diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cfb737c..a9228ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2454,6 +2454,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rocket_cors",
  "serde_json",
  "smithe_lib",
+ "startgg",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 69a3292..62617bd 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ serde_json = "1"
 thiserror = "1"
 smithe_lib = { path = "../lib" }
 rocket-governor = "0.2.0-rc.1"
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+startgg = { path = "../startgg_api/" }
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index a5d9bd9..048b059 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use rocket::{
 use rocket_cors::{AllowedHeaders, AllowedOrigins};
 use rocket_governor::{Quota, RocketGovernable, RocketGovernor};
 use smithe_lib::{
-    player::{get_all_like, get_player, get_top_two_characters},
+    player::{add_new_player_to_pidgtm_db, get_all_like, get_player, get_top_two_characters},
     set::{
         get_competitor_type, get_head_to_head_record, get_set_losses_by_dq,
         get_set_losses_without_dqs, get_set_wins_by_dq, get_set_wins_without_dqs,
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ use smithe_lib::{
 };
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+use startgg::queries::player_getter::{make_pidgtm_player_getter_query, PIDGTM_PlayerGetterVars};
+
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
 pub const DEV_ADDRESS: &str = "http://localhost:8080/";
 pub const DEV_ADDRESS_2: &str = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/";
 pub const PROD_ADDRESS: &str = "http://smithe.net";
@@ -58,6 +62,15 @@ async fn view_player(
     id: i32,
     _limitguard: RocketGovernor<'_, RateLimitGuard>,
 ) -> Result<String, Error> {
+    //Try to update if can but still serve old data otherwise
+    if let Ok(player_data) =
+        make_pidgtm_player_getter_query(id, Arc::new(Mutex::new(PIDGTM_PlayerGetterVars::empty())))
+            .await
+    {
+        //Updates profile data or creates if not found
+        add_new_player_to_pidgtm_db(&player_data.player.unwrap()).await?;
+    }
+
     // insert player page view
     smithe_lib::player_page_views::insert_player_page_view(id)
         .await