diff --git a/src/journal/format.h b/src/journal/format.h
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diff --git a/src/journal/journal.c b/src/journal/journal.c
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--- a/src/journal/journal.c
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-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <time.h>
-
-// functions to deal with the journal file
-
-
-FILE *journal_open(char *topic)
-{
-    char *home_path = getenv("HOME");
-
-    // combine w/ home path
-    char *journal_dir = (char*)malloc(1024);
-    snprintf(journal_dir, 1024, "%s/.lunabot", home_path);
-
-    // construct a 744
-    mkdir(journal_dir, S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
-
-    char *journal_path = (char*)malloc(1024);
-    snprintf(journal_path, 1024, "%s/%s", journal_dir, topic);
-
-    FILE* res = fopen(journal_path, "a");
-
-    free(journal_path);
-    free(journal_dir);
-
-    return res;
-}
-
-void journal_write(FILE* journal_fd, char* message)
-{
-    // TODO: strlen()?
-    fwrite(message, strlen(message), 1, journal_fd);
-}
-
-void journal_close(FILE* journal_fd)
-{
-    fclose(journal_fd);
-}
-
-void journal_write_topic(FILE *journal_fd, char *topic, char *message)
-{
-    char *tstamp = malloc(128 * sizeof(char));
-    char fmt_msg[512];
-
-    time_t rawtime;
-    time(&rawtime);
-    const struct tm *cur_time = gmtime(&rawtime);
-    strftime(tstamp, 128, "%c", cur_time);
-
-    sprintf(fmt_msg, "[%s] [%s]: %s\n", tstamp, topic, message);
-    free(tstamp);
-
-    journal_write(journal_fd, fmt_msg);
-}