diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index adcca82..0af7ad4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/deletescape/jobtracker v0.0.0-20211024175651-68fbc3d60d80
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.0.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.2.0
+	github.com/hugolgst/rich-go v0.0.0-20210925091458-d59fb695d9c0
 	github.com/phuslu/log v1.0.75
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1
 	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4691f4b..e08ad42 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO
 github.com/hashicorp/mdns v1.0.0/go.mod h1:tL+uN++7HEJ6SQLQ2/p+z2pH24WQKWjBPkE0mNTz8vQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:ajVTdAv/9Im8oMAAj5G31PhhMCZJV2pPBoIllUwCN7I=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6hOLApaqBFA1NXqRQAsxw9QxuDEvNxSQRwA/JwenrHc=
+github.com/hugolgst/rich-go v0.0.0-20210925091458-d59fb695d9c0 h1:IkZfZBWufGFLvci1vXLiUu8PWVtG6wlz920CMtHobMo=
+github.com/hugolgst/rich-go v0.0.0-20210925091458-d59fb695d9c0/go.mod h1:nGaW7CGfNZnhtiFxMpc4OZdqIexGXjUlBnlmpZmjEKA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9 h1:UauaLniWCFHWd+Jp9oCEkTBj8VO/9DKg3PV3VCNMDIg=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
@@ -353,6 +355,8 @@ gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.51.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.63.2 h1:tGK/CyBg7SMzb60vP1M03vNZ3VDu3wGQJwn7Sxi9r3c=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.63.2/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
+gopkg.in/natefinch/npipe.v2 v2.0.0-20160621034901-c1b8fa8bdcce h1:+JknDZhAj8YMt7GC73Ei8pv4MzjDUNPHgQWJdtMAaDU=
+gopkg.in/natefinch/npipe.v2 v2.0.0-20160621034901-c1b8fa8bdcce/go.mod h1:5AcXVHNjg+BDxry382+8OKon8SEWiKktQR07RKPsv1c=
 gopkg.in/resty.v1 v1.12.0/go.mod h1:mDo4pnntr5jdWRML875a/NmxYqAlA73dVijT2AXvQQo=
 gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 h1:wFXVbFY8DY5/xOe1ECiWdKCzZlxgshcYVNkBHstARME=
 gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2/go.mod h1:jksf8JmL6Qr/oQM2OXTHunEvvTAsrWBLb6OOjuVWRNI=
diff --git a/pkg/goop/clone.go b/pkg/goop/clone.go
index 83fc51c..cd3df70 100644
--- a/pkg/goop/clone.go
+++ b/pkg/goop/clone.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/storage/filesystem"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/storage/filesystem/dotgit"
+	"github.com/hugolgst/rich-go/client"
 	"github.com/phuslu/log"
 	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp/fasthttpproxy"
@@ -99,6 +100,37 @@ func CloneList(listFile, baseDir string, force, keep bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+var startTime = time.Now()
+
+func updateStatus(state, baseUrl string) {
+	parsed, _ := url.Parse(baseUrl)
+
+	err := client.SetActivity(client.Activity{
+		State:   state,
+		Details: fmt.Sprintf("Dumping %s", parsed.Hostname()),
+		Timestamps: &client.Timestamps{
+			Start: &startTime,
+		},
+		LargeImage: "git-icon",
+		LargeText:  "goop house next up",
+		SmallImage: "git-icon",
+		SmallText:  "goop house next up",
+		Buttons: []*client.Button{
+			{
+				Label: "View .git/config",
+				Url:   utils.Url(baseUrl, ".git/config"),
+			},
+			{
+				Label: "Download goop",
+				Url:   "https://github.com/deletescape/goop",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("couldn't publish discord rich status")
+	}
+}
+
 func Clone(u, dir string, force, keep bool) error {
 	baseUrl := strings.TrimSuffix(u, "/")
 	baseUrl = strings.TrimSuffix(baseUrl, "/HEAD")
@@ -143,7 +175,12 @@ func Clone(u, dir string, force, keep bool) error {
 }
 
 func FetchGit(baseUrl, baseDir string) error {
+	err := client.Login("906528897976397834")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("couldn't connect to discord")
+	}
 	log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Msg("testing for .git/HEAD")
+	updateStatus("testing for .git/HEAD", baseUrl)
 	code, body, err := c.Get(nil, utils.Url(baseUrl, ".git/HEAD"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -156,6 +193,7 @@ func FetchGit(baseUrl, baseDir string) error {
 	}
 
 	log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Msg("testing if recursive download is possible")
+	updateStatus("testing for recursive download", baseUrl)
 	code, body, err = c.Get(body, utils.Url(baseUrl, ".git/"))
 	if err != nil {
 		if utils.IgnoreError(err) {
@@ -173,6 +211,7 @@ func FetchGit(baseUrl, baseDir string) error {
 		}
 		if utils.StringsContain(indexedFiles, "HEAD") {
 			log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Msg("fetching .git/ recursively")
+			updateStatus("fetching .git recursively", baseUrl)
 			jt := jobtracker.NewJobTracker(workers.RecursiveDownloadWorker, maxConcurrency, jobtracker.DefaultNapper)
 			jt.AddJobs(indexedFiles...)
 			jt.StartAndWait(&workers.RecursiveDownloadContext{C: c, BaseUrl: baseUrl, BaseDir: baseDir}, true)
@@ -187,16 +226,19 @@ func FetchGit(baseUrl, baseDir string) error {
 	}
 
 	log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Msg("fetching common files")
+	updateStatus("fetching common files", baseUrl)
 	jt := jobtracker.NewJobTracker(workers.DownloadWorker, maxConcurrency, jobtracker.DefaultNapper)
 	jt.AddJobs(commonFiles...)
 	jt.StartAndWait(workers.DownloadContext{C: c, BaseDir: baseDir, BaseUrl: baseUrl}, false)
 
 	log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Msg("finding refs")
+	updateStatus("finding refs", baseUrl)
 	jt = jobtracker.NewJobTracker(workers.FindRefWorker, maxConcurrency, jobtracker.DefaultNapper)
 	jt.AddJobs(commonRefs...)
 	jt.StartAndWait(workers.FindRefContext{C: c, BaseUrl: baseUrl, BaseDir: baseDir}, true)
 
 	log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Msg("finding packs")
+	updateStatus("finding packs", baseUrl)
 	infoPacksPath := utils.Url(baseDir, ".git/objects/info/packs")
 	if utils.Exists(infoPacksPath) {
 		infoPacks, err := ioutil.ReadFile(infoPacksPath)
@@ -216,6 +258,7 @@ func FetchGit(baseUrl, baseDir string) error {
 	}
 
 	log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Msg("finding objects")
+	updateStatus("finding objects", baseUrl)
 	objs := make(map[string]bool) // object "set"
 	//var packed_objs [][]byte
 
@@ -395,6 +438,7 @@ func FetchGit(baseUrl, baseDir string) error {
 	} */
 
 	log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Msg("fetching objects")
+	updateStatus("fetching objects", baseUrl)
 	jt = jobtracker.NewJobTracker(workers.FindObjectsWorker, maxConcurrency, jobtracker.DefaultNapper)
 	for obj := range objs {
 		jt.AddJob(obj)
@@ -408,6 +452,7 @@ func FetchGit(baseUrl, baseDir string) error {
 
 	fetchMissing(baseDir, baseUrl, objStorage)
 
+	updateStatus("running git checkout", baseUrl)
 	// TODO: disable lfs in checkout (for now lfs support depends on lfs NOT being setup on the system you use goop on)
 	if err := checkout(baseDir); err != nil {
 		log.Error().Str("dir", baseDir).Err(err).Msg("failed to checkout")
@@ -434,6 +479,7 @@ func fetchLfs(baseDir, baseUrl string) {
 	attrPath := utils.Url(baseDir, ".gitattributes")
 	if utils.Exists(attrPath) {
 		log.Info().Str("dir", baseDir).Msg("attempting to fetch potential git lfs objects")
+		updateStatus("fetching lfs objects", baseUrl)
 		f, err := os.Open(attrPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error().Str("dir", baseDir).Err(err).Msg("couldn't read git attributes")
@@ -531,6 +577,7 @@ func fetchMissing(baseDir, baseUrl string, objStorage *filesystem.ObjectStorage)
 	indexPath := utils.Url(baseDir, ".git/index")
 	if utils.Exists(indexPath) {
 		log.Info().Str("base", baseUrl).Str("dir", baseDir).Msg("attempting to fetch potentially missing files")
+		updateStatus("fetching missing files", baseUrl)
 
 		var missingFiles []string
 		var idx index.Index
@@ -569,6 +616,7 @@ func fetchIgnored(baseDir, baseUrl string) error {
 	ignorePath := utils.Url(baseDir, ".gitignore")
 	if utils.Exists(ignorePath) {
 		log.Info().Str("base", baseDir).Msg("atempting to fetch ignored files")
+		updateStatus("fetching ignored files", baseUrl)
 
 		ignoreFile, err := os.Open(ignorePath)
 		if err != nil {