diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index 9641b8f..8592c53 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ const startBot = async () => {
     const loggers = log(client);
     Object.keys(loggers).forEach(logger => client[logger] = loggers[logger]);
 
-    client.log(client.utils.gr(client.config.randResp.clistart), {color: "#78d9f8", source: "NATS"}, true); //natsuki's wakeup log
+    client.log(client.utils.gr(client.config.randResp.clistart), {color: "#78d9f8", source: "NATS"}, true, true); //natsuki's wakeup log
+
+    await require('./src/handle/startup/run/login')(client); //log in to discord
+    await require('./src/db/connect')(client); //connect to database
 };
-startBot();
+startBot().catch(() => {
+    console.log("\nWell this is awkward.\n");
+}); // TODO add a .catch() and flag to recover the process
 // feels like there isn't a function name to do this justice :joy:
 
 // to do list:
diff --git a/src/db/connect.js b/src/db/connect.js
index 76e34b6..051f58b 100644
--- a/src/db/connect.js
+++ b/src/db/connect.js
@@ -7,17 +7,16 @@ const ora = require('../util/log/ora');
 module.exports = async client => {
     const auth = client.auth;
     const t = Date.now();
-    client.misc = {};
     client.misc.dbconnected = false;
     await ora(chalk.blueBright.bold.underline("Connecting to MongoDB..."),
         mongoose.connect(`mongodb+srv://${auth.database.user}:${auth.database.password}@${auth.database.cluster}.3jpp4.mongodb.net/test`, {
             useFindAndModify: false, useNewUrlParser: true, dbName: auth.database.name, useUnifiedTopology: true, useCreateIndex: true
         })
-        ).catch((e) => log(client).error("Failed to connect to mongoose!! Error below.", 0, true, true, e))
+        ).catch((e) => client.error("Failed to connect to mongoose!! Error below.", 0, true, true, e))
         .then(() => {client.misc.dbconnected = true;});
     if (!client.misc.dbconnected) {
-        log(client).warn("Database not connected, considering runtime to be unusable and exiting.", 0, true, true);
+        client.warn("Database not connected, considering runtime to be unusable and exiting.", 0, true, true);
         throw new Error();
     }
-    return log(client).success(`Connected to Mongo Database in ${chalk.white(`${Date.now() - t}ms`)}.`);
+    return client.success(`Connected to Mongo Database in ${chalk.white(`${Date.now() - t}ms`)}.`);
 };
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diff --git a/src/handle/startup/run/login.js b/src/handle/startup/run/login.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8551ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handle/startup/run/login.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+
+const ora = require('../../../util/log/ora');
+
+module.exports = async (client) => {
+    const t = Date.now();
+    client.misc = {};
+    client.misc.dscconnected = false;
+
+    await ora(`Waking up Natsuki... ${chalk.blueBright.bold.underline("(Connecting to Discord...)")}`,
+        client.login(client.auth.token)
+        ).catch((e) => client.error("Failed to connect to Discord!! Error below.", 0, true, true, e))
+        .then(() => {client.misc.dscconnected = true;});
+    if (!client.misc.dscconnected) {
+        client.warn("Discord not connected, considering runtime to be unusable and exiting.", 0, true, true);
+        throw new Error();
+    }
+    return client.success(`Connected to Discord in ${chalk.white(`${Date.now() - t}ms`)}.`);
+};