diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9a8a17..4223c39 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "author": {
         "name": "Thomas Bowman Mørch"
     },
-    "version": "0.11.0",
+    "version": "0.12.0",
     "engines": {
         "node": ">=14.0.0"
     },
diff --git a/src/lib/small-timer-runner.spec.ts b/src/lib/small-timer-runner.spec.ts
index a7a796a..707f1c3 100644
--- a/src/lib/small-timer-runner.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/small-timer-runner.spec.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ describe('lib/small-timer-runner', () => {
             wrapMidnight: false,
             debugEnable: false,
             minimumOnTime: 0,
+            sendEmptyPayload: true,
             id: '',
             type: '',
             name: '',
@@ -227,6 +228,32 @@ describe('lib/small-timer-runner', () => {
         ])
     })
 
+
+    it('should not send message with empty payload', () => {
+        const stubs = setupTest({
+            topic: 'test-topic',
+            onMsg:'on',
+            offMsg: '', // empty string should not be sendt
+            injectOnStartup: true,
+            debugEnable: true,
+            sendEmptyPayload: false,
+        })
+
+        stubs.stubbedTimeCalc.getTimeToNextStartEvent.returns(0)
+        stubs.stubbedTimeCalc.getTimeToNextEndEvent.returns(120.6)
+        stubs.stubbedTimeCalc.getOnState.returns(false)
+
+        const runner = new SmallTimerRunner(stubs.position, stubs.configuration, stubs.node)
+
+        runner.onMessage({payload: 'sync', _msgid: ''})
+        sinon.clock.tick(2000)
+        sinon.assert.calledWith(stubs.send, [
+            null,
+            { debug: 'this is debug', override: 'auto', topic: 'debug' },
+        ])
+
+    })
+
     it('should stop timer, and not advance anything after cleanup has been called', async () => {
         const stubs = setupTest({
             topic: 'test-topic',
diff --git a/src/lib/small-timer-runner.ts b/src/lib/small-timer-runner.ts
index 057bada..a34ef72 100644
--- a/src/lib/small-timer-runner.ts
+++ b/src/lib/small-timer-runner.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export class SmallTimerRunner {
     private debugMode = false
 
     private timer = new Timer()
+    private sendEmptyPayload: boolean
 
     constructor(
         position: Position,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export class SmallTimerRunner {
 
         this.onTimeout = Number(configuration.onTimeout)
         this.offTimeout = Number(configuration.offTimeout)
+        this.sendEmptyPayload = configuration.sendEmptyPayload ?? true
 
         if (configuration.injectOnStartup) {
             this.startupTock = setTimeout(this.forceSend.bind(this), 2000)
@@ -106,9 +108,9 @@ export class SmallTimerRunner {
     }
 
     private generateMsg(trigger: Trigger): SmallTimerChangeMessage {
-        const on = this.getCurrentState()
+        const status = this.getCurrentState()
 
-        const payload = on
+        const payload = status
             ? util.evaluateNodeProperty(this.onMsg, this.onMsgType, this.node, {})
             : util.evaluateNodeProperty(this.offMsg, this.offMsgType, this.node, {})
 
@@ -126,10 +128,19 @@ export class SmallTimerRunner {
     }
 
     private publishState(trigger: Trigger): void {
+        const status = this.generateMsg(trigger)
+        const shouldSendStatus = this.sendEmptyPayload || status.payload !== ''
+
         if (this.debugMode) {
-            this.node.send([this.generateMsg(trigger), this.generateDebug()])
-        } else {
-            this.node.send(this.generateMsg(trigger))
+            this.node.send([
+                shouldSendStatus ? status : null, 
+                this.generateDebug(),
+            ])
+            return
+        } 
+        
+        if (shouldSendStatus) {
+            this.node.send(status)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/nodes/common.ts b/src/nodes/common.ts
index 9f0d97a..c160377 100644
--- a/src/nodes/common.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/common.ts
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ export interface ISmallTimerProperties extends NodeDef {
     wrapMidnight: boolean,
     debugEnable: boolean,
     minimumOnTime: number,
+    sendEmptyPayload: boolean,
 }
diff --git a/src/nodes/small-timer.html b/src/nodes/small-timer.html
index ebc2699..0188712 100644
--- a/src/nodes/small-timer.html
+++ b/src/nodes/small-timer.html
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ <h3>References</h3>
                 <label><input type="checkbox" id="node-input-wrapMidnight" > Wrap midnight</label>
                 <label><input type="checkbox" id="node-input-debugEnable" > Debug enable</label>
             </div>
+            <div>
+                <label><input type="checkbox" id="node-input-sendEmptyPayload" > Send empty payload</label>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
 
@@ -381,6 +384,7 @@ <h3>References</h3>
                 endOffset: { value: 0, required: true, validate: (v) => !isNaN(v || 0) },
 
                 topic: { value: '' },
+                sendEmptyPayload: {value: true, required: true}, 
 
                 onMsg: { value: '1' },
                 onMsgType: { value: 'str' },
@@ -416,7 +420,7 @@ <h3>References</h3>
 
                 node.onTimeout = node.onTimeout ?? node.timeout
                 $('#node-input-onTimeout').val(node.onTimeout)
-
+                $('#node-input-sendEmptyPayload').prop('checked', node.sendEmptyPayload ?? true)
                 node.offTimeout = node.offTimeout ?? node.timeout
                 $('#node-input-offTimeout').val(node.offTimeout)