diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 93ba1a2..6622f9b 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from overrides import bytes, bbytes
 from logs import log
 import re
 from typing import NoReturn
-
+from config import npbase, servers, __version__
 
 class bot:
     def __init__(server: str):
@@ -26,10 +26,39 @@ class bot:
         self.exitcode = f"bye {botnick.lower()}"
         self.np = re.compile(npbase.replace("MAX", f"{nicklen}"))
         self.queue = []
-        self.__version__ = "v1.0.5"
         self.socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
         log(f"Start init for {server}", self.server)
 
+    def connect(self) -> None:
+        self.log(f"Joining {server}...")
+        self.socket.connect((self.address, self.port))
+        self.send(f"USER {botnick} {botnick} {botnick} {botnick}\n")
+        self.send(f"NICK {botnick}\n")
+        while (
+            ircmsg.find("MODE " + botnick) == -1 and ircmsg.find("PRIVMSG " + botnick) == -1
+        ):
+            ircmsg = self.recv().decode()
+            if ircmsg != "":
+                print(bytes(ircmsg).lazy_decode())
+                if ircmsg.find("NICKLEN=") != -1:
+                    self.nicklen = int(ircmsg.split("NICKLEN=")[1].split(" ")[0])
+                    self.np = re.compile(npbase.replace("MAX", f"{nicklen}"))
+                    self.log(f"NICKLEN set to {nicklen}")
+                if ircmsg.find("Nickname") != -1:
+                    self.warn("Nickname in use")
+                    self.botnick = f"{botnick}{r.randint(0,1000)}"
+                    self.send(f"NICK {botnick}\n")
+                    self.log(f"botnick is now {botnick}")
+                if ircmsg.startswith("PING "):
+                    self.ping(ircmsg)
+                if len(ircmsg.split("\x01")) == 3:
+                    self.CTCPHandler(ircmsg, isRaw=True)
+                if ircmsg.find("Closing Link") != -1:
+                    self.exit("Closing Link")
+            else:
+                self.exit("Lost connection to the server")
+        self.log(f"Joined {server} successfully!")
+
     def send(self, command: str) -> int:
         return ircsock.send(bytes(command))