diff --git a/src/gateway/gatewaypayloadtype.ts b/src/gateway/gatewaypayloadtype.ts
index 6c848c3..65af6b4 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gatewaypayloadtype.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gatewaypayloadtype.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@ export enum GatewayPayloadType {
     Hello = 0,
     Authenticate,
     Ready,
-    Ping
+    Ping,
+
+    ChannelCreate = 1000,
+    ChannelUpdate,
+    ChannelDelete
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/api/v1/channels.ts b/src/routes/api/v1/channels.ts
index c83b9db..0ac0c7b 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/v1/channels.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/v1/channels.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { authenticateRoute } from "../../../auth";
 import { query } from "../../../database";
 import { errors } from "../../../errors";
 import { dispatch } from "../../../gateway";
+import { GatewayPayloadType } from "../../../gateway/gatewaypayloadtype";
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ router.post(
             });
         }
 
+        dispatch("*", {
+            t: GatewayPayloadType.ChannelCreate,
+            d: result.rows[0]
+        });
+
         res.status(201).send(result.rows[0]);
     }
 );
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ router.put(
         }
 
         const { name } = req.body;
-        const { id } = req.params;
+        const id = parseInt(req.params.id); // TODO: ??
 
         const permissionCheckResult = await query("SELECT owner_id FROM channels WHERE id = $1", [id]);
         if (permissionCheckResult.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -62,11 +68,20 @@ router.put(
             });
         }
 
-        return res.status(200).send({
-            id: parseInt(id), // TODO: ??
+        const updatePayload = {
+            id,
             name,
             owner_id: permissionCheckResult.rows[0].owner_id
+        };
+
+        // TODO: implement per-user channel joining and communities
+        //dispatch(`channel:${id}`, {
+        dispatch("*", {
+            t: GatewayPayloadType.ChannelUpdate,
+            d: updatePayload
         });
+
+        return res.status(200).send(updatePayload);
     }
 );
 
@@ -80,7 +95,7 @@ router.delete(
             return res.status(400).json({ ...errors.INVALID_DATA, errors: validationErrors.array() });
         }
 
-        const { id } = req.params;
+        const id = parseInt(req.params.id); // TODO: ??
 
         const permissionCheckResult = await query("SELECT owner_id FROM channels WHERE id = $1", [id]);
         if (permissionCheckResult.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -101,6 +116,15 @@ router.delete(
             });
         }
 
+        // TODO: implement per-user channel joining and communities
+        //dispatch(`channel:${id}`, {
+        dispatch("*", {
+            t: GatewayPayloadType.ChannelDelete,
+            d: {
+                id
+            }
+        });
+
         return res.status(204).send("");
     }
 );
diff --git a/test.rest b/test.rest
index ff7ea59..0091900 100644
--- a/test.rest
+++ b/test.rest
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ content-type: application/json
 Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6MiwidHlwZSI6MSwiaWF0IjoxNjQ5NTI0NDA1LCJleHAiOjE2NDk2OTcyMDV9.4nIDs0K8MCT18GsdlKdicT_GK2KbEqi_P7cND3_aZvE
 
 {
-    "name": "another channel"
+    "name": "yet another channel"
 }
 
 ###
 
-PUT http://localhost:3000/api/v1/channels/2 HTTP/1.1
+PUT http://localhost:3000/api/v1/channels/5 HTTP/1.1
 content-type: application/json
 Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6MiwidHlwZSI6MSwiaWF0IjoxNjQ5NTI0NDA1LCJleHAiOjE2NDk2OTcyMDV9.4nIDs0K8MCT18GsdlKdicT_GK2KbEqi_P7cND3_aZvE
 #Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6MiwidHlwZSI6MSwiaWF0IjoxNjQ5MjU5NDUwLCJleHAiOjE2NDk0MzIyNTB9.JmF9NujFZnln7A-ynNpeyayGBqmR5poAyACYV6RnSQY