diff --git a/.idea/DiscordWhitelist.iml b/.idea/DiscordWhitelist.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74d515a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/DiscordWhitelist.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/venv" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
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diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..105ce2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
+  <settings>
+    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
+    <version value="1.0" />
+  </settings>
+</component>
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diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9fd31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.11 (DiscordWhitelist)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05d918e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/DiscordWhitelist.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/DiscordWhitelist.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35eb1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/autowl/__init__.py b/autowl/__init__.py
index 0dc0f7f..5680cd7 100644
--- a/autowl/__init__.py
+++ b/autowl/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,19 @@
+import os
 import discord
 
+
+# run init stuff inside this function
+def init():
+    # make sure this prints the discord token
+    # set this up as a runtime environment variable, DO NOT HARDCODE THE TOKEN
+    try:
+        disToken = os.environ[
+            'DISCORD_TOKEN']  # grabs the discord token from the environment variable, if not there, exit
+    except:
+        print("ERROR: unable to find discord token in environment variables!")
+        exit(1)
+
+    print("discord Token:"+disToken)
+
+
+init()
diff --git a/autowl/__main__.py b/autowl/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b014ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autowl/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import os
+import discord
+
+
+# main runtime function
+def main():
+    try:
+        disToken = os.environ['DISCORD_TOKEN']  # grabs the discord token from the environment variable, if not there, exit
+    except:
+        print("ERROR: unable to find discord token in environment variables!")
+        exit(1)
+
+    print("hello world")
+
+
+main()