diff --git a/app/recipes/apps.py b/app/recipes/apps.py
index 683b24f..633e096 100644
--- a/app/recipes/apps.py
+++ b/app/recipes/apps.py
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 class RecipesConfig(AppConfig):
     default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
     name = "recipes"
+
+    def ready(self):
+        import recipes.signals
diff --git a/app/recipes/signals.py b/app/recipes/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e04b1ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/recipes/signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.db.models.signals import post_save
+from django.dispatch import receiver
+from .models import Recipe, Updated_recipe
+
+@receiver(post_save, sender=Recipe)
+def create_updated_recipe_on_recipe(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
+    if created:
+        Updated_recipe.objects.create(status='new', recipe=instance)
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