diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..349c6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+BOT_TOKEN=<YOUR_BOT_TOKEN>
+SERVER_ID=<YOUR_SERVER_ID>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f97022..603e19d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-target/
\ No newline at end of file
+target/
+.env
+
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b72b810..f7c23c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ A Discord bot for the best Discord community out there, TriDev. Vertex comes jam
 3. Create a new bot user
 4. Generate the invite link.
 5. Add the bot to your server with the link.
-6. Use the bot token as an environment variable `BOT_TOKEN` to start the app
+6. Use the bot token as an environment variable `BOT_TOKEN` to start the app.
+   * Create a copy of `.env.sample` and name it `.env`. In this file, you can set `BOT_TOKEN` or other 
+     environment variables you may want to set.
 7. Start the bot, profit!
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 08df917..6c931bb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use discord::Discord;
 use clap::Parser;
+use discord::model::{Event, ServerId};
 use dotenv::dotenv;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::{u64};
 
 extern crate discord;
 
@@ -13,7 +16,12 @@ const BOT_TOKEN_LENGTH: usize = 72;
 pub struct Config {
     /// Your bot token you got from Discord Developer portal.
     #[arg(short, long, env("BOT_TOKEN"))]
-    pub bot_token: String
+    pub bot_token: String,
+
+    /// Your Discord Server ID that you want to interact with
+    /// TODO: This will probably change if/when this bot becomes more generic.
+    #[arg(short, long, env("SERVER_ID"))]
+    pub server_id: String,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -21,6 +29,14 @@ impl Config {
         dotenv().ok();
         Self::parse()
     }
+
+    /// Creates a new `Config` instance with default values.
+    pub fn new(bot_token: String, server_id: String) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            bot_token,
+            server_id,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn get_discord(bot_token: &str) -> Discord {
@@ -28,20 +44,57 @@ fn get_discord(bot_token: &str) -> Discord {
         panic!("invalid bot token");
     }
 
-    return match Discord::from_bot_token(bot_token) {
-        Ok(discord) => discord,
-        Err(err) => panic!("error happened: {}", err)
+    return Discord::from_bot_token(bot_token).expect("Expected token");
+}
+
+fn bot_loop(discord: Discord) {
+    let (mut connection, _) = discord.connect().expect("connect failed");
+    println!("Ready.");
+
+    loop {
+        match connection.recv_event() {
+            Ok(Event::MessageCreate(message)) => {
+                println!("{} says: {}", message.author.name, message.content);
+                if message.content == "!test" {
+                    let _ = discord.send_message(
+                        message.channel_id,
+                        "This is a reply to the test.",
+                        "",
+                        false,
+                    );
+                } else if message.content == "!quit" {
+                    println!("Quitting.");
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(_) => {}
+            Err(discord::Error::Closed(code, body)) => {
+                println!("Gateway closed on us with code {:?}: {}", code, body);
+                break;
+            }
+            Err(err) => println!("Receive error: {:?}", err),
+        }
     }
 }
 
+/// Extracts the server id from the config
+fn get_server_id(config: Config) -> u64 {
+    let num = u64::from_str(config.server_id.as_str()).unwrap();
+    return num;
+}
+
 fn main() {
     let cfg = Config::from_env_and_args();
     let discord = get_discord(cfg.bot_token.as_str());
+    let server_id = ServerId(self::get_server_id(cfg));
+    let server = discord.get_server(server_id).unwrap();
+    println!("Connected to {}!", server.name);
+    bot_loop(discord);
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::get_discord;
+    use crate::{Config, get_discord, get_server_id};
 
     #[test]
     #[should_panic]
@@ -54,4 +107,11 @@ mod tests {
         // Our only validation rule right now is length
         get_discord("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get_server_id() {
+        let config = Config::new("123".to_string(), "456".to_string());
+        let expected_result = 456;
+        assert_eq!(expected_result, get_server_id(config));
+    }
 }