diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5c3c870f..a0054f3cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ It is required that you have created a new database and imported the [schema](sc
 > **Note**
 > At the moment **PostgreSQL** is the only database backend we support.
 
-Additionally, it also requires you to manually insert items into the **source** table before starting the daemon.
-```sql
-INSERT INTO source (id, type, name) VALUES (1, 'icinga2', 'Icinga 2')
-```
-
 Then, you can launch the daemon with the following command.
 ```go
 go run ./cmd/icinga-notifications-daemon --config config.yml
diff --git a/cmd/icinga-notifications-daemon/main.go b/cmd/icinga-notifications-daemon/main.go
index b0f8f438c..9eee9fcb4 100644
--- a/cmd/icinga-notifications-daemon/main.go
+++ b/cmd/icinga-notifications-daemon/main.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	conf.UpsertSources(logs.GetChildLogger("source"), db)
 	channel.UpsertPlugins(conf.ChannelPluginDir, logs.GetChildLogger("channel"), db)
 
 	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
diff --git a/icinga2.conf b/icinga2.conf
index f9a6e4b27..30ea357d4 100644
--- a/icinga2.conf
+++ b/icinga2.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ if (!globals.contains("IcingaNotificationsIcingaWebUrl")) {
 	const IcingaNotificationsIcingaWebUrl = "http://localhost/icingaweb2"
 }
 if (!globals.contains("IcingaNotificationsEventSourceId")) {
-	// INSERT INTO source (id, type, name) VALUES (1, 'icinga2', 'Icinga 2')
 	const IcingaNotificationsEventSourceId = 1
 }
 if (!globals.contains("IcingaNotificationsAuth")) {
diff --git a/internal/daemon/config.go b/internal/daemon/config.go
index b498e4e9c..5999b6b46 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/config.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/config.go
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
 	icingadbConfig "github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/icingadb"
+	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/logging"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -105,6 +108,34 @@ func (c *ConfigFile) Validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// UpsertSources updates the source SQL table to contain all defined ConfigFile.Sources.
+func (c *ConfigFile) UpsertSources(logger *logging.Logger, db *icingadb.DB) {
+	// Source is a subset of ConfigSource to only contain the necessary fields for the DB transaction.
+	//
+	// Unfortunately, DB.BuildColumns does include all struct fields with a tag, not only those with the "db" tag. The
+	// contracts.Upserter interface only results in allowing duplicates on the listed fields, but still inserts all.
+	type Source struct {
+		Id   int64  `db:"id"`
+		Type string `db:"type"`
+		Name string `db:"name"`
+	}
+
+	sources := make([]*Source, 0, len(c.Sources))
+	for _, source := range c.Sources {
+		sources = append(sources, &Source{
+			Id:   source.Id,
+			Type: source.Type,
+			Name: source.Name,
+		})
+	}
+
+	stmt, _ := db.BuildUpsertStmt(&Source{})
+	_, err := db.NamedExec(stmt, sources)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("Failed to update sources", zap.Error(err))
+	}
+}
+
 // GetSource returns the ConfigSource for a requested ID.
 func (c *ConfigFile) GetSource(id int64) (ConfigSource, error) {
 	for _, source := range c.Sources {