diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index dcbc2ec..dc07032 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 
 const cfg = require('./config.json');
+if (!fs.existsSync('./whitelist.json')) {
+	fs.writeFileSync('./whitelist.json', '{}');
+}
+
+const whitelist = require('./whitelist.json');
 const dir = dirname(import.meta.url);
 
 const bot = new Eris(cfg.token);
@@ -24,23 +29,30 @@ const log = new Logger(filename(import.meta.url), global.ctx.log_level);
 const parse = new CommandParser(global.ctx, cfg.prefix || undefined);
 
 const checkUser = (user) => {
-	if (cfg.user_whitelist.includes(user.id)) {
+	if (cfg.user_whitelist.includes(user.id) || (whitelist.user && whitelist.user.includes(user.id))) {
 		return true;
 	}
 	log.info(`user not on whitelist: ${user.username}`);
 	return false;
 };
 const checkGuild = (guild) => {
-	if (cfg.whitelist.includes(guild.id)) {
+	if (cfg.whitelist.includes(guild.id) || (whitelist.guild && whitelist.guild.includes(guild.id))) {
 		return true;
 	}
 	log.info(`guild not on whitelist: ${guild.name}`);
 	return false;
 };
 
+const saveWhitelist = () => {
+	let data = JSON.stringify(whitelist);
+	fs.writeFileSync('./whitelist.json', data);
+};
+
 global.ctx.whitelist = {
 	guild: checkGuild,
 	user: checkUser,
+	save: saveWhitelist,
+	wl: whitelist,
 };
 
 bot.on('ready', () => {
@@ -48,8 +60,6 @@ bot.on('ready', () => {
 	bot.guilds.forEach((guild) => checkGuild(guild));
 });
 
-bot.on('guildAvaliable', (guild) => checkGuild(guild));
-
 bot.on('messageCreate', (msg) => parse.parseMsg(msg, global.ctx));
 
 bot.on('error', (err) => log.error(err.toString()));
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@ async function load_commands() {
 		try {
 			obj = await import('file:////' + p);
 		} catch (e) {
-			log.warn(`loading file ${file}, ran into issue: ${e.message}`);
+			log.warn(`loading file ${file}, ran into issue: ${e.stack}`);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (obj.default != undefined) {
diff --git a/cmd/perm.js b/cmd/perm.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..294cf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/perm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { CommandInitializer, Command } from '../parser.js';
+
+const initializer = new CommandInitializer();
+
+class WhitelistUser extends Command {
+	name = 'wu';
+	whitelist = true;
+	func = async function (msg, args, ctx) {
+		let user = await ctx.bot.users.get(args[0].trim());
+		this.log.debug(msg.channel.guild.members);
+		this.log.debug(user);
+		if (!user) {
+			user = msg.channel.guild.members.get(args[0].trim());
+			this.log.debug(user);
+			if (!user) {
+				user = (await msg.channel.guild.fetchMembers({ userIDs: [args[0]] }))[0];
+				this.log.debug(user);
+			}
+		}
+		if (user.username) {
+			if (!ctx.whitelist.wl) {
+				ctx.whitelist.wl = {
+					user: [],
+					guild: [],
+				};
+			}
+			let list = ctx.whitelist.wl.user || [];
+			if (!list.includes(args[0])) {
+				list.push(args[0]);
+				ctx.whitelist.wl.user = list;
+				ctx.whitelist.save();
+				msg.channel.createMessage(`added user "${user.username}#${user.discriminator}" (${args[0]}) to whitelist`);
+			} else {
+				msg.channel.createMessage('user already whitelisted');
+			}
+		} else {
+			msg.channel.createMessage(`user with id ${args[0]} could not be found`);
+		}
+	};
+}
+initializer.addCommand(new WhitelistUser());
+
+class WhitelistGuild extends Command {
+	name = 'wg';
+	whitelist = true;
+	func = async function (msg, args, ctx) {
+		let guild = await ctx.bot.guilds.get(args[0]);
+		if (guild.name) {
+			if (!ctx.whitelist.wl) {
+				ctx.whitelist.wl = {
+					user: [],
+					guild: [],
+				};
+			}
+			let list = ctx.whitelist.wl.guild || [];
+			if (!list.includes(args[0])) {
+				list.push(args[0]);
+				ctx.whitelist.wl.guild = list;
+				ctx.whitelist.save();
+				msg.channel.createMessage(`added guild "${guild.name}" (${args[0]}) to whitelist`);
+			} else {
+				msg.channel.createMessage('guild already whitelisted');
+			}
+		} else {
+			msg.channel.createMessage(`guild with id ${args[0]} could not be found`);
+		}
+	};
+}
+
+initializer.addCommand(new WhitelistGuild());
+
+export default initializer;
diff --git a/whitelist.json b/whitelist.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b751b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/whitelist.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"guild":["656579275008245830","754155880173404260"],"user":["123601647258697730","240240073386229760","285424490916216832","529534860243632134"]}
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