diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 68b20de..c6d2cc9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+poise = "0.6.1"
+tokio = { version = "1.43.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/src/cmds.rs b/src/cmds.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7026560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmds.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use crate::{Context, Error};
+
+#[poise::command(slash_command, prefix_command)]
+pub async fn ping(
+  ctx: Context<'_>,
+  #[description = "The text to echo back"] text: String,
+) -> Result<(), Error>
+{
+  ctx.reply(text).await?;
+  Ok(())
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/events.rs b/src/events.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93d1ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/events.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use crate::{Data, Error};
+
+use poise::serenity_prelude as serenity;
+
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
+pub fn event_handler<'a>(
+    _ctx: &'a serenity::Context,
+    event: &'a serenity::FullEvent,
+    _framework: poise::FrameworkContext<'a, Data, Error>,
+    _data: &'a Data,
+) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<(), Error>> + Send + 'a>> {
+  Box::pin(async move {
+    if let serenity::FullEvent::Ready { data_about_bot } = event {
+      println!(
+        "Bot started as user \"{}\" with id {}",
+        data_about_bot.user.name,
+        data_about_bot.user.id
+      );
+    }
+    Ok(())
+  })
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 80a1832..2289907 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
-fn main() {
-  println!("Hello, world!");
+mod cmds;
+mod events;
+
+use poise::serenity_prelude as serenity;
+
+struct Data {}
+type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
+type Context<'a> = poise::Context<'a, Data, Error>;
+
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+  let token = std::env::var("ASSISTANT_TOKEN").expect("missing ASSISTANT_TOKEN env var");
+  let intents = serenity::GatewayIntents::all();
+
+  let peek_len = 27;
+  let token_peek = &token[..peek_len];
+  let token_end_len = token[peek_len..].len();
+  println!("Token: {}{}", token_peek, "*".repeat(token_end_len));
+
+
+  let framework = poise::Framework::builder()
+    .options(poise::FrameworkOptions {
+      commands: vec![cmds::ping()],
+      event_handler: events::event_handler, // error here
+      ..Default::default()
+    })
+    .setup(|ctx, _ready, framework| {
+      Box::pin(async move {
+        poise::builtins::register_globally(ctx, &framework.options().commands).await?;
+        Ok(Data {})
+      })
+    })
+    .build();
+
+  let mut bot = serenity::ClientBuilder::new(token, intents)
+    .framework(framework)
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+
+  println!("Starting bot...");
+  bot.start().await.unwrap();
 }