diff --git a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/cmd/adapter/main.go b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/cmd/adapter/main.go
index 2d12da7..c1f4885 100644
--- a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/cmd/adapter/main.go
+++ b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/cmd/adapter/main.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/OktopUSP/oktopus/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/events"
 	"github.com/OktopUSP/oktopus/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/events/handler"
 	"github.com/OktopUSP/oktopus/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/nats"
+	"github.com/OktopUSP/oktopus/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/reqs"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	events.StartEventsListener(c.Nats.Ctx, js, handler)
 
+	reqs.StartRequestsListener(c.Nats.Ctx, nc, db)
+
 	<-done
 
 	log.Println("mtp adapter is shutting down...")
diff --git a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/config/config.go b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/config/config.go
index 5173dd8..ec8980b 100644
--- a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/config/config.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func loadEnvVariables() {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(LOCAL_ENV); err == nil {
 		_ = godotenv.Overload(LOCAL_ENV)
 		log.Printf("Loaded variables from '%s'", LOCAL_ENV)
+		return
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/db/device.go b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/db/device.go
index 5af07df..81b0a29 100644
--- a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/db/device.go
+++ b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/db/device.go
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ func (d *Database) RetrieveDevices(filter bson.A) ([]Device, error) {
 
 func (d *Database) RetrieveDevice(sn string) (Device, error) {
 	var result Device
-	//TODO: filter devices by user ownership
 	err := d.devices.FindOne(d.ctx, bson.D{{"sn", sn}}, nil).Decode(&result)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
@@ -133,6 +132,17 @@ func (d *Database) DeleteDevice() {
 
 }
 
+func (d *Database) DeviceExists(sn string) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := d.RetrieveDevice(sn)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == mongo.ErrNoDocuments {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
 func (m MTP) String() string {
 	switch m {
 	case UNDEFINED:
diff --git a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/events/events.go b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/events/events.go
index 06aa0fe..2415ac9 100644
--- a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/events/events.go
+++ b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/events/events.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 
 func StartEventsListener(ctx context.Context, js jetstream.JetStream, h handler.Handler) {
 
+	log.Println("Listening for nats events")
+
 	events := []string{
 		nats.MQTT_STREAM_NAME,
 		nats.WS_STREAM_NAME,
@@ -48,11 +50,11 @@ func StartEventsListener(ctx context.Context, js jetstream.JetStream, h handler.
 
 				switch msgType {
 				case "status":
-					h.HandleDeviceStatus(device, msg.Subject(), data, event, func() { msg.Ack(); log.Println("Acked msg") })
+					h.HandleDeviceStatus(device, msg.Subject(), data, event, func() { msg.Ack() })
 				case "info":
-					h.HandleDeviceInfo(device, msg.Subject(), data, event, func() { msg.Ack(); log.Println("Acked msg") })
+					h.HandleDeviceInfo(device, msg.Subject(), data, event, func() { msg.Ack() })
 				default:
-					//ignoreMsg(msg.Subject(), "status", msg.Data())
+					log.Printf("Unknown message type received, subject: %s", msg.Subject())
 				}
 			}
 		}()
diff --git a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/nats/nats.go b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/nats/nats.go
index e62855d..c2b8998 100644
--- a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/nats/nats.go
+++ b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/nats/nats.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const (
 	STOMP_STREAM_NAME = "stomp"
 	LORA_STREAM_NAME  = "lora"
 	OPC_STREAM_NAME   = "opc"
+	ADAPTER_SUBJECT   = "adapter" + USP_SUBJECT
+	USP_SUBJECT       = ".usp.v1."
 )
 
 func StartNatsClient(c config.Nats) (jetstream.JetStream, *nats.Conn) {
diff --git a/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/reqs/reqs.go b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/reqs/reqs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..887d4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/reqs/reqs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+Provide answers to nats request-reply messages, executing queries to the database
+*/
+package reqs
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/OktopUSP/oktopus/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/db"
+	local "github.com/OktopUSP/oktopus/backend/services/mtp/adapter/internal/nats"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo"
+)
+
+type msgAnswer struct {
+	Code int
+	Msg  any
+}
+
+func StartRequestsListener(ctx context.Context, nc *nats.Conn, db db.Database) {
+	log.Println("Listening for nats requests")
+	nc.Subscribe(local.ADAPTER_SUBJECT+"*.device", func(msg *nats.Msg) {
+		subject := strings.Split(msg.Subject, ".")
+		device := subject[len(subject)-2]
+
+		deviceInfo, err := db.RetrieveDevice(device)
+		if deviceInfo.SN != "" {
+			body, _ := json.Marshal(deviceInfo)
+			respondMsg(msg.Respond, 200, body)
+		} else {
+			if err != nil {
+				if err == mongo.ErrNoDocuments {
+					respondMsg(msg.Respond, 404, "Device not found")
+				} else {
+					respondMsg(msg.Respond, 500, err.Error())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func respondMsg(respond func(data []byte) error, code int, msgData any) {
+
+	msg, err := json.Marshal(msgAnswer{
+		Code: code,
+		Msg:  msgData,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to marshal message: %q", err)
+		respond([]byte(err.Error()))
+		return
+	}
+
+	respond([]byte(msg))
+}