diff --git a/bus.go b/bus.go
index a21494a..85d466b 100644
--- a/bus.go
+++ b/bus.go
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ type Consumer struct {
 	Id          string       `json:"id"`
 	Subject     string       `json:"subject"`
 	Type        ConsumerType `json:"type"`
+	Online      bool         `json:"online"`
 	QueueName   string       `json:"queue_name"`
 	BatchSize   int64        `json:"batch_size"`
 	AckedCount  int64        `json:"acked_count"`
diff --git a/server/action.go b/server/action.go
index c143de3..898eaf9 100644
--- a/server/action.go
+++ b/server/action.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func (s *Server) registerConsumer(ctx context.Context, consumer *bus.Consumer) (
 		consumer.LastEventId = lastEventId
 	}
 
+	consumer.Online = true
+
 	// Need to check if consumer is durable and has been registered before
 	// Also we need to check if the consumer is alive and a new consumer is registered
 	// with the same id, which means we need to return an error
@@ -207,3 +209,19 @@ func (s *Server) deleteExpiredEvents(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (s *Server) offlineConsumer(ctx context.Context, consumerId string) (err error) {
+	consumer, err := s.storage.LoadConsumerById(ctx, consumerId)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	consumer.Online = false
+
+	err = s.storage.SaveConsumer(ctx, consumer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/server/dispatcher.go b/server/dispatcher.go
index 6ba22cd..60fc3bb 100644
--- a/server/dispatcher.go
+++ b/server/dispatcher.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const (
 	AckEvent                       // AckEvent is used to acknowledge an event
 	DeleteConsumer                 // DeleteConsumer is used to delete a consumer
 	DeleteExpiredEvents            // DeleteExpiredEvents is used to delete expired events
+	OfflineConsumer                // OfflineConsumer is used to set a consumer offline
 	Cleanup                        // Cleanup is used to clean up the bus for expired events and consumers
 )
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ type Dispatcher struct {
 	ackEventFunc         func(ctx context.Context, consumerId string, eventId string) error
 	deleteConsumerFunc   func(ctx context.Context, consumerId string) error
 	deleteExpiredEvents  func(ctx context.Context) error
+	offlinceConsumerFunc func(ctx context.Context, consumerId string) error
 }
 
 func (d *Dispatcher) PutEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *bus.Event) error {
@@ -130,6 +132,17 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) DeleteExpiredEvents(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return <-action.Error
 }
 
+func (d *Dispatcher) OfflineConsumer(ctx context.Context, consumerId string) error {
+	action := d.getAction()
+	action.Type = OfflineConsumer
+	action.ConsumerId = consumerId
+	action.Ctx = ctx
+
+	d.pushAction(action)
+
+	return <-action.Error
+}
+
 func (d *Dispatcher) getAction() *Action {
 	select {
 	case action := <-d.actionsPool:
@@ -168,6 +181,8 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) run() {
 				action.Error <- d.deleteConsumerFunc(action.Ctx, action.ConsumerId)
 			case DeleteExpiredEvents:
 				action.Error <- d.deleteExpiredEvents(action.Ctx)
+			case OfflineConsumer:
+				action.Error <- d.offlinceConsumerFunc(action.Ctx, action.ConsumerId)
 			}
 
 			action.clean()
@@ -221,6 +236,12 @@ func withDeleteExpiredEventsFunc(fn func(context.Context) error) dipatcherOpt {
 	}
 }
 
+func withOfflineConsumerFunc(fn func(context.Context, string) error) dipatcherOpt {
+	return func(d *Dispatcher) {
+		d.offlinceConsumerFunc = fn
+	}
+}
+
 func NewDispatcher(bufferSize int, poolSize int, fns ...dipatcherOpt) *Dispatcher {
 	d := &Dispatcher{
 		actions:     make(chan *Action, bufferSize),
@@ -256,6 +277,10 @@ func NewDispatcher(bufferSize int, poolSize int, fns ...dipatcherOpt) *Dispatche
 		panic("deleteExpiredEvents is required")
 	}
 
+	if d.offlinceConsumerFunc == nil {
+		panic("offlinceConsumerFunc is required")
+	}
+
 	for i := 0; i < poolSize; i++ {
 		d.actionsPool <- newAction(true)
 	}
diff --git a/server/dispatcher_test.go b/server/dispatcher_test.go
index 65c22a0..e2103bb 100644
--- a/server/dispatcher_test.go
+++ b/server/dispatcher_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func TestDispatcher(t *testing.T) {
 	deleteExpiredEvents := func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
+	offlineConsumerFunc := func(ctx context.Context, consumerId string) error {
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	dispatcher := NewDispatcher(
 		1,
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ func TestDispatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		withAckEventFunc(ackEventFunc),
 		withDeleteConsumerFunc(deleteConsumerFunc),
 		withDeleteExpiredEventsFunc(deleteExpiredEvents),
+		withOfflineConsumerFunc(offlineConsumerFunc),
 	)
 
 	n := 100
diff --git a/server/http.go b/server/http.go
index f25fc02..b13d3f5 100644
--- a/server/http.go
+++ b/server/http.go
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ func (s *Server) consumerHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	defer func() {
 		// delete consumer if it's ephemeral or queue consumer
 		if consumer.Id == "" || consumer.Type == bus.Durable {
+			err := s.dispatcher.OfflineConsumer(context.Background(), consumer.Id)
+			if err != nil {
+				slog.Error("failed to offline consumer", "consumer_id", consumer.Id)
+			}
 			return
 		}
 
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index b3cfd4b..e6787e7 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, storage storage.Storage, opts ...ServerOpt) *Serve
 		withAckEventFunc(s.ackEvent),
 		withDeleteConsumerFunc(s.deleteConsumer),
 		withDeleteExpiredEventsFunc(s.deleteExpiredEvents),
+		withOfflineConsumerFunc(s.offlineConsumer),
 	)
 
 	s.RegisterHandlers()
diff --git a/storage/schema/0001-data.sql b/storage/schema/0001-data.sql
index b28af99..d3b0bad 100644
--- a/storage/schema/0001-data.sql
+++ b/storage/schema/0001-data.sql
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CREATE TABLE
         id TEXT NOT NULL,
         subject TEXT NOT NULL,
         type INTEGER NOT NULL,
+        online INTEGER NOT NULL,
         batch_size INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
         queue_name TEXT, -- <- queue name, can be null
         acked_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
diff --git a/storage/sqlite.go b/storage/sqlite.go
index 8ddaa63..2f53976 100644
--- a/storage/sqlite.go
+++ b/storage/sqlite.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func (s *Sqlite) SaveConsumer(ctx context.Context, c *bus.Consumer) (err error)
 					id,
 					subject,
 					type,
+					online,
 					batch_size,
 					acked_count,
 					queue_name,
@@ -82,8 +83,9 @@ func (s *Sqlite) SaveConsumer(ctx context.Context, c *bus.Consumer) (err error)
 					updated_at
 				) 
 			VALUES 
-				(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-			ON CONFLICT(id) DO UPDATE SET 
+				(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+			ON CONFLICT(id) DO UPDATE SET
+				online = EXCLUDED.online,
 				acked_count = EXCLUDED.acked_count,
 				last_event_id = EXCLUDED.last_event_id,
 				updated_at = EXCLUDED.updated_at
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ func (s *Sqlite) SaveConsumer(ctx context.Context, c *bus.Consumer) (err error)
 			c.Id,
 			c.Subject,
 			int64(c.Type),
+			c.Online,
 			c.BatchSize,
 			c.AckedCount,
 			queueName,
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ func (s *Sqlite) LoadNextQueueConsumerByName(ctx context.Context, queueName stri
 		var stmt *sqlite.Stmt
 		var hasRow bool
 
-		stmt, err = conn.Prepare(ctx, `SELECT * FROM consumers WHERE queue_name = ? ORDER BY acked_count ASC LIMIT 1;`, queueName)
+		stmt, err = conn.Prepare(ctx, `SELECT * FROM consumers WHERE queue_name = ? AND online = 1 ORDER BY acked_count ASC LIMIT 1;`, queueName)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}