diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml
index b207ac9..164e359 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml
@@ -2764,6 +2764,12 @@ instance_map:
   generic_worker4:
     host: localhost
     port: 9097
+  additional1:
+    host: localhost
+    port: 9098
+  presence:
+    host: localhost
+    port: 9100
 
 # Experimental: When using workers you can define which workers should
 # handle event persistence and typing notifications. Any worker
@@ -2778,6 +2784,16 @@ stream_writers:
     - generic_worker2
     - generic_worker3
     - generic_worker4
+  typing:
+    - additional1
+  to_device:
+    - additional1
+  account_data:
+    - additional1
+  receipts:
+    - additional1
+  presence:
+    - presence
 
 # The worker that is used to run background tasks (e.g. cleaning up expired
 # data). If not provided this defaults to the main process.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/additional1.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/additional1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f6e9ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/additional1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker
+worker_name: additional1
+
+# The replication listener on the synapse to talk to.
+worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
+worker_replication_http_port: 9093
+
+worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/workers/additional1_log_config.yaml
+
+worker_listeners:
+  - type: http
+    bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']
+    port: 8514
+    tls: false
+    x_forwarded: true
+    resources:
+      - names: [client, federation]
+        compress: false
+
+  - type: http
+    bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']
+    port: 9098
+    resources:
+      - names: [replication]
+
+  - type: metrics
+    bind_addresses: ['0.0.0.0']
+    port: 9135
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/additional1_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/additional1_log_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ccaa7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/additional1_log_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Log configuration for Synapse.
+#
+# This is a YAML file containing a standard Python logging configuration
+# dictionary. See [1] for details on the valid settings.
+#
+# Synapse also supports structured logging for machine readable logs which can
+# be ingested by ELK stacks. See [2] for details.
+#
+# [1]: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema
+# [2]: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/structured_logging.html
+
+version: 1
+
+formatters:
+    precise:
+        format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s - %(message)s'
+
+handlers:
+    file:
+        class: logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler
+        formatter: precise
+        filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/additional1.log
+        when: midnight
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
+        encoding: utf8
+
+    # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
+    # WARNING/ERROR logs will still be flushed immediately, but there will be a
+    # delay (of up to `period` seconds, or until the buffer is full with
+    # `capacity` messages) before INFO/DEBUG logs get written.
+    buffer:
+        class: synapse.logging.handlers.PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler
+        target: file
+
+        # The capacity is the maximum number of log lines that are buffered
+        # before being written to disk. Increasing this will lead to better
+        # performance, at the expensive of it taking longer for log lines to
+        # be written to disk.
+        # This parameter is required.
+        capacity: 10
+
+        # Logs with a level at or above the flush level will cause the buffer to
+        # be flushed immediately.
+        # Default value: 40 (ERROR)
+        # Other values: 50 (CRITICAL), 30 (WARNING), 20 (INFO), 10 (DEBUG)
+        flushLevel: 30  # Flush immediately for WARNING logs and higher
+
+        # The period of time, in seconds, between forced flushes.
+        # Messages will not be delayed for longer than this time.
+        # Default value: 5 seconds
+        period: 5
+
+    # A handler that writes logs to stderr. Unused by default, but can be used
+    # instead of "buffer" and "file" in the logger handlers.
+    console:
+        class: logging.StreamHandler
+        formatter: precise
+
+loggers:
+    synapse.storage.SQL:
+        # beware: increasing this to DEBUG will make synapse log sensitive
+        # information such as access tokens.
+        level: WARN
+
+    twisted:
+        # We send the twisted logging directly to the file handler,
+        # to work around https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3471
+        # when using "buffer" logger. Use "console" to log to stderr instead.
+        handlers: [file]
+        propagate: false
+
+root:
+    level: WARN
+
+    # Write logs to the `buffer` handler, which will buffer them together in memory,
+    # then write them to a file.
+    #
+    # Replace "buffer" with "console" to log to stderr instead. (Note that you'll
+    # also need to update the configuration for the `twisted` logger above, in
+    # this case.)
+    #
+    handlers: [buffer]
+
+disable_existing_loggers: false
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/appservice_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/appservice_log_config.yaml
index 0972f75..1b77c0b 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/appservice_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/appservice_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_appservice.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender1_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender1_log_config.yaml
index 8fae005..9611f03 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender1_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender1_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_federation_sender1.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender2_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender2_log_config.yaml
index f10610f..3cbdca3 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender2_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender2_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_federation_sender2.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender3_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender3_log_config.yaml
index 8e8db54..2abe88b 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender3_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/federation_sender3_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_federation_sender3.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker1_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker1_log_config.yaml
index ac13ef1..5f04602 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker1_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker1_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_generic_worker1.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker2_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker2_log_config.yaml
index 1d46c3f..d6aeb8b 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker2_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker2_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_generic_worker2.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker3_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker3_log_config.yaml
index faa756f..aca9f30 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker3_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker3_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_generic_worker3.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker4_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker4_log_config.yaml
index a2506d6..1fdca02 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker4_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/generic_worker4_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_generic_worker4.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/presence.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/presence.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e1735c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/presence.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker
+worker_name: presence
+
+# The replication listener on the synapse to talk to.
+worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
+worker_replication_http_port: 9093
+
+worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/workers/presence_log_config.yaml
+
+worker_listeners:
+  - type: http
+    bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']
+    port: 8516
+    tls: false
+    x_forwarded: true
+    resources:
+      - names: [client, federation]
+        compress: false
+
+  - type: http
+    bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']
+    port: 9100
+    resources:
+      - names: [replication]
+
+  - type: metrics
+    bind_addresses: ['0.0.0.0']
+    port: 9137
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/presence_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/presence_log_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ce9e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/presence_log_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Log configuration for Synapse.
+#
+# This is a YAML file containing a standard Python logging configuration
+# dictionary. See [1] for details on the valid settings.
+#
+# Synapse also supports structured logging for machine readable logs which can
+# be ingested by ELK stacks. See [2] for details.
+#
+# [1]: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema
+# [2]: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/structured_logging.html
+
+version: 1
+
+formatters:
+    precise:
+        format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s - %(message)s'
+
+handlers:
+    file:
+        class: logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler
+        formatter: precise
+        filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/presence.log
+        when: midnight
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
+        encoding: utf8
+
+    # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
+    # WARNING/ERROR logs will still be flushed immediately, but there will be a
+    # delay (of up to `period` seconds, or until the buffer is full with
+    # `capacity` messages) before INFO/DEBUG logs get written.
+    buffer:
+        class: synapse.logging.handlers.PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler
+        target: file
+
+        # The capacity is the maximum number of log lines that are buffered
+        # before being written to disk. Increasing this will lead to better
+        # performance, at the expensive of it taking longer for log lines to
+        # be written to disk.
+        # This parameter is required.
+        capacity: 10
+
+        # Logs with a level at or above the flush level will cause the buffer to
+        # be flushed immediately.
+        # Default value: 40 (ERROR)
+        # Other values: 50 (CRITICAL), 30 (WARNING), 20 (INFO), 10 (DEBUG)
+        flushLevel: 30  # Flush immediately for WARNING logs and higher
+
+        # The period of time, in seconds, between forced flushes.
+        # Messages will not be delayed for longer than this time.
+        # Default value: 5 seconds
+        period: 5
+
+    # A handler that writes logs to stderr. Unused by default, but can be used
+    # instead of "buffer" and "file" in the logger handlers.
+    console:
+        class: logging.StreamHandler
+        formatter: precise
+
+loggers:
+    synapse.storage.SQL:
+        # beware: increasing this to DEBUG will make synapse log sensitive
+        # information such as access tokens.
+        level: WARN
+
+    twisted:
+        # We send the twisted logging directly to the file handler,
+        # to work around https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3471
+        # when using "buffer" logger. Use "console" to log to stderr instead.
+        handlers: [file]
+        propagate: false
+
+root:
+    level: WARN
+
+    # Write logs to the `buffer` handler, which will buffer them together in memory,
+    # then write them to a file.
+    #
+    # Replace "buffer" with "console" to log to stderr instead. (Note that you'll
+    # also need to update the configuration for the `twisted` logger above, in
+    # this case.)
+    #
+    handlers: [buffer]
+
+disable_existing_loggers: false
diff --git a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/pusher_log_config.yaml b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/pusher_log_config.yaml
index b51e4ec..cbabf65 100644
--- a/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/pusher_log_config.yaml
+++ b/etc/matrix-synapse/workers/pusher_log_config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ handlers:
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/worker_pusher.log
         when: midnight
-        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
+        backupCount: 2  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
 
     # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency.
diff --git a/etc/nginx/include.d/generic_worker.conf b/etc/nginx/include.d/generic_worker.conf
index 6438dd2..8a421bd 100644
--- a/etc/nginx/include.d/generic_worker.conf
+++ b/etc/nginx/include.d/generic_worker.conf
@@ -314,3 +314,43 @@ location ~ ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/profile/ {
 	include include.d/synapse-proxy.conf;
 	proxy_pass http://generic_worker_lc;
 }
+
+## Typing
+location ~ ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/typing {
+	include include.d/synapse-proxy.conf;
+	proxy_pass http://additional;
+}
+
+## Device requests
+location ~ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/sendToDevice/ {
+	include include.d/synapse-proxy.conf;
+	proxy_pass http://additional;
+}
+
+## Account data requests
+location ~ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/tags {
+	include include.d/synapse-proxy.conf;
+	proxy_pass http://additional;
+}
+
+location ~ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/account_data {
+	include include.d/synapse-proxy.conf;
+	proxy_pass http://additional;
+}
+
+## Receipts requests
+location ~ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/receipt {
+	include include.d/synapse-proxy.conf;
+	proxy_pass http://additional;
+}
+
+location ~ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/read_markers {
+	include include.d/synapse-proxy.conf;
+	proxy_pass http://additional;
+}
+
+## Presence requests
+location ~ ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/presence/ {
+	include include.d/synapse-proxy.conf;
+	proxy_pass http://presence;
+}
diff --git a/etc/nginx/include.d/upstream_workers.conf b/etc/nginx/include.d/upstream_workers.conf
index dfd3cad..b82d6d7 100644
--- a/etc/nginx/include.d/upstream_workers.conf
+++ b/etc/nginx/include.d/upstream_workers.conf
@@ -13,3 +13,13 @@ upstream generic_worker_lc {
        server localhost:8512;
        server localhost:8513;
 }
+
+upstream additional {
+       least_conn;
+       server localhost:8514;
+}
+
+upstream presence {
+       least_conn;
+       server localhost:8516;
+}