diff --git a/connectors/discord/discord.go b/connectors/discord/discord.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10fc204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connectors/discord/discord.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package discord
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/velour/catbase/bot/msg"
+
+	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/velour/catbase/bot"
+	"github.com/velour/catbase/bot/user"
+	"github.com/velour/catbase/config"
+)
+
+type Discord struct {
+	config *config.Config
+	client *discordgo.Session
+
+	event bot.Callback
+
+	emojiCache map[string]string
+}
+
+func New(config *config.Config) *Discord {
+	client, err := discordgo.New("Bot " + config.Get("DISCORDBOTTOKEN", ""))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Could not connect to Discord")
+	}
+	d := &Discord{
+		config: config,
+		client: client,
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+func (d *Discord) RegisterEvent(callback bot.Callback) {
+	d.event = callback
+}
+
+func (d Discord) Send(kind bot.Kind, args ...interface{}) (string, error) {
+
+	switch kind {
+	case bot.Message:
+		st, err := d.client.ChannelMessageSend(args[0].(string), args[1].(string))
+		return st.ID, err
+	default:
+		log.Error().Msgf("discord.Send: unknown kind, %+v", kind)
+		return "", errors.New("unknown message type")
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *Discord) GetEmojiList() map[string]string {
+	if d.emojiCache != nil {
+		return d.emojiCache
+	}
+	guidID := d.config.Get("discord.guildid", "")
+	if guidID == "" {
+	}
+	e, err := d.client.GuildEmojis(guidID)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("could not retrieve emojis")
+		return map[string]string{}
+	}
+	emojis := map[string]string{}
+	for _, e := range e {
+		emojis[e.ID] = e.Name
+	}
+	return emojis
+}
+
+func (d *Discord) Who(id string) []string {
+	ch, err := d.client.Channel(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("Error getting users")
+		return []string{}
+	}
+	users := []string{}
+	for _, u := range ch.Recipients {
+		users = append(users, u.Username)
+	}
+	return users
+}
+
+func (d *Discord) Profile(id string) (user.User, error) {
+	u, err := d.client.User(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Error getting user")
+		return user.User{}, err
+	}
+	return *convertUser(u), nil
+}
+
+func convertUser(u *discordgo.User) *user.User {
+	return &user.User{
+		ID:    u.ID,
+		Name:  u.Username,
+		Admin: false,
+		Icon:  u.Avatar,
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *Discord) Serve() error {
+	log.Debug().Msg("starting discord serve function")
+
+	d.client.Identify.Intents = discordgo.MakeIntent(discordgo.IntentsGuilds |
+		discordgo.IntentsGuildMessages)
+
+	err := d.client.Open()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debug().Err(err).Msg("error opening client")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Debug().Msg("discord connection open")
+
+	d.client.AddHandler(d.messageCreate)
+
+	sc := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sc, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, os.Interrupt, os.Kill)
+	<-sc
+
+	log.Debug().Msg("closing discord connection")
+
+	// Cleanly close down the Discord session.
+	return d.client.Close()
+}
+
+func (d *Discord) messageCreate(s *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageCreate) {
+	log.Debug().Msgf("discord message: %+v", m)
+	if m.Author.ID == s.State.User.ID {
+		return
+	}
+
+	msg := msg.Message{
+		User:        convertUser(m.Author),
+		Channel:     m.ChannelID,
+		ChannelName: m.ChannelID,
+		Body:        m.Content,
+		Time:        time.Now(),
+	}
+
+	d.event(d, bot.Message, msg)
+}
diff --git a/connectors/slackapp/slackApp.go b/connectors/slackapp/slackApp.go
index 3c73736..7093ffd 100644
--- a/connectors/slackapp/slackApp.go
+++ b/connectors/slackapp/slackApp.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ const defaultLogFormat = "[{{fixDate .Time \"2006-01-02 15:04:05\"}}] {{if .Topi
 // "User":{"Admin":false,"ID":"U0RLUDELD","Name":"flyngpngn"}}
 
 type SlackApp struct {
-	bot    bot.Bot
 	config *config.Config
 	api    *slack.Client
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f5934d2..ac3df17 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/antchfx/xpath v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/azr/backoff v0.0.0-20160115115103-53511d3c7330 // indirect
+	github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo v0.22.0
 	github.com/cdipaolo/goml v0.0.0-20190412180403-e1f51f713598
 	github.com/chrissexton/gofuck v1.0.0
 	github.com/chrissexton/leftpad v0.0.0-20181207133115-1e93189d2fff
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2188f94..0220561 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0 h1:F4z6KzEeeQIMeLFa97iZU6vupzoecKdU5TX24SNppXI=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/azr/backoff v0.0.0-20160115115103-53511d3c7330 h1:ekDALXAVvY/Ub1UtNta3inKQwZ/jMB/zpOtD8rAYh78=
 github.com/azr/backoff v0.0.0-20160115115103-53511d3c7330/go.mod h1:nH+k0SvAt3HeiYyOlJpLLv1HG1p7KWP7qU9QPp2/pCo=
+github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo v0.22.0 h1:uBxY1HmlVCsW1IuaPjpCGT6A2DBwRn0nvOguQIxDdFM=
+github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo v0.22.0/go.mod h1:c1WtWUGN6nREDmzIpyTp/iD3VYt4Fpx+bVyfBG7JE+M=
 github.com/cdipaolo/goml v0.0.0-20190412180403-e1f51f713598 h1:j2XRGH5Y5uWtBYXGwmrjKeM/kfu/jh7ZcnrGvyN5Ttk=
 github.com/cdipaolo/goml v0.0.0-20190412180403-e1f51f713598/go.mod h1:sduMkaHcXDIWurl/Bd/z0rNEUHw5tr6LUA9IO8E9o0o=
 github.com/chrissexton/gofuck v1.0.0 h1:vxg/tIfI2HunJOErSotmMqMRNfLRVO+BTjSKpFoAizA=
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ github.com/gonum/internal v0.0.0-20181124074243-f884aa714029 h1:8jtTdc+Nfj9AR+0s
 github.com/gonum/internal v0.0.0-20181124074243-f884aa714029/go.mod h1:Pu4dmpkhSyOzRwuXkOgAvijx4o+4YMUJJo9OvPYMkks=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.0/go.mod h1:E7qHFY5m1UJ88s3WnNqhKjPHQ0heANvMoAMk2YaljkQ=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 h1:+/TMaTYc4QFitKJxsQ7Yye35DkWvkdLcvGKqM+x0Ufc=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/inconshreveable/log15 v0.0.0-20200109203555-b30bc20e4fd1 h1:KUDFlmBg2buRWNzIcwLlKvfcnujcHQRQ1As1LoaCLAM=
@@ -145,7 +148,9 @@ github.com/velour/chat v0.0.0-20180713122344-fd1d1606cb89/go.mod h1:ejwOYCjnDMyO
 github.com/velour/velour v0.0.0-20160303155839-8e090e68d158 h1:p3rTUXxzuKsBOsHlkly7+rj9wagFBKeIsCDKkDII9sw=
 github.com/velour/velour v0.0.0-20160303155839-8e090e68d158/go.mod h1:Ojy3BTOiOTwpHpw7/HNi+TVTFppao191PQs+Qc3sqpE=
 github.com/zenazn/goji v0.9.0/go.mod h1:7S9M489iMyHBNxwZnk9/EHS098H4/F6TATF2mIxtB1Q=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181030102418-4d3f4d9ffa16/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529 h1:iMGN4xG0cnqj3t+zOM8wUB0BiPKHEwSxEZCvzcbZuvk=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20180321215751-8460e604b9de/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20180807140117-3d87b88a115f/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c94f592..dc0594c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/velour/catbase/connectors/discord"
+
 	"github.com/velour/catbase/plugins/gpt2"
 
 	"github.com/velour/catbase/plugins/achievements"
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ func main() {
 		client = slack.New(c)
 	case "slackapp":
 		client = slackapp.New(c)
+	case "discord":
+		client = discord.New(c)
 	default:
 		log.Fatal().Msgf("Unknown connection type: %s", c.Get("type", "UNSET"))
 	}