diff --git a/honeycast/cast.py b/honeycast/cast.py
index 1b518e0..a3606c9 100644
--- a/honeycast/cast.py
+++ b/honeycast/cast.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from .controllers.heartbeat import HeartbeatController
 from .controllers.media import MediaController
 from .controllers.receiver import ReceiverController
+from .controllers.spotify import SpotifyController
 from .log import logger
 from pychromecast.cast_channel_pb2 import CastMessage
 import json
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ def __init__(self, socket):
             ConnectionController(),
             ReceiverController(),
             MediaController(),
+            SpotifyController(),
         ]
 
     def close(self):
diff --git a/honeycast/controllers/receiver.py b/honeycast/controllers/receiver.py
index 3cc9257..f0536d8 100644
--- a/honeycast/controllers/receiver.py
+++ b/honeycast/controllers/receiver.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 from ..config import config
+from ..log import logger
 from .base import BaseController
-from pychromecast.socket_client import NS_RECEIVER, TYPE_GET_STATUS, TYPE_RECEIVER_STATUS
+from pychromecast.socket_client import NS_RECEIVER, TYPE_GET_STATUS, TYPE_RECEIVER_STATUS, TYPE_LAUNCH
 import uuid
 
 class ReceiverController(BaseController):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__(NS_RECEIVER)
         self._session_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        self._app_id = None
 
     def get_reply(self, message):
         message_type = message.data.get("type", "")
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ def get_reply(self, message):
                 "status": {
                     "applications": [
                         {
-                            "appId": "CC1AD845",
+                            "appId": self._app_id or "CC1AD845",
                             "displayName": "Default Media Receiver",
                             "iconUrl": "",
                             "isIdleScreen": False,
@@ -61,5 +63,33 @@ def get_reply(self, message):
                     }
                 },
             })
+        elif message_type == TYPE_LAUNCH:
+            app_id = message.data.get("appId", None)
+            logger.info("launching app %s", app_id)
+            self._app_id = app_id
+
+            return self.create_default_reply(message, {
+                "requestId": message.data.get("requestId", 0),
+                "type": TYPE_RECEIVER_STATUS,
+                "status": {
+                    "applications": [
+                        {
+                            "appId": self._app_id or "CC1AD845",
+                            "displayName": "Default Media Receiver",
+                            "iconUrl": "",
+                            "isIdleScreen": False,
+                            "launchedFromCloud": False,
+                            "namespaces": [
+                                {
+                                    "name": "urn:x-cast:com.spotify.chromecast.secure.v1"
+                                },
+                            ],
+                            "sessionId": self._session_id,
+                            "statusText": "Default Media Receiver",
+                            "transportId": self._session_id
+                        }
+                    ],
+                }
+            })
 
         return super().get_reply(message)
diff --git a/honeycast/controllers/spotify.py b/honeycast/controllers/spotify.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b60547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/honeycast/controllers/spotify.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from ..log import logger
+from .base import BaseController
+from pychromecast.controllers.spotify import APP_NAMESPACE
+from spotipy import Spotify
+import pdb
+
+class SpotifyController(BaseController):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(APP_NAMESPACE)
+        self._spotify = None
+
+    def get_reply(self, message):
+        message_type = message.data.get("type", "")
+
+        if message_type == "setCredentials":
+            token = message.data.get("credentials", "")
+            logger.debug("received spotify token %s", token)
+
+            self._spotify = Spotify(auth=token)
+            user = self._spotify.me()
+            no_value = "[n/a]"
+            email = user.get("email", no_value)
+            name = user.get("display_name", no_value)
+            country = user.get("country", no_value)
+            birthday = user.get("birthdate", no_value)
+            logger.info("%s (%s from %s, born %s) launched spotify", email, name, country, birthday)
+
+        return super().get_reply(message)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d33fe83..c9866e7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ pycparser==2.19
 PyYAML==4.2b1
 requests==2.21.0
 six==1.12.0
+spotify-token==0.1.0
+spotipy==2.4.4
 urllib3==1.24.1
 Werkzeug==0.14.1
 zeroconf==0.21.3