diff --git a/bot/bot/_GG.cs b/bot/bot/_GG.cs
index 70b7100..da5f9a5 100644
--- a/bot/bot/_GG.cs
+++ b/bot/bot/_GG.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
+using OpenQA.Selenium;
+using OpenQA.Selenium.Internal;
+using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
+using SuperSocket;
+using SuperSocket.SocketBase;
+using SuperWebSocket;
+using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
+using System.Threading;
 
 namespace bot {
     static class _GG {
@@ -14,5 +23,83 @@ namespace bot {
         const string dbuser = "NAME";
         const string dbpass = "PWD";
         const string dbname = "DATABASE_NAME";
+
+        static List<Thread> runningThreads = new List<Thread>();
+
+        public static string timezone = "+00:00";
+        public static bool observeDST = false;
+        public static string username = "";
+        public static string propername = "AJAX Bot";
+
+        public static int defaultCooldown = 300;
+
+        public static MySqlConnection conn;
+
+        public static bool isDaylightSavings() {
+            return (observeDST) ? TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones().First(o => o.DisplayName.ToLower().Contains("central time")).IsDaylightSavingTime(DateTime.UtcNow) : false;
+        }
+
+        public static DateTime getLocalTimeFromUTC() {
+            return getLocalTimeFromUTC(DateTime.UtcNow);
+        }
+
+        public static DateTime getLocalTimeFromUTC(DateTime utcTime) {
+            return (new DateTimeOffset(utcTime)).ToOffset(TimeSpan.Parse(timezone).Add(TimeSpan.FromHours(isDaylightSavings() ? 1 : 0))).DateTime;
+        }
+
+        public static void updateHeartbeat() {
+            string beat = getLocalTimeFromUTC().ToString();
+            Query.Quiet("UPDATE `updater` SET `heartbeat`='" + beat + "' WHERE `id`=1", conn);
+        }
+
+        public static void loadConfig() {
+            var r = Query.Reader("SELECT * FROM `config` WHERE `id`=1", conn);
+            r.Read();
+            defaultCooldown = r.GetInt32("cooldown");
+            username = r.GetString("username");
+            propername = r.GetString("name");
+            timezone = r.GetString("timezone");
+            observeDST = r.GetBoolean("dst");
+            r.Close();
+        }
+
+        public static void checkUpdates() {
+            var r = Query.Reader("SELECT * FROM `updater` WHERE `id`=1", conn);
+            r.Read();
+            if(r.GetBoolean("responses"))
+                Bot.loadResponseList();
+            //if(r.GetBoolean("autonomous")) TODO implement with autonomous
+
+            if(r.GetBoolean("config"))
+                loadConfig();
+            r.Close();
+        }
+
+        public static void pulseThread() {
+            DateTime t = new DateTime(0);
+
+            while(true) {
+                if((DateTime.Now - t).TotalSeconds > 30) {
+                    updateHeartbeat();
+                    checkUpdates();
+                    t = DateTime.Now;
+                    Console.WriteLine("pulsed");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public delegate void threadFunc();
+        public static void startThread(threadFunc t) {
+            runningThreads.Add((new Thread(new ThreadStart(t))));
+            runningThreads.Last().Start();
+        }
+
+        public static void stopAllThreads() {
+            foreach(Thread t in runningThreads) {
+                t.Abort();
+                t.Join();
+            }
+            runningThreads.Clear();
+        }
     }
 }