
 #include "blackmisc/network/urllist.h"
+#include "blackmisc/identifiable.h"
+#include "blackmisc/datacache.h"
+#include "blackmisc/metaclass.h"
 #include "blackmisc/propertyindex.h"
 #include "blackmisc/timestampbased.h"
 #include "blackmisc/valueobject.h"
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ namespace BlackCore
         //! \note also called the bootstrap file as it is required once to get information where all the data are located
         class BLACKCORE_EXPORT CGlobalSetup :
             public BlackMisc::CValueObject<CGlobalSetup>,
+            public BlackMisc::CIdentifiable,
             public BlackMisc::ITimestampBased
         {
         public:
@@ -61,6 +63,17 @@ namespace BlackCore
                 IndexMappingMinimumVersion
             };
 
+            //! Add info when pinging
+            enum PingTypeFlag
+            {
+                PingUnspecific = 0,
+                PingLogoff     = 1 << 0,
+                PingStarted    = 1 << 1,
+                PingShutdown   = 1 << 2,
+                PingCompleteShutdown = PingLogoff | PingShutdown
+            };
+            Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(PingType, PingTypeFlag)
+
             //! Default constructor
             CGlobalSetup();
 
@@ -126,6 +139,9 @@ namespace BlackCore
             //! \remark based on getDbRootDirectoryUrl
             BlackMisc::Network::CUrl getDbClientPingServiceUrl() const;
 
+            //! Ping the DB server, fire and forget (no feedback etc)
+            BlackMisc::Network::CUrl getDbClientPingServiceUrl(PingType type) const;
+
             //! alpha XSwiftBus files available
             BlackMisc::Network::CUrl getAlphaXSwiftBusFilesServiceUrl() const;
 
@@ -275,5 +291,8 @@ namespace BlackCore
 } // ns
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(BlackCore::Data::CGlobalSetup)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(BlackCore::Data::CGlobalSetup::PingTypeFlag)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(BlackCore::Data::CGlobalSetup::PingType)
+Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(BlackCore::Data::CGlobalSetup::PingType)
 
 #endif // guard