diff --git a/apps/backend/scripts/process_events.sh b/apps/backend/scripts/process_events.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab2941e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backend/scripts/process_events.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e # Exit on any error
+
+echo "Starting Process Events job..."
+if curl -sS -f --connect-timeout 30 --max-time 300 "http://web:3000/api/trpc/eventQueue.processEvents"; then
+    echo "Process Events job completed successfully"
+else
+    echo "Process Events job failed" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/apps/infoalloggi/src/server/api/routers/event_queue.ts b/apps/infoalloggi/src/server/api/routers/event_queue.ts
index 2a63e25..99fe462 100644
--- a/apps/infoalloggi/src/server/api/routers/event_queue.ts
+++ b/apps/infoalloggi/src/server/api/routers/event_queue.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { z } from "zod/v4";
 import {
+	apiProcedure,
 	createTRPCRouter,
-	protectedApiProcedure,
 	publicProcedure,
 } from "~/server/api/trpc";
 import {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const eventQueueRouter = createTRPCRouter({
 		.mutation(async ({ input }) => {
 			return await addEventToQueue(input);
 		}),
-	processEvents: protectedApiProcedure.query(async () => {
+	processEvents: apiProcedure.query(async () => {
 		return await processEvents();
 	}),
 });
diff --git a/apps/infoalloggi/src/server/controllers/event_queue.controller.ts b/apps/infoalloggi/src/server/controllers/event_queue.controller.ts
index b24f1b6..fd93ec9 100644
--- a/apps/infoalloggi/src/server/controllers/event_queue.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/infoalloggi/src/server/controllers/event_queue.controller.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const getEventsFromQueue = async () => {
 export const processEvents = async () => {
 	const events = await getEventsFromQueue();
 	if (events.length === 0) {
-		return;
+		return { message: "No events to process" };
 	}
 	for (const e of events) {
 		const data = e.data as EventDataTypes;
@@ -93,4 +93,5 @@ export const processEvents = async () => {
 			.where("event_id", "=", e.event_id)
 			.execute();
 	}
+	return { message: `${events.length} events processed` };
 };