diff --git a/core/models/assets.go b/core/models/assets.go
index 562186ba9..c68dc32d8 100644
--- a/core/models/assets.go
+++ b/core/models/assets.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ type OrgAssets struct {
 	topicsByID   map[TopicID]*Topic
 	topicsByUUID map[assets.TopicUUID]*Topic
 
+	optIns    []assets.OptIn
 	resthooks []assets.Resthook
 	templates []assets.Template
 	triggers  []*Trigger
@@ -233,6 +234,15 @@ func NewOrgAssets(ctx context.Context, rt *runtime.Runtime, orgID OrgID, prev *O
 		oa.labelsByUUID = prev.labelsByUUID
 	}
 
+	if prev == nil || refresh&RefreshOptIns > 0 {
+		oa.optIns, err = loadOptIns(ctx, db, orgID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error loading optins for org %d", orgID)
+		}
+	} else {
+		oa.optIns = prev.optIns
+	}
+
 	if prev == nil || refresh&RefreshResthooks > 0 {
 		oa.resthooks, err = loadResthooks(ctx, db, orgID)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -633,7 +643,7 @@ func (a *OrgAssets) Locations() ([]assets.LocationHierarchy, error) {
 }
 
 func (a *OrgAssets) OptIns() ([]assets.OptIn, error) {
-	return nil, nil // TODO
+	return a.optIns, nil
 }
 
 func (a *OrgAssets) Resthooks() ([]assets.Resthook, error) {
diff --git a/core/models/channels.go b/core/models/channels.go
index ec9909371..9e7e97caa 100644
--- a/core/models/channels.go
+++ b/core/models/channels.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ SELECT ROW_TO_JSON(r) FROM (SELECT
 		END 
 		FROM unnest(regexp_split_to_array(c.role,'')) AS r)
 	) as roles,
-	CASE WHEN channel_type IN ('FBA') THEN {'optins'}::text[] ELSE {}::text[] END,
+	CASE WHEN channel_type IN ('FBA') THEN '{"optins"}'::text[] ELSE '{}'::text[] END,
 	jsonb_extract_path(c.config, 'matching_prefixes') AS match_prefixes,
 	jsonb_extract_path(c.config, 'allow_international') AS allow_international,
 	jsonb_extract_path(c.config, 'machine_detection') AS machine_detection
diff --git a/core/models/optins.go b/core/models/optins.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f6403a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/models/optins.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nyaruka/gocommon/dbutil"
+	"github.com/nyaruka/goflow/assets"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// OptInID is our type for the database id of an optin
+type OptInID int
+
+// OptIn is the mailroom type for optins
+type OptIn struct {
+	o struct {
+		ID   OptInID          `json:"id"`
+		UUID assets.OptInUUID `json:"uuid"`
+		Name string           `json:"name"`
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *OptIn) ID() OptInID            { return o.o.ID }
+func (o *OptIn) UUID() assets.OptInUUID { return o.o.UUID }
+func (o *OptIn) Name() string           { return o.o.Name }
+
+const sqlSelectOptInsByOrg = `
+SELECT ROW_TO_JSON(r) FROM (
+	SELECT id, uuid, name
+      FROM msgs_optin o
+     WHERE o.org_id = $1 AND o.is_active
+  ORDER BY o.id ASC
+) o;`
+
+// loads the optins for the passed in org
+func loadOptIns(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, orgID OrgID) ([]assets.OptIn, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	rows, err := db.QueryContext(ctx, sqlSelectOptInsByOrg, orgID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error querying resthooks for org: %d", orgID)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	optIns := make([]assets.OptIn, 0, 10)
+	for rows.Next() {
+		optIn := &OptIn{}
+		err = dbutil.ScanJSON(rows, &optIn.o)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error scanning resthook row")
+		}
+
+		optIns = append(optIns, optIn)
+	}
+
+	logrus.WithField("elapsed", time.Since(start)).WithField("org_id", orgID).WithField("count", len(optIns)).Debug("loaded resthooks")
+
+	return optIns, nil
+}