diff --git a/crates/muninn-daemon/src/main.rs b/crates/muninn-daemon/src/main.rs
index 8080264..7940c44 100644
--- a/crates/muninn-daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/muninn-daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -4795,6 +4795,13 @@ fn start_psmoveapi_tracker_worker(
     let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::sync_channel(1);
     let (health_sender, health_receiver) = mpsc::sync_channel(1);
     thread::spawn(move || {
+        let _ = health_sender.try_send(MuninnMoveTrackerHealthRecord {
+            health_id: format!("muninn:{host_id}:{camera_id}:move-tracker-health"), host_id: host_id.clone(), camera_id: camera_id.clone(), camera_index,
+            state: "opening".to_string(), camera_name: String::new(), camera_api: String::new(), width: 0, height: 0, exposure,
+            calibrated_controller_count: 0, update_count: 0, observation_count: 0, latest_observation_count: 0,
+            last_observation_at: String::new(), detail: "waiting for PSMoveAPI tracker initialization".to_string(),
+            updated_at: timestamp().unwrap_or_else(|_| "unix-0".to_string()),
+        });
         let mut tracker = match PSMOVE_API_TRACKER_AUTHORITY
             .lock()
             .map_err(|_| "PSMoveAPI tracker authority lock was poisoned".to_string())
diff --git a/crates/odin-core/examples/dump_move_tracker_health.rs b/crates/odin-core/examples/dump_move_tracker_health.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b2acc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/odin-core/examples/dump_move_tracker_health.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use cultmesh_rs::{CultMesh, CultMeshNodeOptions};
+use odin_core::{MuninnMoveTrackerHealthRecord, OdinDocuments};
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let store = PathBuf::from(
+        env::args()
+            .nth(1)
+            .context("usage: dump_move_tracker_health STORE")?,
+    );
+    let node = CultMesh::create_node(
+        &store,
+        OdinDocuments,
+        CultMeshNodeOptions {
+            runtime_id: "odin-dump-move-tracker-health".to_string(),
+            pull_on_start: true,
+        },
+    )
+    .with_context(|| format!("opening {}", store.display()))?;
+
+    let mut records = node
+        .cache()
+        .get_all::<MuninnMoveTrackerHealthRecord>()
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    records.sort_by(|left, right| left.camera_id.cmp(&right.camera_id));
+    for record in records {
+        println!(
+            "camera={} index={} state={} backend={}/{} size={}x{} exposure={} calibrated={} updates={} observations={} latest={} last_observation={} updated={} detail={}",
+            record.camera_id,
+            record.camera_index,
+            record.state,
+            record.camera_api,
+            record.camera_name,
+            record.width,
+            record.height,
+            record.exposure,
+            record.calibrated_controller_count,
+            record.update_count,
+            record.observation_count,
+            record.latest_observation_count,
+            record.last_observation_at,
+            record.updated_at,
+            record.detail,
+        );
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}