diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c2da5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+* Probotic
+
+Healthy for your coding ability, take once weekly, excessive doses
+may result in arthritis, ass pain, and death.
+
+Only for real chads, goto irc.rizon.net/#/g/chad for first-hand
+enjoyment of the one and only probotic and to yell at the developers.
+
+* Description
+
+This bot will let you be delagated with challenges at dates within
+it's database, this can all be done via the IRC interface.
+
+See doc/api.md for detailed information about this interface.
+
+* Building and Installation
+
+First, you'll want to customize include/config.h as detailed from
+include/config.mk.h, then build via running ./build.sh
+
+This'll require a few libraries:
+libircclient-dev libsqlite3-dev build-essentials
+
+You may then install the successful build, this'll naturally construct
+a user, a database and a installation within this user's profile. You
+may enact this by running ./install.sh under root, please view this
+script and it's subscript ./bootstrap/boostrap.sh before running either.
+
+* License
+
+Copyright 2023 anon, fa11_1eaf, Emil
+
+Probotic is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 only as
+published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+Probotic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License version 3 for more details.
+
+The above copyright notice, this permission notice and the word
+"NIGGER" shall be included in all copies or substantial portions
+of the Software.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+version 3 + NIGGER along with Probotic.
diff --git a/bootstrap/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c2cb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Tested to work 100% of the time when that file doesn't exist
+# probably
+sqlite3 probotic_data.sqlite -init init.sql -line '.quit'
diff --git a/init.sql b/bootstrap/init.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from init.sql
rename to bootstrap/init.sql
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index dd73e9c..ae1678d 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ LDFLAGS='-lircclient -lsqlite3'
 
 mkdir -p $PREFIX && echo "Made directory: $PREFIX"
 
-if [ ! -z ${DEBUG} ] ; then CFLAG="$CFLAGS -Og -g3";
-                       else CFLAG="$CFLAGS -O2 -flto=auto -fomit-frame-pointer"; fi
+if [ ! -z ${DEBUG} ]; then CFLAG="$CFLAGS -Og -g3";
+                      else CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DNDEBUG";
+                           CFLAG="$CFLAGS -O2 -flto=auto -fomit-frame-pointer -s"; fi
 
 [ ! -z ${SAN} ] && CFLAG="$CFLAGS -fsanitize=$SAN"
 
+[ ! -e $DIR/include/config.h ] && cp $DIR/include/config.mk.h $DIR/include/config.h
+
 echo "$CC $CFLAGS -pipe $DIR/src/unity.c -o $PREFIX/$PROGN $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
 $CC $CFLAGS -pipe $DIR/src/unity.c -o $PREFIX/$PROGN $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS
 echo "\nStatus: $?"
diff --git a/docs/example_cli_usage.txt b/docs/example_cli_usage.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab93849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/example_cli_usage.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./probotic irc.rizon.net 6667 '#/g/chad' probotic
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..543d043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
+cd $DIR
+[ ! -e $DIR/probotic ] && echo "You should run './build.sh' before this script." \
+    && return
+# run bootstrapper
+[ ! -e $DIR/bootstrap/ ] && $DIR/bootstrap/bootstrap.sh
+# generate directories and install
+TARGET=${TARGET-/opt/probotic}
+useradd probotic -r -s /sbin/nologin -d $TARGET
+mkdir -p $TARGET
+install -g probotic -o probotic -m 744 \
+        $DIR/bootstrap/probotic_data.sqlite probotic -v $TARGET
+chown probotic:probotic $TARGET -R
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index d231adb..9830f99 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 irc_session_t * session = NULL;
 irc_callbacks_t callbacks;
 
+const char * channel;
+
 char * get_username(const char * origin)
 {
   const char USERNAME_TERMINATOR = '!';
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ msg_wrapper(const char* fmt,
   { exit(1); }
 
 	puts(fmtdmsg);
-    irc_cmd_msg(session, CHANNEL, fmtdmsg);
+  irc_cmd_msg(session, channel, fmtdmsg);
 
 	free(fmtdmsg);
 	va_end(args);
@@ -69,6 +71,10 @@ event_connect(irc_session_t * session,
               const char ** params,
               unsigned int count)
 {
+  (void) event;
+  (void) origin;
+  (void) params;
+  (void) count;
   irc_cmd_join(session, CHANNEL, 0);
 }
 
@@ -79,21 +85,58 @@ event_channel(irc_session_t * session,
               const char ** params,
               unsigned int count)
 {
+  size_t i = 0, len;
   const char * channel = params[0];
-  const char * message = params[1];
+  char * message = params[1];
+  char * arg;
+  char * swp;
+  (void) session;
+  (void) event;
+  (void) origin;
   (void) channel;
   (void) message;
+  (void) count;
+	swp = get_username(origin);
+	/* msg_wrapper("%s, you are a faggot for this opinion.", swp); */
+  /* parses the command */
+  len = strlen(message);
+  while (message[i] != ' ')
+  { ++i; }
+  message[i] = '\0';
+  arg = message + i + 1;
 
-	if(!strcmp(message, "!remind")){
-		msg_wrapper("%s", remind("#/g/chad"));
-	}
-	//char * swp = get_username(origin);
-	//msg_wrapper("%s, you are a faggot for this opinion.", swp);
-	//free(swp);
+	//if(!strcmp(message, "!remind")){
+	//	msg_wrapper("%s", remind("#/g/chad"));
+	//}
+	////char * swp = get_username(origin);
+	////msg_wrapper("%s, you are a faggot for this opinion.", swp);
+	////free(swp);
+  if (*message == '!')
+  {
+    ++message;
+    /* if (strcmp(message, "stop") == 0) { exit(1); } */
+    if (strcmp(message, "remind") == 0)
+    { msg_wrapper("%s: No current assignment.", swp); }
+    else if (strcmp(message, "next") == 0)
+    { msg_wrapper("%s: No future assignments", swp); }
+    else if (strcmp(message, "raw") == 0)
+    { msg_wrapper("%s: executing sql %s", arg); }
+    else if (strcmp(message, "dump") == 0)
+    { msg_wrapper("%s: all projects... they don't seem to exist!"); }
+    else if (strcmp(message, "submit") == 0)
+    { msg_wrapper("%s: Submitting project link '%s' to <random janny>", swp, arg); }
+    else if (strcmp(message, "reroll") == 0)
+    { msg_wrapper("%s: No more rerolls possible.", swp); }
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+    else
+    { msg_wrapper("No such command '%s'", message); }
+#endif /* NDEBUG */
+  }
+  free(swp);
 }
 
 int
-init(void)
+init(char const * username, char const * server, int port)
 {
   if(api_init())
   { ERR(DB_ERROR, "Error initializing database."); }
@@ -104,6 +147,7 @@ init(void)
 
   session = irc_create_session(&callbacks);
   if (!session)
+<<<<<<< HEAD
   { ERR(IRC_ERROR, "Error creating IRC session"); }
   irc_connect(session, SERVER, PORT, 0, USERNAME, USERNAME, USERNAME);
 
@@ -116,13 +160,54 @@ rope(int r){
   api_rope();
 
   exit(r);
+=======
+  { ERR(1, "Error creating IRC session"); }
+  irc_connect(session, server, port, 0, username, username, username);
+  /* We should figure out how the failure happens so we can tell the user that. */
+  if (irc_run(session) != 0)
+  { ERR(1, "Error running IRC session\nPossible issue: bad URL, no network connection, bad port, refused connection."); }
+	return 0;
+>>>>>>> 3d4a6cf8ff85869dba21c42576777254dbf4c68c
 }
 
+
+/* args: server port channel [username] - defaults to probotic */
+
+/* I'd have to give up constification for server:port */
 int
 main(int argc,
-     char ** argv)
+     char const ** argv)
 {
+<<<<<<< HEAD
   if(init())
+=======
+  char const * username;
+  char const * server;
+  int port;
+  if (argc > 5 || argc < 4)
+  {
+    ERRMSG("server port channel [username]");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (argc > 4)
+  { username = argv[4]; }
+  else
+  { username = "probotic"; }
+  channel = argv[3];
+  port    = atoi(argv[2]);
+  server  = argv[1];
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+  fprintf(stderr, "-- %s:%d %s %s --\n", server, port, channel, username);
+#endif /* NDEBUG */
+  if (!init(username, server, port))
+  {
+    while(1)
+    {}
+    irc_destroy_session(session);
+    return 0;
+  }
+  else
+>>>>>>> 3d4a6cf8ff85869dba21c42576777254dbf4c68c
   { return 1; }
 
   if (irc_run(session) != 0)
diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index ea15297..b94a5b4 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -44,23 +44,6 @@ int parse_repo(char const * arg)
 }
 
 int
-parse_command(char const * command,
-              const char * arg /* NULLABLE */)
-{
-  /* I know. */
-#define COMMAND(cmd,fn) if (strcmp(command,cmd) == 0) { return fn(arg); } else
-  COMMAND("remind", parse_remind)
-  COMMAND("set_repo", parse_repo)
-  /* COMMAND("raw", sql_execute?) */
-  /* COMMAND("post", parse_post) */
-  /* COMMAND("prune", parse_prune) */
-  /* COMMAND("search", parse_search) */
-  /* COMMAND("list", parse_list) */
-  { ERR(1,"No such command.\n"); }
-#undef COMMAND
-}
-
-int
 parse_creds(creds_t * creds,
             char const * creds_file)
 {
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a1611c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# doubles as a cleanup script
+DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
+cd $DIR
+TARGET=${TARGET-/opt/probotic}
+userdel probotic
+rm -rf $TARGET $DIR/bootstrap/probotic_data.sqlite probotic