diff --git a/planetstack/observer/__init__.py b/planetstack/observer/__init__.py
index e69de29..b23caf2 100644
--- a/planetstack/observer/__init__.py
+++ b/planetstack/observer/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from planetstack.config import Config
+
+try:
+    observer_disabled = Config().observer_disabled
+except:
+    observer_disabled = False
+
+print_once = True
+
+if (not observer_disabled):
+    from .event_manager import EventSender
+
+    def notify_observer(model=None, delete=False):
+        try:
+            if (model and delete):
+                EventSender().fire({'delete_flag':delete,'model':model.__name__}) 
+            else:
+                EventSender().fire()
+        except Exception,e:
+            print "Exception in Observer. This should not disrupt the front end. %s"%str(e)
+
+else:
+    def notify_observer(model=None, delete=False):
+        if (print_once):
+            print "The observer is disabled"
+            print_once = False
+        return