diff --git a/server/routers/newt/buildConfiguration.ts b/server/routers/newt/buildConfiguration.ts
index bd8bfc18..e349f24e 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/buildConfiguration.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/buildConfiguration.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+import { clients, clientSiteResourcesAssociationsCache, clientSitesAssociationsCache, db, ExitNode, resources, Site, siteResources, targetHealthCheck, targets } from "@server/db";
+import logger from "@server/logger";
+import { initPeerAddHandshake, updatePeer } from "../olm/peers";
+import { eq, and } from "drizzle-orm";
+import config from "@server/lib/config";
+import { generateSubnetProxyTargets, SubnetProxyTarget } from "@server/lib/ip";
+
 export async function buildClientConfigurationForNewtClient(
     site: Site,
     exitNode?: ExitNode
diff --git a/server/routers/newt/handleGetConfigMessage.ts b/server/routers/newt/handleGetConfigMessage.ts
index 30d55c73..801c8b65 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/handleGetConfigMessage.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/handleGetConfigMessage.ts
@@ -2,20 +2,10 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import { MessageHandler } from "@server/routers/ws";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import { fromError } from "zod-validation-error";
-import {
-    db,
-    ExitNode,
-    exitNodes,
-    siteResources,
-    clientSiteResourcesAssociationsCache,
-    Site
-} from "@server/db";
-import { clients, clientSitesAssociationsCache, Newt, sites } from "@server/db";
+import { db, ExitNode, exitNodes, Newt, sites } from "@server/db";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
-import { initPeerAddHandshake, updatePeer } from "../olm/peers";
 import { sendToExitNode } from "#dynamic/lib/exitNodes";
-import { generateSubnetProxyTargets, SubnetProxyTarget } from "@server/lib/ip";
-import config from "@server/lib/config";
+import { buildClientConfigurationForNewtClient } from "./buildConfiguration";
 
 const inputSchema = z.object({
     publicKey: z.string(),
@@ -136,20 +126,13 @@ export const handleGetConfigMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
         exitNode
     );
 
-    // Build the configuration response
-    const configResponse = {
-        ipAddress: site.address,
-        peers,
-        targets
-    };
-
-    logger.debug("Sending config: ", configResponse);
-
     return {
         message: {
             type: "newt/wg/receive-config",
             data: {
-                ...configResponse
+                ipAddress: site.address,
+                peers,
+                targets
             }
         },
         broadcast: false,
diff --git a/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts b/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
index 4a0102e0..8840c47e 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/handleNewtPingMessage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { db } from "@server/db";
+import { db, sites } from "@server/db";
 import { disconnectClient } from "#dynamic/routers/ws";
 import { getClientConfigVersion, MessageHandler } from "@server/routers/ws";
 import { clients, Newt } from "@server/db";
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { checkOrgAccessPolicy } from "#dynamic/lib/checkOrgAccessPolicy";
 import { sendTerminateClient } from "../client/terminate";
 import { encodeHexLowerCase } from "@oslojs/encoding";
 import { sha256 } from "@oslojs/crypto/sha2";
+import { sendNewtSyncMessage } from "./sync";
 
 // Track if the offline checker interval is running
 // let offlineCheckerInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
@@ -102,7 +103,26 @@ export const handleNewtPingMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
     const newt = c as Newt;
 
     if (!newt) {
-        logger.warn("Newt not found");
+        logger.warn("Newt ping message: Newt not found");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!newt.siteId) {
+        logger.warn("Newt ping message: has no site ID");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // get the site
+    const [site] = await db
+        .select()
+        .from(sites)
+        .where(eq(sites.siteId, newt.siteId))
+        .limit(1);
+
+    if (!site) {
+        logger.warn(
+            `Newt ping message: site with ID ${newt.siteId} not found`
+        );
         return;
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +134,7 @@ export const handleNewtPingMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
             `Newt ping with outdated config version: ${message.configVersion} (current: ${configVersion})`
         );
 
-        // TODO: sync the client
+        await sendNewtSyncMessage(newt, site);
     }
 
     // try {
diff --git a/server/routers/newt/handleNewtRegisterMessage.ts b/server/routers/newt/handleNewtRegisterMessage.ts
index 28f6e64a..9ffee919 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/handleNewtRegisterMessage.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/handleNewtRegisterMessage.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from "#dynamic/lib/exitNodes";
 import { fetchContainers } from "./dockerSocket";
 import { lockManager } from "#dynamic/lib/lock";
+import { buildTargetConfigurationForNewtClient } from "./buildConfiguration";
 
 export type ExitNodePingResult = {
     exitNodeId: number;
@@ -261,118 +262,6 @@ export const handleNewtRegisterMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
     };
 };
 
-export async function buildTargetConfigurationForNewtClient(siteId: number) {
-    // Get all enabled targets with their resource protocol information
-    const allTargets = await db
-        .select({
-            resourceId: targets.resourceId,
-            targetId: targets.targetId,
-            ip: targets.ip,
-            method: targets.method,
-            port: targets.port,
-            internalPort: targets.internalPort,
-            enabled: targets.enabled,
-            protocol: resources.protocol,
-            hcEnabled: targetHealthCheck.hcEnabled,
-            hcPath: targetHealthCheck.hcPath,
-            hcScheme: targetHealthCheck.hcScheme,
-            hcMode: targetHealthCheck.hcMode,
-            hcHostname: targetHealthCheck.hcHostname,
-            hcPort: targetHealthCheck.hcPort,
-            hcInterval: targetHealthCheck.hcInterval,
-            hcUnhealthyInterval: targetHealthCheck.hcUnhealthyInterval,
-            hcTimeout: targetHealthCheck.hcTimeout,
-            hcHeaders: targetHealthCheck.hcHeaders,
-            hcMethod: targetHealthCheck.hcMethod,
-            hcTlsServerName: targetHealthCheck.hcTlsServerName
-        })
-        .from(targets)
-        .innerJoin(resources, eq(targets.resourceId, resources.resourceId))
-        .leftJoin(
-            targetHealthCheck,
-            eq(targets.targetId, targetHealthCheck.targetId)
-        )
-        .where(and(eq(targets.siteId, siteId), eq(targets.enabled, true)));
-
-    const { tcpTargets, udpTargets } = allTargets.reduce(
-        (acc, target) => {
-            // Filter out invalid targets
-            if (!target.internalPort || !target.ip || !target.port) {
-                return acc;
-            }
-
-            // Format target into string
-            const formattedTarget = `${target.internalPort}:${target.ip}:${target.port}`;
-
-            // Add to the appropriate protocol array
-            if (target.protocol === "tcp") {
-                acc.tcpTargets.push(formattedTarget);
-            } else {
-                acc.udpTargets.push(formattedTarget);
-            }
-
-            return acc;
-        },
-        { tcpTargets: [] as string[], udpTargets: [] as string[] }
-    );
-
-    const healthCheckTargets = allTargets.map((target) => {
-        // make sure the stuff is defined
-        if (
-            !target.hcPath ||
-            !target.hcHostname ||
-            !target.hcPort ||
-            !target.hcInterval ||
-            !target.hcMethod
-        ) {
-            logger.debug(
-                `Skipping target ${target.targetId} due to missing health check fields`
-            );
-            return null; // Skip targets with missing health check fields
-        }
-
-        // parse headers
-        const hcHeadersParse = target.hcHeaders
-            ? JSON.parse(target.hcHeaders)
-            : null;
-        const hcHeadersSend: { [key: string]: string } = {};
-        if (hcHeadersParse) {
-            hcHeadersParse.forEach(
-                (header: { name: string; value: string }) => {
-                    hcHeadersSend[header.name] = header.value;
-                }
-            );
-        }
-
-        return {
-            id: target.targetId,
-            hcEnabled: target.hcEnabled,
-            hcPath: target.hcPath,
-            hcScheme: target.hcScheme,
-            hcMode: target.hcMode,
-            hcHostname: target.hcHostname,
-            hcPort: target.hcPort,
-            hcInterval: target.hcInterval, // in seconds
-            hcUnhealthyInterval: target.hcUnhealthyInterval, // in seconds
-            hcTimeout: target.hcTimeout, // in seconds
-            hcHeaders: hcHeadersSend,
-            hcMethod: target.hcMethod,
-            hcTlsServerName: target.hcTlsServerName
-        };
-    });
-
-    // Filter out any null values from health check targets
-    const validHealthCheckTargets = healthCheckTargets.filter(
-        (target) => target !== null
-    );
-
-    return {
-        validHealthCheckTargets,
-        tcpTargets,
-        udpTargets
-    };
-}
-
 async function getUniqueSubnetForSite(
     exitNode: ExitNode,
     trx: Transaction | typeof db = db
diff --git a/server/routers/newt/sync.ts b/server/routers/newt/sync.ts
index 9a7ad21a..e6f465e5 100644
--- a/server/routers/newt/sync.ts
+++ b/server/routers/newt/sync.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,41 @@
-import { Client, Olm } from "@server/db";
-import { buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient } from "./buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient";
+import { ExitNode, exitNodes, Newt, Site, db } from "@server/db";
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { sendToClient } from "#dynamic/routers/ws";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
+import {
+    buildClientConfigurationForNewtClient,
+    buildTargetConfigurationForNewtClient
+} from "./buildConfiguration";
 
-export async function sendOlmSyncMessage(olm: Olm, client: Client) {
-    // NOTE: WE ARE HARDCODING THE RELAY PARAMETER TO FALSE HERE BUT IN THE REGISTER MESSAGE ITS DEFINED BY THE CLIENT
-    const siteConfigurations = await buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient(
-        client,
-        client.pubKey,
-        false
+export async function sendNewtSyncMessage(newt: Newt, site: Site) {
+    const { tcpTargets, udpTargets, validHealthCheckTargets } =
+        await buildTargetConfigurationForNewtClient(site.siteId);
+
+    let exitNode: ExitNode | undefined;
+    if (site.exitNodeId) {
+        [exitNode] = await db
+            .select()
+            .from(exitNodes)
+            .where(eq(exitNodes.exitNodeId, site.exitNodeId))
+            .limit(1);
+    }
+    const { peers, targets } = await buildClientConfigurationForNewtClient(
+        site,
+        exitNode
     );
 
-    await sendToClient(olm.olmId, {
-        type: "olm/sync",
+    await sendToClient(newt.newtId, {
+        type: "newt/sync",
         data: {
-            sites: siteConfigurations
+            proxyTargets: {
+                udp: udpTargets,
+                tcp: tcpTargets
+            },
+            healthCheckTargets: validHealthCheckTargets,
+            peers: peers,
+            clientTargets: targets
         }
     }).catch((error) => {
-        logger.warn(`Error sending olm sync message:`, error);
+        logger.warn(`Error sending newt sync message:`, error);
     });
 }
diff --git a/server/routers/olm/handleOlmRegisterMessage.ts b/server/routers/olm/handleOlmRegisterMessage.ts
index 5c7d0a75..5dfa9520 100644
--- a/server/routers/olm/handleOlmRegisterMessage.ts
+++ b/server/routers/olm/handleOlmRegisterMessage.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { validateSessionToken } from "@server/auth/sessions/app";
 import config from "@server/lib/config";
 import { encodeHexLowerCase } from "@oslojs/encoding";
 import { sha256 } from "@oslojs/crypto/sha2";
-import { buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient } from "./buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient";
+import { buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient } from "./buildConfiguration";
 
 export const handleOlmRegisterMessage: MessageHandler = async (context) => {
     logger.info("Handling register olm message!");
diff --git a/server/routers/olm/sync.ts b/server/routers/olm/sync.ts
index 9a7ad21a..a7db4d04 100644
--- a/server/routers/olm/sync.ts
+++ b/server/routers/olm/sync.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Client, Olm } from "@server/db";
-import { buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient } from "./buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient";
+import { buildSiteConfigurationForOlmClient } from "./buildConfiguration";
 import { sendToClient } from "#dynamic/routers/ws";
 import logger from "@server/logger";