diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8045f46..5c0b9a1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ mod events;
 mod messages;
 mod python;
 mod macros;
-mod python_comms;
 
 use std::env;
 use std::process;
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ async fn main() {
      && !args.contains(&"--rs".to_string())
   {
     println!("----- PYTHON ONLY MODE -----");
-    let _ = python::start();
+    let _ = python::start(args);
     process::exit(0);
   }
   else if args.contains(&"--rs".to_string())
@@ -54,15 +53,17 @@ async fn main() {
   }
 
   let rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+  let rust_args = args.clone();
+  let python_args = args.clone();
 
   let rust = thread::spawn(move || {
     rt.block_on(async {
-      start(args).await;
+      start(rust_args).await;
     });
   });
 
   let python = thread::spawn(|| {
-    let _ = python::start();
+    let _ = python::start(python_args);
   });
 
   rust.join().unwrap();
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ async fn main() {
 
 
 async fn start(args: Vec<String>) {
+  rs_println!("ARGS: {:?}", &args[1..]);
+
   let data = gen_data(args);
   let mut bot = gen_bot(data).await;
 
diff --git a/src/python.rs b/src/python.rs
index 15ebd8f..f55dc4a 100644
--- a/src/python.rs
+++ b/src/python.rs
@@ -8,22 +8,18 @@ use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::PyList;
 
 
-pub fn start() -> PyResult<()> { 
+pub fn start(args: Vec<String>) -> PyResult<()> { 
   rs_println!("Running Python program...");
 
   let path = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "\\src\\python");
 
   let code = get_code(&(path.to_owned() + "\\main.py"));
-  let app_path = CString::new(code).unwrap();
+  let app_path = CString::new(format!("args = {:?}\n{}", args, code)).unwrap();
   
   pyo3::prepare_freethreaded_python();
 
   let from_python = Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<Py<PyAny>> {
-    let syspath = py
-      .import("sys")?
-      .getattr("path")?
-      .downcast_into::<PyList>()?;
-
+    let syspath = py.import("sys")?.getattr("path")?.downcast_into::<PyList>()?;
     syspath.insert(0, path)?;
     let empty = CString::new("").unwrap();
 
@@ -38,6 +34,7 @@ pub fn start() -> PyResult<()> {
   return Ok(());
 }
 
+
 fn get_code(path: &str) -> String {
   return fs::read_to_string(path)
     .expect("Failed to read Python file.")
diff --git a/src/python/bot.py b/src/python/bot.py
index c6ea8a0..30b8b33 100644
--- a/src/python/bot.py
+++ b/src/python/bot.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ from io import TextIOWrapper
 from praw import models
 import praw
 import os
+
 from macros import *
 
 class Bot:
+  args: list[str] = ["NO_RUST", "--dev", "--py"]
   password: str = os.environ.get("ASSISTANT_R_PASS")
   secret: str   = os.environ.get("ASSISTANT_R_TOKEN")
 
@@ -22,4 +24,7 @@ class Bot:
   )
   sr: models.Subreddit = r.subreddit("bytedicetesting") #r.subreddit("boykisser")
   data_f: TextIOWrapper = None
-  data: dict = {}
\ No newline at end of file
+  data: dict = {}
+
+  def set_args(self, args: list[str]):
+    self.args = args
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/python/main.py b/src/python/main.py
index 87a0539..ea44e4d 100644
--- a/src/python/main.py
+++ b/src/python/main.py
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import sys
 
+from macros import *
 import bot as botPy
 import data
-from macros import *
 
 
 def main():
   sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8")
 
   bot = botPy.Bot()
+  try: bot.set_args(args)
+  except NameError:
+    py_print("No command args found from Rust. Don't worry though, we have backup in place.")
+
+  py_print("ARGS:", str(bot.args[1:]))
   py_print("Reading data...")
   data.read_data(bot)
 
diff --git a/src/python/websocket.py b/src/python/websocket.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/python_comms.rs b/src/python_comms.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f26a70a..0000000
--- a/src/python_comms.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-use serde_json::Value;
-
-fn fetch_data() {
-  // tell python to update JSON
-  // read JSON
-  return;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/websocket.rs b/src/websocket.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29