diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index 672c6b3..78152e3 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ const startBot = async () => {
 
     await require('./src/handle/startup/run/login')(client); //log in to discord
     await require('./src/db/connect')(client); //connect to database
+
+    await require('./src/handle/startup/run/collect')(client);
 };
 startBot().catch(e => errorhandler(e)); // TODO add a .catch() and flag to recover the process
 // feels like there isn't a function name to do this justice :joy:
diff --git a/src/handle/startup/collect/commands.js b/src/handle/startup/collect/commands.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1231a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handle/startup/collect/commands.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+module.exports = async client => {
+
+};
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diff --git a/src/handle/startup/collect/events.js b/src/handle/startup/collect/events.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39963e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handle/startup/collect/events.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = async client => {};
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diff --git a/src/handle/startup/run/collect.js b/src/handle/startup/run/collect.js
index 06b9462..fdcc1a1 100644
--- a/src/handle/startup/run/collect.js
+++ b/src/handle/startup/run/collect.js
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-module.exports = () => {};
\ No newline at end of file
+const {Collection} = require("discord.js");
+
+module.exports = async client => {
+    ['commands', 'events'].forEach(x => {
+        client[x] = new Collection();
+        require(`../collect/${x}`)(client);
+    });
+};
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