diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
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+++ b/bot.js
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+import { createRequire } from 'module';
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+
+import Eris from 'eris';
+import Logger, { levels } from './logger.js';
+import CommandParser, { Command } from './parser.js';
+import { filename, dirname } from './utils.js';
+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);
+
+global.ctx = {
+	bot: bot,
+	log_level: levels[cfg.log_level.toUpperCase()] || levels.WARN,
+	set_ctx: (key, value) => {
+		global.ctx[key] = value;
+	},
+};
+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) || (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) || (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,
+};
+
+const listeners = {}
+
+bot.on('ready', () => {
+	log.info('ready recieved.');
+	bot.guilds.forEach((guild) => checkGuild(guild));
+});
+
+bot.on('messageCreate', (msg) => parse.parseMsg(msg, global.ctx));
+
+bot.on('error', (err) => log.error(err.toString()));
+
+bot.connect();
+
+async function load_commands() {
+	for (let file of files) {
+		let p = path.join(cmd_dir, file);
+		log.debug('loading ' + p);
+		let obj;
+		try {
+			obj = await import('file:////' + p);
+		} catch (e) {
+			log.warn(`loading file ${file}, ran into issue: ${e.stack}`);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (obj.default != undefined) {
+			if (obj.default.constructor.name == 'CommandInitializer') {
+				obj.default.initialize(global.ctx);
+				let cmds = obj.default.getCommands();
+				if (parse.isCmd(cmds)) {
+					parse.addCommand(cmds);
+				} else if (cmds.constructor.name == 'Array') {
+					for (let cmd of cmds) {
+						parse.addCommand(cmd);
+					}
+				}
+        let events = obj.default.getEvents();
+        if (events != undefined) {
+          for (let event in events) {
+            if (!listeners[event]) {
+              listeners[event] = []
+            }
+            listeners[event].push(events[event])
+          }
+        }
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.warn('module ' + file + ' returned an undefined module.');
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+let cmd_dir = path.join(dir, 'cmd');
+log.trace(dir);
+let files = fs.readdirSync(cmd_dir);
+load_commands();
diff --git a/cmd/perm.js b/cmd/perm.js
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+++ b/cmd/perm.js
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+import { CommandInitializer, Command } from '../parser.js';
+
+const initializer = new CommandInitializer();
+
+class WhitelistUser extends Command {
+	name = 'wu';
+	whitelist = true;
+	func = async function (msg, args, ctx) {
+		let user = await ctx.bot.users.get(args[0].trim());
+		this.log.debug(msg.channel.guild.members);
+		this.log.debug(user);
+		if (!user) {
+			user = msg.channel.guild.members.get(args[0].trim());
+			this.log.debug(user);
+			if (!user) {
+				user = (await msg.channel.guild.fetchMembers({ userIDs: [args[0]] }))[0];
+				this.log.debug(user);
+			}
+		}
+		if (user.username) {
+			if (!ctx.whitelist.wl) {
+				ctx.whitelist.wl = {
+					user: [],
+					guild: [],
+				};
+			}
+			let list = ctx.whitelist.wl.user || [];
+			if (!list.includes(args[0])) {
+				list.push(args[0]);
+				ctx.whitelist.wl.user = list;
+				ctx.whitelist.save();
+				msg.channel.createMessage(`added user "${user.username}#${user.discriminator}" (${args[0]}) to whitelist`);
+			} else {
+				msg.channel.createMessage('user already whitelisted');
+			}
+		} else {
+			msg.channel.createMessage(`user with id ${args[0]} could not be found`);
+		}
+	};
+}
+initializer.addCommand(new WhitelistUser());
+
+class WhitelistGuild extends Command {
+	name = 'wg';
+	whitelist = true;
+	func = async function (msg, args, ctx) {
+		let guild = await ctx.bot.guilds.get(args[0]);
+		if (guild && guild.name) {
+			if (!ctx.whitelist.wl) {
+				ctx.whitelist.wl = {
+					user: [],
+					guild: [],
+				};
+			}
+			let list = ctx.whitelist.wl.guild || [];
+			if (!list.includes(args[0])) {
+				list.push(args[0]);
+				ctx.whitelist.wl.guild = list;
+				ctx.whitelist.save();
+				msg.channel.createMessage(`added guild "${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());
+
+class Purge extends Command {
+	name = 'purge';
+	whitelist = true;
+	func = async function (msg, args, ctx) {
+		let guilds = await ctx.bot.guilds;
+		let whitelist = ctx.whitelist.guild;
+		let purged = 0;
+		guilds.forEach((guild) => {
+			if (!whitelist(guild)) {
+				this.log.info(`purging guild ${guild.name} (${guild.id})`);
+				guild.leave();
+				purged++;
+			} else {
+				this.log.debug(`keeping guild ${guild.name} (${guild.id})`);
+			}
+		});
+		msg.channel.createMessage(`purged ${purged} guilds.`);
+	};
+}
+
+initializer.addCommand(new Purge());
+
+export default initializer;
diff --git a/cmd/reg.js b/cmd/reg.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/reg.js
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+import { CommandInitializer, Command } from '../parser.js';
+import Logger, { levels } from '../logger.js';
+import { filename } from '../utils.js';
+
+const initializer = new CommandInitializer();
+const log = new Logger(filename(import.meta.url), global.ctx.log_level);
+
+class PingCommand extends Command {
+	name = 'ping';
+	func(msg, args, ctx) {
+		msg.channel.createMessage('p').then((m) => {
+			m.edit(
+				`rtt: ${Math.floor(m.timestamp - msg.timestamp)}, gateway: ${
+					ctx.bot.shards.get(ctx.bot.guildShardMap[ctx.bot.channelGuildMap[msg.channel.id]] || 0).latency
+				}`
+			);
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+initializer.addCommand(new PingCommand());
+
+class RestartCommand extends Command {
+	name = 'restart';
+	func(msg, args, ctx) {
+		msg.channel.createMessage('restarting.').then(() => {
+			process.exit();
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+initializer.addCommand(new RestartCommand());
+
+class EvalCommand extends Command {
+	name = 'eval';
+	whitelist = true;
+	func(msg, args, ctx) {
+    log.debug('evaluating ' + args[0]);
+		let result = eval(args[0]);
+    log.debug('result is: \n' + result);
+    if (result.length <= 1999) {
+		  msg.channel.createMessage(result);
+    }
+    else {
+      msg.channel.createMessage("result too long, see logs");
+    }
+	}
+}
+
+initializer.addCommand(new EvalCommand());
+
+export default initializer;
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1910cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+	"token": "MjY3Mzg2MTUyMzIxOTQxNTA1.WHFMwg.KgEUojOa43UL43yqUy9-TKz05tY",
+	"log_level": "DEBUG",
+	"prefix": "p.",
+	"whitelist": ["656579275008245830"],
+	"user_whitelist": ["123601647258697730"]
+}
diff --git a/logger.js b/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..133eea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+export const levels = {
+  TRACE: 5,
+	DEBUG: 4,
+	INFO: 3,
+	WARN: 2,
+	ERROR: 1,
+	PANIC: 0,
+};
+
+export default class Logger {
+	constructor(name, level) {
+		console.log(`created new logger for ${name} with level ${level}`);
+		this.sn(name);
+		this.s(level);
+	}
+	n = 'DEFAULT';
+	l = 0;
+	sn(n) {
+		this.n = n;
+	}
+	s(l) {
+		if (l && l.constructor === Number) {
+			this.l = l;
+		} else {
+			this.l = levels[l];
+		}
+	}
+
+	lo(l, m) {
+		if (l <= this.l) {
+			let level = Object.keys(levels).find((key) => levels[key] === l);
+			let ms = typeof m == 'object' ? JSON.stringify(m) : m;
+			console.log(`${level} [${this.n}]: ${ms}`);
+		}
+	}
+
+  trace(msg) {
+    this.lo(levels.TRACE, msg);
+  }
+
+	debug(msg) {
+		this.lo(levels.DEBUG, msg);
+	}
+	info(msg) {
+		this.lo(levels.INFO, msg);
+	}
+	warn(msg) {
+		this.lo(levels.WARN, msg);
+	}
+	error(msg) {
+		this.lo(levels.ERROR, msg);
+	}
+	panic(msg) {
+		this.lo(levels.PANIC, msg);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "type": "module",
+  "name": "pinbot",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "a bot to manage pins (and also other stuff!)",
+  "main": "bot.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git@ssh.gitdab.com:jane/pinbot.git"
+  },
+  "author": "jane petrovna (jane@j4.pm)",
+  "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "eris": "^0.15.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/parser.js b/parser.js
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index 0000000..5edb2d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser.js
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+import Logger, { levels } from './logger.js';
+import { filename } from './utils.js';
+
+export class Command {
+	init(ctx, log) {
+		this.log = log;
+	}
+	log;
+	name = 'DEFAULT';
+	whitelist = false;
+	func() {}
+}
+
+export class CommandInitializer {
+	commands = [];
+	uninitialized = [];
+	events = {};
+
+	initialize(ctx) {
+		for (let index in this.uninitialized) {
+			this.initCommand(this.uninitialized[index], ctx);
+			delete this.uninitialized[index];
+		}
+	}
+
+	initCommand(cmd, ctx) {
+		cmd.init(ctx, new Logger(`cmd.${cmd.name}`, ctx.log_level));
+		this.commands.push(cmd);
+	}
+
+	addCommand(cmd) {
+		this.uninitialized.push(cmd);
+	}
+
+	addEvent(event, func) {
+		if (!events[event]) {
+			events[event] = [];
+		}
+		events[event].push(func);
+	}
+
+	getCommands() {
+		return this.commands;
+	}
+
+	getEvents() {
+		return this.events;
+	}
+}
+
+export default class CommandParser {
+	constructor(ctx, prefix = ';') {
+		this.log = new Logger(filename(import.meta.url), ctx.log_level);
+		this.prefix = prefix ? prefix : this.prefix || ';';
+	}
+	log;
+	prefix;
+	commands = [];
+
+	addCommand(cmd) {
+		this.log.trace(`cmd to add: ${JSON.stringify(cmd)}`);
+		if (this.isCmd(cmd)) {
+			this.commands.push(cmd);
+		}
+	}
+
+	hasCmd(str) {
+		let results = this.commands.filter((c) => c.name == str);
+
+		return results.length ? results[0] : undefined;
+	}
+
+	isCmd(cmd) {
+		return typeof cmd == 'object' && cmd instanceof Command;
+	}
+
+	getArgsList(split) {
+		let parsed_args = [];
+		let join_index = -1;
+		let add = true;
+		for (let index in split) {
+			if (split[index].startsWith('```')) {
+				join_index = index;
+				add = false;
+			}
+			if (add) {
+				parsed_args.push(split[index]);
+			}
+			if (split[index].endsWith('```') && join_index != -1) {
+				let joined = split
+					.slice(join_index, index + 1)
+					.join(' ')
+					.replace(/```/g, '');
+				parsed_args.push(joined);
+				add = true;
+				join_index = -1;
+			}
+		}
+		return parsed_args;
+	}
+
+	parseMsg(msg, ctx) {
+		if (msg.author.bot) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (msg.channel.guild && !ctx.whitelist.guild(msg.channel.guild)) {
+			msg.channel.createMessage('guild not whitelisted');
+			return;
+		}
+		this.log.trace(msg.content);
+		this.log.trace(msg.content.startsWith(this.prefix));
+		this.log.trace(msg.content[0]);
+		this.log.trace(this.prefix);
+		if (msg.content.startsWith(this.prefix)) {
+			let snip = msg.content.slice(this.prefix.length);
+			let unsep = snip.split(' ');
+			let res = this.hasCmd(unsep[0]);
+			let args = this.getArgsList(unsep.slice(1));
+			this.log.trace(snip);
+			this.log.trace(res);
+			this.log.trace(args);
+
+			if (res != undefined) {
+				this.log.debug(`execute function ${res.name}`);
+				if (res.whitelist && !ctx.whitelist.user(msg.author)) {
+					msg.channel.createMessage('not whitelisted');
+				} else {
+					res.func(msg, args, ctx);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bf4c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
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+dependencies:
+  eris: 0.15.0
+lockfileVersion: 5.2
+packages:
+  /eris/0.15.0:
+    dependencies:
+      ws: 7.4.4
+    dev: false
+    engines:
+      node: '>=10.4.0'
+    optionalDependencies:
+      opusscript: 0.0.8
+      tweetnacl: 1.0.3
+    resolution:
+      integrity: sha512-muBdi5XyMXdxFQ8xUG6yofq40/Z02CHlqJP7zIdHhpdDiHvFM/mybGiFAHuoSYcsVTTvEfbUaAJ+SDEmMjARYw==
+  /opusscript/0.0.8:
+    dev: false
+    optional: true
+    resolution:
+      integrity: sha512-VSTi1aWFuCkRCVq+tx/BQ5q9fMnQ9pVZ3JU4UHKqTkf0ED3fKEPdr+gKAAl3IA2hj9rrP6iyq3hlcJq3HELtNQ==
+  /tweetnacl/1.0.3:
+    dev: false
+    optional: true
+    resolution:
+      integrity: sha512-6rt+RN7aOi1nGMyC4Xa5DdYiukl2UWCbcJft7YhxReBGQD7OAM8Pbxw6YMo4r2diNEA8FEmu32YOn9rhaiE5yw==
+  /ws/7.4.4:
+    dev: false
+    engines:
+      node: '>=8.3.0'
+    peerDependencies:
+      bufferutil: ^4.0.1
+      utf-8-validate: ^5.0.2
+    peerDependenciesMeta:
+      bufferutil:
+        optional: true
+      utf-8-validate:
+        optional: true
+    resolution:
+      integrity: sha512-Qm8k8ojNQIMx7S+Zp8u/uHOx7Qazv3Yv4q68MiWWWOJhiwG5W3x7iqmRtJo8xxrciZUY4vRxUTJCKuRnF28ZZw==
+specifiers:
+  eris: ^0.15.0
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fbb508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+git pull
+pnpm start
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diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24fad97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import path from "path";
+import {platform} from "process";
+
+export function filename(url) {
+  let __filename = new URL(url).pathname;
+  return path.basename(__filename, ".js");
+}
+
+export function dirname(url) {
+  let __filename = new URL(url).pathname;
+  let __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+  return platform == "win32"
+    ? __dirname.slice(1)
+    : __dirname;
+}
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diff --git a/whitelist.json b/whitelist.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ce71c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/whitelist.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"guild":["656579275008245830","823796249832194088"],"user":["123601647258697730"]}
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