diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
index 9f11afd8..a373c94a 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
@@ -277,6 +277,23 @@ server {
 		proxy_set_header User-Agent: Sia-Agent;
 		proxy_read_timeout 600; # siad should timeout with 404 after 5 minutes
 		proxy_pass http://siad/skynet/registry;
+
+		# register the registry access in accounts service (cookies should contain jwt)
+		log_by_lua_block {
+			if ngx.status == ngx.HTTP_OK or ngx.status == ngx.HTTP_NOT_FOUND then
+				local http = require("socket.http")
+				local headers = { Cookie = ngx.req.get_headers()["Cookie"] }
+				local method = ngx.req.get_method() == ngx.HTTP_GET and "read" or "write"
+				local ok, statusCode, headers, statusText = http.request {
+					url = "http://accounts:3000/track/registry/" .. method,
+					method = "POST",
+					headers = headers
+				}
+				if statusCode ~= ngx.HTTP_NO_CONTENT then
+					ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "accounts endpoint /track/registry/" .. method .. " failed with error " .. statusCode)
+				end
+			end
+		}
 	}
 
 	location /skynet/skyfile {