diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f59065b..23a5fca 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CONTROLLER_PORT_SSH=22
 MANAGER_IMAGE=ghcr.io/slub/ocrd_manager:latest
 MANAGER_HOST=ocrd-manager
 MANAGER_PORT_SSH=22
-
+MANAGER_PORT_WEB=4004
 
 MANAGER_ENV_UID=1001
 MANAGER_ENV_GID=1001
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c0ae792..ddc520c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ LABEL \
 
 ARG KITODO_MQ_CLIENT_VERSION=0.3
 
+# Changelog https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/changelog/
+# Supported MongoDB Version https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/connect/#supported-mongodb-versions
+ARG MONGODB_SHELL_VERSION=1.10.1
+
 ENV HOME=/
 
 # make apt system functional
@@ -55,11 +59,19 @@ RUN chmod go+r $ACTIVEMQ_CLIENT
 # configure ActiveMQ client queue
 ENV ACTIVEMQ_CLIENT_QUEUE FinalizeTaskQueue
 
-# workaround for OCR-D/core#983
-RUN pip install ocrd
-# install mets-mods2tei and page-to-alto
+# install mets-mods2tei (for METS updates outside of OCR-D workspace)
 RUN pip install mets-mods2tei
+# install page-to-alto (for ALTO conversion outside of OCR-D workflow)
 RUN pip install ocrd-page-to-alto
+# install mongosh (for job information)
+RUN wget https://downloads.mongodb.com/compass/mongodb-mongosh_${MONGODB_SHELL_VERSION}_amd64.deb
+RUN dpkg -i mongodb-mongosh_${MONGODB_SHELL_VERSION}_amd64.deb
+# install socat and sampo (for minimal REST API to CLI entrypoints)
+RUN apt-get install socat
+RUN wget -O /usr/bin/sampo.sh https://github.com/bertsky/sampo/raw/external-script-cgiopts/docker/sampo/sampo.sh
+#COPY sampo.sh /usr/bin/
+COPY sampo.conf /usr/bin/
+RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/sampo.sh
 
 # run OpenSSH server
 RUN ssh-keygen -A
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8ae206b..1f5b4ce 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ services:
     hostname: ${MANAGER_HOST}
 
     environment:
-      - UID=${MANAGER_ENV_UID}
-      - GID=${MANAGER_ENV_GID}
-      - UMASK=${MANAGER_ENV_UMASK}
-      - "CONTROLLER=${CONTROLLER_HOST}:${CONTROLLER_PORT_SSH}"
-      - "ACTIVEMQ=${MQ_HOST}:${MQ_PORT}"
-      - ACTIVEMQ_CLIENT_QUEUE=${MQ_CLIENT_QUEUE}
+      UID: ${MANAGER_ENV_UID}
+      GID: ${MANAGER_ENV_GID}
+      UMASK: ${MANAGER_ENV_UMASK}
+      CONTROLLER: "${CONTROLLER_HOST}:${CONTROLLER_PORT_SSH}"
+      DB_CONNECTION: "mongodb://${DB_ROOT_USER:-root}:${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD:-root_password}@ocrd-database:27017"
+      ACTIVEMQ: "${MQ_HOST}:${MQ_PORT}"
+      ACTIVEMQ_CLIENT_QUEUE: "${MQ_CLIENT_QUEUE}"
 
     ports:
       - ${MANAGER_PORT_SSH}:22
+      - ${MANAGER_PORT_WEB}:4004
 
     # must have been started independently:
     # depends_on:
diff --git a/ocrd_lib.sh b/ocrd_lib.sh
index 6fd138d..26fb144 100644
--- a/ocrd_lib.sh
+++ b/ocrd_lib.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ TASK=$(basename $0)
 
 logerr() {
   logger -p user.info -t $TASK "terminating with error \$?=$? from ${BASH_COMMAND} on line $(caller)"
-  
   kitodo_production_task_action_error_open
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ stopbg() {
 init() {
   trap logerr ERR
   trap stopbg INT TERM KILL
-  
+
   PID=$$
 
   cd /data
@@ -68,25 +67,29 @@ init() {
   CONTROLLERHOST=${CONTROLLER%:*}
   CONTROLLERPORT=${CONTROLLER#*:}
 
-  # create stats for monitor
-  mkdir -p /run/lock/ocrd.jobs/
-  {
-    echo PID=$PID
-    echo TIME_CREATED=$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)
-    echo PROCESS_ID=$PROCESS_ID
-    echo TASK_ID=$TASK_ID
-    echo PROCESS_DIR=$PROCESS_DIR
-    echo WORKDIR=$WORKDIR
-    echo REMOTEDIR=$REMOTEDIR
-    echo WORKFLOW=$WORKFLOW
-    echo CONTROLLER=$CONTROLLER
-  } > /run/lock/ocrd.jobs/$REMOTEDIR
+  # create job stats for monitor
+  HOME=/tmp mongosh --quiet --norc --eval "use ocrd" --eval "db.OcrdJob.insertOne( {
+           pid: $PID,
+           time_created: ISODate(\"$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)\"),
+           process_id: \"$PROCESS_ID\",
+           task_id: \"$TASK_ID\",
+           process_dir: \"$PROCESS_DIR\",
+           workdir: \"$WORKDIR\",
+           remotedir: \"$REMOTEDIR\",
+           workflow_file: \"$WORKFLOW\",
+           controller_address: \"$CONTROLLER\"
+      } )" $DB_CONNECTION | logger -p user.debug -t $TASK
 
 }
 
 logret() {
-    sed -i "1s/PID=.*/RETVAL=$?/" /run/lock/ocrd.jobs/$REMOTEDIR
-    sed -i "2a TIME_TERMINATED=$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)" /run/lock/ocrd.jobs/$REMOTEDIR
+    HOME=/tmp mongosh --quiet --norc --eval "use ocrd" --eval "db.OcrdJob.findOneAndUpdate( {
+             pid: $PID }, { \$set: {
+             time_terminated: ISODate(\"$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)\"),
+             return_code: $?
+        }, \$unset: {
+           pid: \"\"
+        }})" $DB_CONNECTION | logger -p user.debug -t $TASK
 }
 
 init_task() {
@@ -238,21 +241,25 @@ post_process_to_mets() {
 kitodo_production_task_action() {
   ACTION=""
   MESSAGE="${2}"
+  JOBCOMPLETE=0
   case ${1} in
     1)
       ACTION="COMMENT"
       ;;
     2)
       ACTION="ERROR_OPEN"
+      JOBCOMPLETE=1
       ;;
     3)
       ACTION="ERROR_CLOSE"
+      JOBCOMPLETE=1
       ;;
     4)
       ACTION="PROCESS"
       ;;
     5)
       ACTION="CLOSE"
+      JOBCOMPLETE=1
       ;;
     *)
       logger -p user.error -t $TASK "Unknown task action type"
@@ -265,14 +272,16 @@ kitodo_production_task_action() {
     elif test "$ACTION" == "CLOSE"; then
       java -Dlog4j2.configurationFile=$ACTIVEMQ_CLIENT_LOG4J2 -jar "$ACTIVEMQ_CLIENT" "tcp://$ACTIVEMQ?closeAsync=false" "$ACTIVEMQ_CLIENT_QUEUE" $TASK_ID "$MESSAGE"
     fi
+    if ((JOBCOMPLETE)); then
+        logret # communicate retval 0
+    fi
   fi
-  logret # communicate retval 0
 }
 
 kitodo_production_task_action_comment() {
   if test -n "${1}"; then
     kitodo_production_task_action 1 "${1}"
-  else  
+  else
     logger -p user.info -t $TASK "Could not send task info cause no message was specified"
   fi
 }
@@ -309,6 +318,5 @@ close() {
     # become synchronous again
     logger -p user.info -t $TASK "ocr_exit in sync mode - wait until the processing is completed"
     wait $!
-    #rm -f /run/lock/ocrd.jobs/$REMOTEDIR
   fi
 }
diff --git a/sampo.conf b/sampo.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b085ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sampo.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+match_uri '^/$' list_endpoints
+
+match_uri '^/for_production|^/process_images' run_external_script for_production.sh
+
+match_uri '^/for_presentation|^/process_mets' run_external_script for_presentation.sh
+
+match_uri '^/cancel_job/(.*)$' run_external_script kill
diff --git a/startup.sh b/startup.sh
index cd0bfa5..7cf713d 100755
--- a/startup.sh
+++ b/startup.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ echo "umask $UMASK" >>/.ssh/rc
 
 # removes read/write/execute permissions from group and others, but preserves whatever permissions the owner had
 chmod go-rwx /.ssh/*
-chmod go+rwx /run/lock/ocrd.jobs
 
 # set owner and group
 chown -R $UID:$GID /.ssh
@@ -46,17 +45,20 @@ echo ocrd:x:$UID:$GID:SSH user:/:/bin/bash >>/etc/passwd
 # save password informations
 echo ocrd:*:19020:0:99999:7::: >>/etc/shadow
 
-# start ssh as daemon and send output to standard error
-#/usr/sbin/sshd -D -e
-service ssh start
-
 # Replace imklog to prevent starting problems of rsyslog
 /bin/sed -i '/imklog/s/^/#/' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-
 # rsyslog upd reception on port 514
 /bin/sed -i '/imudp/s/^#//' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-
+# start syslog
 service rsyslog start
 
+# start ssh as daemon and send output to standard error
+#/usr/sbin/sshd -D -e
+service ssh start
+
+# start REST webservice
+socat -d -ly TCP-LISTEN:4004,reuseaddr,fork,pf=ip4 exec:sampo.sh &
+
 sleep 2
+# connect syslog to container stdout
 tail -f /var/log/syslog