diff --git a/src/app/api/hello/route.ts b/src/app/api/hello/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..557479c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/hello/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { inngest } from '@/inngest/client';
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+// Opt out of caching; every request should send a new event
+export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
+
+// Create a simple async Next.js API route handler
+export async function GET() {
+  console.log('Send event to Inngest start');
+  // Send your event payload to Inngest
+  await inngest.send({
+    name: 'test/hello.world',
+    data: {
+      email: 'testUser@example.com',
+    },
+  });
+
+  console.log('Send event to Inngest end');
+  return NextResponse.json({ message: 'Event sent!' });
+}
diff --git a/src/inngest/functions.ts b/src/inngest/functions.ts
index c8fb847..8b61b95 100644
--- a/src/inngest/functions.ts
+++ b/src/inngest/functions.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ export const helloWorld = inngest.createFunction(
   { id: 'hello-world' },
   { event: 'test/hello.world' },
   async ({ event, step }) => {
+    console.log('Hello World function start');
     await step.sleep('wait-a-moment', '1s');
+    console.log('Hello World function end');
     return { message: `Hello ${event.data.email}!` };
   }
 );