diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 768cf2e1..b6cca056 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "knex": "^2.4.0",
     "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
     "luxon": "2.5.2",
+    "memory-cache": "^0.2.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
     "multer": "1.4.5-lts.1",
     "nodemailer": "6.7.0",
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@
     "@types/http-errors": "^1.8.1",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.8",
     "@types/lodash.get": "^4.4.6",
+    "@types/memory-cache": "^0.2.2",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.3",
     "@types/multer": "1.4.7",
     "@types/node": "^16.10.2",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts b/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
index 4f30aab6..29893e18 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type AppConfig = {
   bullMQDashboardPassword: string;
   telemetryEnabled: boolean;
   requestBodySizeLimit: string;
+  licenseKey: string;
 };
 
 const host = process.env.HOST || 'localhost';
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ const port = process.env.PORT || '3000';
 const serveWebAppSeparately =
   process.env.SERVE_WEB_APP_SEPARATELY === 'true' ? true : false;
 
-let apiUrl = (new URL(`${protocol}://${host}:${port}`)).toString();
+let apiUrl = new URL(`${protocol}://${host}:${port}`).toString();
 apiUrl = apiUrl.substring(0, apiUrl.length - 1);
 
 // use apiUrl by default, which has less priority over the following cases
@@ -48,14 +49,14 @@ let webAppUrl = apiUrl;
 
 if (process.env.WEB_APP_URL) {
   // use env. var. if provided
-  webAppUrl = (new URL(process.env.WEB_APP_URL)).toString();
+  webAppUrl = new URL(process.env.WEB_APP_URL).toString();
   webAppUrl = webAppUrl.substring(0, webAppUrl.length - 1);
 } else if (serveWebAppSeparately) {
   // no env. var. and serving separately, sign of development
-  webAppUrl = 'http://localhost:3001'
+  webAppUrl = 'http://localhost:3001';
 }
 
-let webhookUrl = (new URL(process.env.WEBHOOK_URL || apiUrl)).toString();
+let webhookUrl = new URL(process.env.WEBHOOK_URL || apiUrl).toString();
 webhookUrl = webhookUrl.substring(0, webhookUrl.length - 1);
 
 const appEnv = process.env.APP_ENV || 'development';
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ const appConfig: AppConfig = {
   webhookUrl,
   telemetryEnabled: process.env.TELEMETRY_ENABLED === 'false' ? false : true,
   requestBodySizeLimit: '1mb',
+  licenseKey: process.env.LICENSE_KEY,
 };
 
 if (!appConfig.encryptionKey) {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/get-license.ee.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/get-license.ee.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58578e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/get-license.ee.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import checkLicense from '../../helpers/checkLicense.ee';
+
+const getLicense = async () => {
+  const license = await checkLicense();
+
+  return {
+    type: license ? 'ee' : 'ce',
+  };
+};
+
+export default getLicense;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/query-resolvers.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/query-resolvers.ts
index 9e4f6489..35b6280a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/graphql/query-resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/query-resolvers.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import getExecutions from './queries/get-executions';
 import getExecutionSteps from './queries/get-execution-steps';
 import getDynamicData from './queries/get-dynamic-data';
 import getCurrentUser from './queries/get-current-user';
+import getLicense from './queries/get-license.ee';
 import healthcheck from './queries/healthcheck';
 
 const queryResolvers = {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const queryResolvers = {
   getExecutionSteps,
   getDynamicData,
   getCurrentUser,
+  getLicense,
   healthcheck,
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/schema.graphql b/packages/backend/src/graphql/schema.graphql
index a33d6f06..fecf5ceb 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/graphql/schema.graphql
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/schema.graphql
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Query {
     parameters: JSONObject
   ): JSONObject
   getCurrentUser: User
+  getLicense: GetLicense
   healthcheck: AppHealth
 }
 
@@ -453,6 +454,10 @@ type AppHealth {
   version: String
 }
 
+type GetLicense {
+  type: String
+}
+
 schema {
   query: Query
   mutation: Mutation
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/checkLicense.ee.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/checkLicense.ee.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ea04e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/checkLicense.ee.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import axios from 'axios';
+import appConfig from '../config/app';
+import memoryCache from 'memory-cache';
+
+const CACHE_DURATION = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; // 24 hours in milliseconds
+
+const checkLicense = async () => {
+  const licenseKey = appConfig.licenseKey;
+
+  if (!licenseKey) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const url = 'https://license.automatisch.io/api/v1/licenses/verify';
+  const cachedResponse = memoryCache.get(url);
+
+  if (cachedResponse) {
+    return cachedResponse;
+  } else {
+    try {
+      const { data } = await axios.post(url, { licenseKey });
+      memoryCache.put(url, data.verified, CACHE_DURATION);
+
+      return data.verified;
+    } catch (error) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+export default checkLicense;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 10a2c171..f2276b23 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3956,6 +3956,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/luxon/-/luxon-2.3.1.tgz#e34763178b46232e4c5f079f1706e18692415519"
   integrity sha512-nAPUltOT28fal2eDZz8yyzNhBjHw1NEymFBP7Q9iCShqpflWPybxHbD7pw/46jQmT+HXOy1QN5hNTms8MOTlOQ==
 
+"@types/memory-cache@^0.2.2":
+  version "0.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/memory-cache/-/memory-cache-0.2.2.tgz#f8fb6d8aa0eb006ed44fc659bf8bfdc1a5cc57fa"
+  integrity sha512-xNnm6EkmYYhTnLiOHC2bdKgcYY5qjjrq5vl9KXD2nh0em0koZoFS500EL4Q4V/eW+A3P7NC7P7GIYzNOSQp7jQ==
+
 "@types/mime@^1":
   version "1.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/mime/-/mime-1.3.2.tgz#93e25bf9ee75fe0fd80b594bc4feb0e862111b5a"
@@ -11874,6 +11879,11 @@ memfs@^3.1.2, memfs@^3.2.2:
   dependencies:
     fs-monkey "1.0.3"
 
+memory-cache@^0.2.0:
+  version "0.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/memory-cache/-/memory-cache-0.2.0.tgz#7890b01d52c00c8ebc9d533e1f8eb17e3034871a"
+  integrity sha512-OcjA+jzjOYzKmKS6IQVALHLVz+rNTMPoJvCztFaZxwG14wtAW7VRZjwTQu06vKCYOxh4jVnik7ya0SXTB0W+xA==
+
 meow@^8.0.0:
   version "8.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/meow/-/meow-8.1.2.tgz#bcbe45bda0ee1729d350c03cffc8395a36c4e897"