diff --git a/notebooks/Testing/Veilid/Alice-Python-Server.ipynb b/notebooks/Testing/Veilid/Alice-Python-Server.ipynb
index 59949a952b8..97c19b1b34a 100644
--- a/notebooks/Testing/Veilid/Alice-Python-Server.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/Testing/Veilid/Alice-Python-Server.ipynb
@@ -100,6 +100,45 @@
     "app_message = requests.post(f\"http://{host}:{port}/app_message\", json=json_data)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "ff09ab92-3423-483a-abf3-51e8c2448cf9",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "app_message.content"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "4d0d9e39-bf05-4ef3-b00a-2bb605f041ee",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### Send AppCall using DHT Key to Self"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "b8bc9f54-b2f0-4f88-8897-f640866ba2ed",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "json_data = {\"dht_key\": self_dht_key, \"message\": \"Hello to app call\"}\n",
+    "app_call = requests.post(f\"http://{host}:{port}/app_call\", json=json_data)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "2c1c4148-461a-459e-846a-fad332a7ce3a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "app_call.json()"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "fd824cca-2a7f-4ea9-9e67-1c06d1f8bec2",
diff --git a/notebooks/Testing/Veilid/Bob-Python-Server.ipynb b/notebooks/Testing/Veilid/Bob-Python-Server.ipynb
index e8ccaf2899a..c0b92df4115 100644
--- a/notebooks/Testing/Veilid/Bob-Python-Server.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/Testing/Veilid/Bob-Python-Server.ipynb
@@ -100,6 +100,35 @@
     "app_message = requests.post(f\"http://{host}:{port}/app_message\", json=json_data)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "3ed2c114-eab7-4be7-bd89-d5ec3a7ec4c2",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### Send AppCall using DHT Key to Self"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "db49c78d-9767-4358-aa00-e740ce04e000",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "json_data = {\"dht_key\": self_dht_key, \"message\": \"Hello to app call\"}\n",
+    "app_call = requests.post(f\"http://{host}:{port}/app_call\", json=json_data)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "9bc0a69e-7cff-42fc-8859-e5de6edacdeb",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "app_call.json()"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "73eee970-bb61-4014-9380-1944587b929a",
diff --git a/packages/grid/veilid/server/main.py b/packages/grid/veilid/server/main.py
index 4324b4aaece..4dc8cc13109 100644
--- a/packages/grid/veilid/server/main.py
+++ b/packages/grid/veilid/server/main.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 # relative
 from .veilid_core import VeilidConnectionSingleton
+from .veilid_core import app_call
 from .veilid_core import app_message
 from .veilid_core import generate_dht_key
 from .veilid_core import get_veilid_conn
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@ async def app_message_endpoint(
     return await app_message(dht_key=dht_key, message=message)
 
 
+@app.post("/app_call")
+async def app_call_endpoint(
+    request: Request, dht_key: Annotated[str, Body()], message: Annotated[bytes, Body()]
+) -> dict[str, str]:
+    return await app_call(dht_key=dht_key, message=message)
+
+
 @app.on_event("startup")
 async def startup_event() -> None:
     try:
diff --git a/packages/grid/veilid/server/veilid_core.py b/packages/grid/veilid/server/veilid_core.py
index 030d44b8219..166a5e8956c 100644
--- a/packages/grid/veilid/server/veilid_core.py
+++ b/packages/grid/veilid/server/veilid_core.py
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ async def main_callback(update: VeilidUpdate) -> None:
     if update.kind == veilid.VeilidUpdateKind.APP_MESSAGE:
         logger.info(f"Received App Message: {update.detail.message}")
 
+    elif update.kind == veilid.VeilidUpdateKind.APP_CALL:
+        logger.info(f"Received App Call: {update.detail.message}")
+        async with await get_veilid_conn() as conn:
+            await conn.app_call_reply(update.detail.call_id, b"Reply from App Call")
+
 
 async def noop_callback(update: VeilidUpdate) -> None:
     pass
@@ -165,7 +170,29 @@ async def app_message(dht_key: str, message: bytes) -> dict[str, str]:
             # TODO: change to debug
             logger.info(f"Private Route of  Peer: {prr_peer} ")
 
-            # Send message to peer
+            # Send app message to peer
             await router.app_message(prr_peer, message)
 
             return {"message": "Message sent successfully"}
+
+
+async def app_call(dht_key: str, message: bytes) -> dict[str, str]:
+    async with await get_veilid_conn() as conn:
+        async with await get_routing_context(conn) as router:
+            dht_key = veilid.TypedKey(dht_key)
+            # TODO: change to debug
+            logger.info(f"App Call to DHT Key: {dht_key}")
+            dht_value = await get_dht_value(router, dht_key, 0)
+            # TODO: change to debug
+            logger.info(f"DHT Value:{dht_value}")
+            if isinstance(dht_value, dict):
+                return dht_value
+
+            # Private Router to peer
+            prr_peer = await conn.import_remote_private_route(dht_value.data)
+            # TODO: change to debug
+            logger.info(f"Private Route of  Peer: {prr_peer} ")
+
+            result = await router.app_call(prr_peer, message)
+
+            return {"message": result}