diff --git a/discordBridge/.env b/discordBridge/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..197bf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discordBridge/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TOKEN=MTA2MjM4NjI4MjM1MDc3NjQzMA.GxffCt.RWpwcdgSS7zl4aivcXSL3vRL06lcfnmDIx_1Q0
+TOPIC_HASH=64ae5b405f523f45c7ee68287ff89c281c5d297fe2fce622d51650fad7975178
+CHANNEL=928115276438978632
diff --git a/discordBridge/bridge.js b/discordBridge/bridge.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bb54cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discordBridge/bridge.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+const Discord = require('discord.js');
+const Hyperswarm = require('hyperswarm');
+const b4a = require('b4a');
+const crypto = require('hypercore-crypto');
+
+client = new Discord.Client({intents: 32767})
+const swarm = new Hyperswarm();
+let channel
+
+let topic;
+
+client.on('ready', () => {
+  console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);
+})
+
+topic = b4a.from("64ae5b405f523f45c7ee68287ff89c281c5d297fe2fce622d51650fad7975178", 'hex') // Generate a random topic
+
+  // Join the swarm network with the topic
+  swarm.join(topic, {
+    lookup: true, // Enable peer discovery
+    announce: true // Enable peer announcement
+  });
+
+  swarm.on('connection', (conn, info) => {
+    console.log(`Connected to a peer for topic ${topic.toString('hex')}`);
+
+    conn.on('data', data => {
+      // Send the message from the topic to the Discord channel
+      client.channels.cache.get("818514972610134069").send(b4a.toString(data));
+    });
+  });
+
+client.on('message', msg => {
+  if (msg.channel.id === '818514972610134069') {
+    // Send the message from the Discord channel to the topic
+    swarm.peers(topic, (err, peers) => {
+      peers.forEach(peer => {
+        const conn = swarm.connection(peer);
+        conn.write(b4a.fromString(msg.content));
+      });
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+client.login("MTA2MjM4NjI4MjM1MDc3NjQzMA.GxffCt.RWpwcdgSS7zl4aivcXSL3vRL06lcfnmDIx_1Q0");
diff --git a/sshChat.mjs b/sshChat.mjs
index df33cb6..e0bd74d 100644
--- a/sshChat.mjs
+++ b/sshChat.mjs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ goodbye(() => swarm.destroy())
 const conns = []
 let USERPWD = "/"
 let DAPI_KEY = {}
-let USERNAME = "annon" + rand
+let USERNAME = "anon" + rand
 let LOGGEDIN = false
 
 async function clearCursor() {
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ swarm.on('connection', conn => {
   })
 })
 
+swarm.on('error', (err) => {
+  console.log('Error connecting to peer:', err);
+});
+
 // Use readline to accept input from the user
 const rl = readline.createInterface({
   input: process.stdin,
@@ -145,6 +149,8 @@ rl.on('line', input => {
   }
 
   const execute = input.startsWith(">")
+  if (input.startsWith("/") || input.startsWith("!")) return
+
   if (execute) {
     let inputdata = input.split(2)
     const cmdToRun = inputdata.join(" ").replace("> ", "").replace(">", "")
@@ -169,7 +175,6 @@ rl.on('line', input => {
     })
   }
 
-
   const start = input.startsWith("/start")
   if (start) {
     startContainer(DAPI_KEY.key).then((data) => {
@@ -224,11 +229,20 @@ rl.on('line', input => {
 
 // Join a common topic
 const topic = process.argv[2] ? b4a.from(process.argv[2], 'hex') : crypto.randomBytes(32)
-const discovery = swarm.join(topic, { client: true, server: true })
 
-// The flushed promise will resolve when the topic has been fully announced to the DHT
+setTimeout(() => {
+  const discovery = swarm.join(topic, {
+    lookup: true,
+    announce: true
+    
+  });
+
+  // The flushed promise will resolve when the topic has been fully announced to the DHT
 discovery.flushed().then(() => {
   console.log(`joined topic: ${b4a.toString(topic, 'hex')}\n(Share this key to others so they may join.)`)
   console.log('You are now in a chatroom for your topic, feel free to chat.\n')
   console.log('Want to login to the SSH.SURF API? Type "/login [APIKEY]" to login.\n\n')
 })
+}, 3000);
+
+