diff --git a/commands/recordStart.js b/commands/recordStart.js
index 336bab1..b3511ca 100644
--- a/commands/recordStart.js
+++ b/commands/recordStart.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+
 exports.run = (client, message, config) => {
   if (config.isAutomated) {
     return message.reply(
@@ -10,6 +12,28 @@ exports.run = (client, message, config) => {
     } else {
       config.attendanceArray = [];
       config.isRecording = true;
+
+      var today = new Date();
+      var month = today.getMonth() + 1; //january is 0
+      var day = today.getDate(); //getday returns the day of the week.
+      var year = today.getFullYear(); //gets the 4 digit version
+      thisMonth = year + '-' + month;
+      thisDay = year + '/' + month + '/' + day;
+
+      fs.readFile('./logs/' + thisMonth + '.txt', 'utf-8', function(err, data) {
+        if (err) {
+          if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+            console.log('doesnt exist');
+            config.attendanceArray.unshift(thisDay);
+          }
+        } else {
+          console.log('exists');
+          var theFile = data.toString();
+          if (theFile.indexOf(thisDay) == -1) {
+            config.attendanceArray.unshift(thisDay);
+          }
+        }
+      });
       //start the recording
       return message.channel.send(
         'Attendance recording has started. \n' +
diff --git a/commands/recordStop.js b/commands/recordStop.js
index fbfe763..31b6723 100644
--- a/commands/recordStop.js
+++ b/commands/recordStop.js
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ exports.run = (client, message, config) => {
         var year = today.getFullYear(); //gets the 4 digit version
         thisMonth = year + '-' + month;
         thisDay = year + '/' + month + '/' + day;
-        //unshift brings the date to the front of the array
-        arrayAttendance.unshift(thisDay);
 
         //w -open file for writing. the file is created (if it does not exist) or truncated (if it exists).
         //wx - like w but fails if path exists.
diff --git a/commands/userRemove.js b/commands/userRemove.js
index e4d7b01..47a5849 100644
--- a/commands/userRemove.js
+++ b/commands/userRemove.js
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ exports.run = (client, messsage, args) => {
         //remove the user, remove the empty line, combine them together with the stuff before.
         var removeUser = lastPartFile.replace(args[1], '');
         var combine = firstPartFile + removeUser.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/, '');
-        console.log(combine);
         fs.writeFile('./logs/' + thisMonth + '.txt', combine, 'utf8', err => {
           if (err) throw err;
           return message.reply(