diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/FireEvent.php b/app/Console/Commands/FireEvent.php
index 4d58284a..bc5103b3 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/FireEvent.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/FireEvent.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
+use App\Events\NewsCreated;
 use App\Events\TorrentCreated;
 use App\Events\UserDestroyed;
 use App\Events\UserDisabled;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class FireEvent extends Command
         "user_destroyed" => UserDestroyed::class,
         "user_disabled" => UserDisabled::class,
         "user_enabled" => UserEnabled::class,
+        "news_created" => NewsCreated::class,
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Events/NewsCreated.php b/app/Events/NewsCreated.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1528f749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Events/NewsCreated.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Events;
+
+use Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel;
+use Illuminate\Broadcasting\InteractsWithSockets;
+use Illuminate\Broadcasting\PresenceChannel;
+use Illuminate\Broadcasting\PrivateChannel;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Events\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+
+class NewsCreated
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithSockets, SerializesModels;
+
+    public int $id;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new event instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(int $id)
+    {
+        $this->id = $id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the channels the event should broadcast on.
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel|array
+     */
+    public function broadcastOn()
+    {
+        return new PrivateChannel('channel-name');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Repositories/TorrentRepository.php b/app/Repositories/TorrentRepository.php
index 0370e0ad..52cdca90 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/TorrentRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/TorrentRepository.php
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ HTML;
             if (is_array($arr) && isset($arr['torrent_id'], $arr['pieces_hash'])) {
                 $out[$arr['pieces_hash']] = $arr['torrent_id'];
             } else {
-                do_log(sprintf("%s, invalid item: %s(%s)", $logPrefix, var_export($item, true), gettype($item)), 'error');
+                do_log(sprintf("%s, invalid item: %s(%s)", $logPrefix, var_export($item, true), gettype($item)));
             }
         }
         return $out;
diff --git a/include/constants.php b/include/constants.php
index fde4393a..fa62b6d0 100644
--- a/include/constants.php
+++ b/include/constants.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 defined('VERSION_NUMBER') || define('VERSION_NUMBER', '1.8.12');
-defined('RELEASE_DATE') || define('RELEASE_DATE', '2024-04-01');
+defined('RELEASE_DATE') || define('RELEASE_DATE', '2024-04-03');
 defined('IN_TRACKER') || define('IN_TRACKER', false);
 defined('PROJECTNAME') || define("PROJECTNAME","NexusPHP");
 defined('NEXUSPHPURL') || define("NEXUSPHPURL","https://nexusphp.org");
diff --git a/public/news.php b/public/news.php
index 07c1c289..336a7670 100644
--- a/public/news.php
+++ b/public/news.php
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ if ($action == 'add')
 		$notify = 'no';
 	sql_query("INSERT INTO news (userid, added, body, title, notify) VALUES (".sqlesc($CURUSER['id']) . ", $added, " . sqlesc($body) . ", " . sqlesc($title) . ", " . sqlesc($notify).")") or sqlerr(__FILE__, __LINE__);
 	$Cache->delete_value('recent_news',true);
-	if (mysql_affected_rows() != 1)
-	stderr($lang_news['std_error'], $lang_news['std_something_weird_happened']);
+	if (mysql_affected_rows() != 1) {
+        stderr($lang_news['std_error'], $lang_news['std_something_weird_happened']);
+    }
+	fire_event("news_created", mysql_insert_id());
 	header("Location: " . get_protocol_prefix() . "$BASEURL/index.php");
 }