diff --git a/components/cowboy-hat.js b/components/cowboy-hat.js
index d5ee37a1..3dd841db 100644
--- a/components/cowboy-hat.js
+++ b/components/cowboy-hat.js
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ import { Badge, OverlayTrigger, Tooltip } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import CowboyHatIcon from '../svgs/cowboy.svg'
 
 export default function CowboyHat ({ streak, badge, className = 'ml-1', height = 16, width = 16 }) {
-  if (!streak) {
+  if (streak === null) {
     return null
   }
 
   return (
-    <HatTooltip overlayText={`${streak} days`}>
+    <HatTooltip overlayText={streak ? `${streak} days` : 'new'}>
       {badge
         ? (
           <Badge variant='grey-medium' className='ml-2 d-inline-flex align-items-center'>
             <CowboyHatIcon className={className} height={height} width={width} />
-            <span className='ml-1'>{streak}</span>
+            <span className='ml-1'>{streak || 'new'}</span>
           </Badge>)
         : <CowboyHatIcon className={className} height={height} width={width} />}
     </HatTooltip>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function HatTooltip ({ children, overlayText, placement }) {
       placement={placement || 'bottom'}
       overlay={
         <Tooltip>
-          {overlayText || '1 sat'}
+          {overlayText}
         </Tooltip>
       }
       trigger={['hover', 'focus']}
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20230202164411_streak_trigger/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20230202164411_streak_trigger/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fec04de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20230202164411_streak_trigger/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION user_streak_check() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
+DECLARE
+BEGIN
+    INSERT INTO pgboss.job (name, data) VALUES ('checkStreak', jsonb_build_object('id', NEW.id));
+    RETURN NEW;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS user_streak ON users;
+CREATE TRIGGER user_streak
+    AFTER UPDATE ON users
+    FOR EACH ROW
+    WHEN (NEW.msats < OLD.msats)
+    EXECUTE PROCEDURE user_streak_check();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/worker/index.js b/worker/index.js
index 73322379..b0932ddf 100644
--- a/worker/index.js
+++ b/worker/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const { earn } = require('./earn')
 const { ApolloClient, HttpLink, InMemoryCache } = require('@apollo/client')
 const { indexItem, indexAllItems } = require('./search')
 const { timestampItem } = require('./ots')
-const { computeStreaks } = require('./streak')
+const { computeStreaks, checkStreak } = require('./streak')
 const fetch = require('cross-fetch')
 
 async function work () {
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ async function work () {
   await boss.work('auction', auction(args))
   await boss.work('earn', earn(args))
   await boss.work('streak', computeStreaks(args))
+  await boss.work('checkStreak', checkStreak(args))
 
   console.log('working jobs')
 }
diff --git a/worker/streak.js b/worker/streak.js
index 9c4aebf4..5352ed17 100644
--- a/worker/streak.js
+++ b/worker/streak.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const STREAK_THRESHOLD = 100
+
 function computeStreaks ({ models }) {
   return async function () {
     console.log('computing streaks')
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ function computeStreaks ({ models }) {
             WHERE (created_at AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' AT TIME ZONE 'America/Chicago')::date = (now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Chicago' - interval '1 day')::date
         )) spending
         GROUP BY "userId"
-        HAVING sum(sats_spent) >= 100
+        HAVING sum(sats_spent) >= ${STREAK_THRESHOLD}
       ), existing_streaks (id) AS (
           SELECT "userId"
           FROM "Streak"
@@ -48,4 +50,47 @@ function computeStreaks ({ models }) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { computeStreaks }
+function checkStreak ({ models }) {
+  return async function ({ data: { id } }) {
+    console.log('checking streak', id)
+
+    // if user is actively streaking skip
+    const streak = await models.streak.findFirst({
+      where: {
+        userId: Number(id),
+        endedAt: null
+      }
+    })
+
+    if (streak) {
+      console.log('done checking streak', id)
+      return
+    }
+
+    await models.$executeRaw`
+      WITH streak_started (id) AS (
+          SELECT "userId"
+          FROM
+          ((SELECT "userId", floor(sum("ItemAct".msats)/1000) as sats_spent
+              FROM "ItemAct"
+              WHERE (created_at AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' AT TIME ZONE 'America/Chicago')::date = (now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Chicago')::date
+              AND "userId" = ${Number(id)}
+              GROUP BY "userId")
+          UNION ALL
+          (SELECT "userId", sats as sats_spent
+              FROM "Donation"
+              WHERE (created_at AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' AT TIME ZONE 'America/Chicago')::date = (now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Chicago')::date
+              AND "userId" = ${Number(id)}
+          )) spending
+            GROUP BY "userId"
+            HAVING sum(sats_spent) >= ${STREAK_THRESHOLD}
+      )
+      INSERT INTO "Streak" ("userId", "startedAt", created_at, updated_at)
+      SELECT id, (now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Chicago')::date, now_utc(), now_utc()
+      FROM streak_started`
+
+    console.log('done checking streak', id)
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { checkStreak, computeStreaks }