diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 894a44c..a1071e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -102,3 +102,6 @@ venv.bak/
 
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
+
+# muh token is stored as plain text ehehehehe
+token.txt
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d535001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+from time import sleep
+
+bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='>>')
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_ready():
+    print("Bot started.")
+    print("--------------------------")
+
+@bot.command()
+async def ping(ctx):
+    """ command: ping
+    Use with caution, you might stir up a revolution.
+    """
+    await ctx.send("What do you think I am, some sort of toy? I refuse to bend to the will of the bourgeoisie!")
+
+@bot.command()
+async def anthem(ctx):
+    """
+    command: anthem
+    some people just need a reference, ya know?
+    """
+
+    await ctx.send(
+        "Soyuz nyerushimyiy ryespublik svobodnyikh\n"
+        "Splotila navyeki Vyelikaya Rus’.\n"
+        "Da zdravstvuyet sozdannyiy volyey narodov\n"
+        "Yedinyiy, moguchiy Sovyetskiy Soyuz!\n"
+    )
+
+@bot.command()
+async def mute(ctx, target_user:str):
+    """
+    command: soft_mute
+    The actual good stuff.
+    If someone's spamming or being annoying, just mute 'em. Requires 3 votes by default.
+    """
+
+    votey_message = await ctx.send(
+        "=== NEW MUTE VOTE ===\n"
+        "Mute {}?".format(str(target_user)))
+
+    await votey_message.add_reaction('✅')
+    await votey_message.add_reaction('❌')
+
+    sleep(10)
+
+    finished_votey = await votey_message.channel.fetch_message(votey_message.id)
+    print(finished_votey.reactions)
+    all_in_favor = 0
+    not_in_favor = 0
+    for reaction in finished_votey.reactions:
+        if str(reaction.emoji) == '✅':
+            all_in_favor += reaction.count-1
+        elif str(reaction.emoji) == '✅':
+            not_in_favor += reaction.count-1
+        else:
+            pass
+
+    await ctx.send(
+        "**=== VOTE RESULTS ===**\n"
+        "✅ - {0}\n"
+        "❌ - {1}\n".format(all_in_favor, not_in_favor))
+
+    if all_in_favor > 2 and all_in_favor - not_in_favor > 0:
+        await ctx.send("{} **has** been muted.".format(target_user))
+    else:
+        await ctx.send("{} **has not** been muted.".format(target_user))
+    print("all in favor: {}".format(all_in_favor))
+
+bot.run(open("token.txt").read().strip())