diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6bba59..160a805 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -128,3 +128,6 @@ dist
 .yarn/build-state.yml
 .yarn/install-state.gz
 .pnp.*
+
+# secrets
+botkey.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asher/package-lock.json b/asher/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48823ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asher/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "asher-discord-bot",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "asher-discord-bot",
+      "version": "0.0.0",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/asher/package.json b/asher/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed87e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asher/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "asher-discord-bot",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "best friends bot",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "serve": "node src/index.js",
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/walcutt/asher.git"
+  },
+  "author": "walcutt",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/walcutt/asher/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/walcutt/asher#readme"
+}
diff --git a/asher/src/index.js b/asher/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77a45fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asher/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("hello world!");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08b05b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  asher:
+    image: node:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    init: true
+    volumes:
+      - ./asher:/asher
+    command: bash -c "cd /asher && npm i && npm run serve"
+    secrets:
+      - botkey
+
+
+secrets:
+  botkey:
+    file: ./botkey.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-install.sh b/docker-install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4156d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Add Docker's official GPG key:
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
+sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+
+# Add the repository to Apt sources:
+echo \
+  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
+  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+sudo apt-get update
+
+sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/package-lock.json b/src/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..871a490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "src",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {}
+}