diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4db8827..84ad50c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ if(NOT DEFINED ENV{OPENAI_API_KEY})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Env variable OPENAI_API_KEY must be set")
 endif()
 
+if(DEFINED ENV{LOG_DATACHANNEL_MESSAGES})
+  add_compile_definitions(LOG_DATACHANNEL_MESSAGES="1")
+endif()
+
 add_compile_definitions(OPENAI_API_KEY="$ENV{OPENAI_API_KEY}")
 add_compile_definitions(OPENAI_REALTIMEAPI="https://api.openai.com/v1/realtime?model=gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview-2024-12-17")
 
diff --git a/src/webrtc.cpp b/src/webrtc.cpp
index e41b284..bc1782d 100644
--- a/src/webrtc.cpp
+++ b/src/webrtc.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #include "main.h"
 
 #define TICK_INTERVAL 15
+#define GREETING                                                    \
+  "{\"type\": \"response.create\", \"response\": {\"modalities\": " \
+  "[\"audio\", \"text\"], \"instructions\": \"Say 'How can I help?.'\"}}"
 
 PeerConnection *peer_connection = NULL;
 
@@ -25,6 +28,25 @@ void oai_send_audio_task(void *user_data) {
 }
 #endif
 
+static void oai_ondatachannel_onmessage_task(char *msg, size_t len,
+                                             void *userdata, uint16_t sid) {
+#ifdef LOG_DATACHANNEL_MESSAGES
+  ESP_LOGI(LOG_TAG, "DataChannel Message: %s", msg);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void oai_ondatachannel_onopen_task(void *userdata) {
+  if (peer_connection_create_datachannel(peer_connection, DATA_CHANNEL_RELIABLE,
+                                         0, 0, (char *)"oai-events",
+                                         (char *)"") != -1) {
+    ESP_LOGI(LOG_TAG, "DataChannel created");
+    peer_connection_datachannel_send(peer_connection, (char *)GREETING,
+                                     strlen(GREETING));
+  } else {
+    ESP_LOGE(LOG_TAG, "Failed to create DataChannel");
+  }
+}
+
 static void oai_onconnectionstatechange_task(PeerConnectionState state,
                                              void *user_data) {
   ESP_LOGI(LOG_TAG, "PeerConnectionState: %s",
@@ -56,7 +78,7 @@ void oai_webrtc() {
       .ice_servers = {},
       .audio_codec = CODEC_OPUS,
       .video_codec = CODEC_NONE,
-      .datachannel = DATA_CHANNEL_NONE,
+      .datachannel = DATA_CHANNEL_STRING,
       .onaudiotrack = [](uint8_t *data, size_t size, void *userdata) -> void {
 #ifndef LINUX_BUILD
         oai_audio_decode(data, size);
@@ -78,6 +100,10 @@ void oai_webrtc() {
   peer_connection_oniceconnectionstatechange(peer_connection,
                                              oai_onconnectionstatechange_task);
   peer_connection_onicecandidate(peer_connection, oai_on_icecandidate_task);
+  peer_connection_ondatachannel(peer_connection,
+                                oai_ondatachannel_onmessage_task,
+                                oai_ondatachannel_onopen_task, NULL);
+
   peer_connection_create_offer(peer_connection);
 
   while (1) {