diff --git a/src/DraupnirBotMode.ts b/src/DraupnirBotMode.ts
index 3e672078..3bfbaa54 100644
--- a/src/DraupnirBotMode.ts
+++ b/src/DraupnirBotMode.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ export class DraupnirBotModeToggle implements SafeModeToggle {
     return draupnirResult;
   }
   public async switchToSafeMode(
-    cause: SafeModeCause
+    cause: SafeModeCause,
+    options?: SafeModeToggleOptions
   ): Promise<Result<SafeModeDraupnir>> {
     if (this.safeModeDraupnir !== null) {
       return ResultError.Result(
@@ -192,6 +193,9 @@ export class DraupnirBotModeToggle implements SafeModeToggle {
     this.draupnir = null;
     this.safeModeDraupnir = safeModeResult.ok;
     this.safeModeDraupnir.start();
+    if (options?.sendStatusOnStart) {
+      this.safeModeDraupnir.sendStartupComplete();
+    }
     return safeModeResult;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/SafeModeCommand.ts b/src/commands/SafeModeCommand.ts
index 23e32eeb..648c2653 100644
--- a/src/commands/SafeModeCommand.ts
+++ b/src/commands/SafeModeCommand.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ export const DraupnirSafeModeCommand = describeCommand({
     { safeModeToggle }: Draupnir,
     info: BasicInvocationInformation
   ): Promise<Result<SafeModeDraupnir>> {
-    return safeModeToggle.switchToSafeMode({
-      reason: SafeModeReason.ByRequest,
-      user: info.commandSender,
-    });
+    return safeModeToggle.switchToSafeMode(
+      {
+        reason: SafeModeReason.ByRequest,
+        user: info.commandSender,
+      },
+      { sendStatusOnStart: true }
+    );
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/src/commands/interface-manager/MatrixHelpRenderer.tsx b/src/commands/interface-manager/MatrixHelpRenderer.tsx
index 3a38a39c..34e6bde4 100644
--- a/src/commands/interface-manager/MatrixHelpRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/commands/interface-manager/MatrixHelpRenderer.tsx
@@ -370,3 +370,7 @@ export function renderTableHelp(table: CommandTable): DocumentNode {
     </fragment>
   );
 }
+
+export function wrapInRoot(node: DocumentNode): DocumentNode {
+  return <root>{node}</root>;
+}
diff --git a/src/safemode/DraupnirSafeMode.ts b/src/safemode/DraupnirSafeMode.ts
index 4721b2eb..e2aeacc3 100644
--- a/src/safemode/DraupnirSafeMode.ts
+++ b/src/safemode/DraupnirSafeMode.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ import {
   ClientRooms,
   EventReport,
   RoomEvent,
+  Task,
 } from "matrix-protection-suite";
-import { MatrixAdaptorContext } from "../commands/interface-manager/MPSMatrixInterfaceAdaptor";
+import {
+  MatrixAdaptorContext,
+  sendMatrixEventsFromDeadDocument,
+} from "../commands/interface-manager/MPSMatrixInterfaceAdaptor";
 import {
   StringUserID,
   StringRoomID,
@@ -27,6 +31,12 @@ import {
 } from "../commands/interface-manager/MatrixPromptForAccept";
 import { makeCommandDispatcherTimelineListener } from "./ManagementRoom";
 import { SafeModeToggle } from "./SafeModeToggle";
+import { Result } from "@gnuxie/typescript-result";
+import {
+  renderSafeModeStatusInfo,
+  safeModeStatusInfo,
+} from "./commands/StatusCommand";
+import { wrapInRoot } from "../commands/interface-manager/MatrixHelpRenderer";
 
 export class SafeModeDraupnir implements MatrixAdaptorContext {
   public reactionHandler: MatrixReactionHandler;
@@ -90,4 +100,15 @@ export class SafeModeDraupnir implements MatrixAdaptorContext {
   public stop(): void {
     this.clientRooms.off("timeline", this.timelineEventListener);
   }
+
+  public sendStartupComplete(): void {
+    void Task(
+      sendMatrixEventsFromDeadDocument(
+        this.clientPlatform.toRoomMessageSender(),
+        this.commandRoomID,
+        wrapInRoot(renderSafeModeStatusInfo(safeModeStatusInfo(this))),
+        {}
+      ) as Promise<Result<void>>
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/safemode/commands/RestartDraupnirCommand.ts b/src/safemode/commands/RestartDraupnirCommand.ts
index 687a5d2d..e40048a2 100644
--- a/src/safemode/commands/RestartDraupnirCommand.ts
+++ b/src/safemode/commands/RestartDraupnirCommand.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const SafeModeRestartCommand = describeCommand({
   async executor({
     safeModeToggle,
   }: SafeModeDraupnir): Promise<Result<Draupnir>> {
-    return safeModeToggle.switchToDraupnir();
+    return safeModeToggle.switchToDraupnir({ sendStatusOnStart: true });
   },
 });