diff --git a/commands/Moderation/lockdown.js b/commands/Moderation/lockdown.js
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+const ms = require('ms');
+
+exports.run = async (client, message, args, level) => {
+  if (!client.lockit) client.lockit = [];
+    const time = args.join(' ');
+    const validUnlocks = ['release', 'unlock'];
+    if (!time) return message.reply('you must set a duration for the lockdown in either hours, minutes or seconds.');
+
+    if (validUnlocks.includes(time)) {
+      message.channel.overwritePermissions(message.guild.id, {
+        SEND_MESSAGES: null
+      }).then(() => {
+        message.channel.send('Lockdown has been lifted.');
+        clearTimeout(client.lockit[message.channel.id]);
+        delete client.lockit[message.channel.id];
+      }).catch(error => {
+        console.log(error);
+      });
+    } else {
+      message.channel.overwritePermissions(message.guild.id, {
+        SEND_MESSAGES: false
+      }).then(() => {
+        message.channel.send(`Channel has been locked down for ${ms(ms(time), { long:true })}.`).then(() => {
+
+          client.lockit[message.channel.id] = setTimeout(() => {
+            message.channel.overwritePermissions(message.guild.id, {
+              SEND_MESSAGES: null
+            }).then(message.channel.send('Lockdown has been lifted.')).catch(console.error);
+            delete client.lockit[message.channel.id];
+          }, ms(time));
+
+        }).catch(error => {
+          console.log(error);
+        });
+      });
+    }
+};
+
+exports.conf = {
+  enabled: true,
+  guildOnly: true,
+  aliases: ["ld"],
+  permLevel: "Administrator"
+};
+
+exports.help = {
+  name: "lockdown",
+  category: "Moderation",
+  description: "People being a pest somewhere? Lock it down!",
+  usage: "lockdown [duration]"
+};