diff --git a/rust/src/main.rs b/rust/src/main.rs
index 6a71722..9170d5f 100644
--- a/rust/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
-    env,
-    sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Arc, Mutex},
+    any::Any, env, sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Arc, Mutex}
 };
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Datelike, Duration, NaiveDateTime, Timelike};
@@ -906,6 +905,17 @@ fn update_plant_state(plantstate: &mut [PlantState; PLANT_COUNT], board: &mut st
         let state = &plantstate[plant];
         let plant_config = config.plants[plant];
 
+        let _ = board.mqtt_publish(
+            &config,
+            format!("/plant{}/mode", plant+1).as_str(),
+            match plant_config.mode {
+                config::Mode::OFF => "OFF".as_bytes(),
+                config::Mode::TargetMoisture => "TargetMoisture".as_bytes(),
+                config::Mode::TimerOnly => "TimerOnly".as_bytes(),
+                config::Mode::TimerAndDeadzone => "TimerAndDeadzone".as_bytes(),
+            },
+        );
+
         let last_time = board.last_pump_time(plant);
         let europe_time = last_time.with_timezone(&Berlin);
         if europe_time.year() > 2023 {