diff --git a/apps/discord-bot/.env.example b/apps/discord-bot/.env.example
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DISCORD_TOKEN=
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diff --git a/apps/discord-bot/.gitignore b/apps/discord-bot/.gitignore
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+++ b/apps/discord-bot/.gitignore
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+.env
+/core/apps/discord-bot/.venv*
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diff --git a/apps/discord-bot/README.md b/apps/discord-bot/README.md
index f3f07025..ef042630 100644
--- a/apps/discord-bot/README.md
+++ b/apps/discord-bot/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 ### Discord Bot
-
-This is where the discord bot will go. (Hi Stanley!)
-
-You may delete this read me (or not, i don't care!).
-
-Please use virtual envs for development...
+for venv run source .venv/bin/activate if get error about pip commands not found
+(hi alex)
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diff --git a/apps/discord-bot/main.py b/apps/discord-bot/main.py
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+++ b/apps/discord-bot/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+import logging
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import os
+
+load_dotenv()
+token = os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN')
diff --git a/apps/discord-bot/requirements.txt b/apps/discord-bot/requirements.txt
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+++ b/apps/discord-bot/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+discord.py
+python-dotenv
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