diff --git a/ts/src/activities/database.ts b/ts/src/activities/database.ts
index 5b5b77e..3c72821 100644
--- a/ts/src/activities/database.ts
+++ b/ts/src/activities/database.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ export async function update_wynn_items() {
   }
   const parsed = WApiV3ItemDatabase(ans.data)
   if(parsed instanceof ArkErrors){
-    console.log(parsed[0].problem)
-    console.log(parsed[0].path)
-    console.log(parsed[0].data)
+    throw parsed
+  }
+  // iterate over all items with their names
+  for(const [name, item] of Object.entries(parsed)){
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/src/activities/discord.ts b/ts/src/activities/discord.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16c7e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/src/activities/discord.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Bot } from "#/bot";
+import {c} from "#/di"
+import { InteractionResponse, InteractionResponseTypes, InteractionCallbackOptions, InteractionCallbackData, InteractionTypes, MessageFlags } from "discordeno";
+
+
+interface InteractionRef {
+  id: string
+  token: string
+  type: InteractionTypes
+  acknowledged?: boolean
+}
+
+// from https://github.com/discordeno/discordeno/blob/21.0.0/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts#L33
+export const reply_to_interaction = async (props: {
+  ref: InteractionRef
+  response: InteractionCallbackData | string
+  options?: InteractionCallbackOptions & {isPrivate?: boolean}
+}) => {
+  const bot = await c.getAsync(Bot);
+
+  const {
+    ref,
+    response,
+    options,
+  } = props;
+  let data: InteractionCallbackData
+  let type: InteractionResponseTypes = InteractionResponseTypes.ChannelMessageWithSource
+
+  if (typeof response ===  'string') {
+    data = {content: response}
+  } else {
+    data = response
+    if(data.title) {
+      type = InteractionResponseTypes.Modal
+    }
+  }
+  if(ref.type === InteractionTypes.ApplicationCommandAutocomplete) {
+    type = InteractionResponseTypes.ApplicationCommandAutocompleteResult
+  }
+  if (type === InteractionResponseTypes.ChannelMessageWithSource && options?.isPrivate) {
+    data.flags = MessageFlags.Ephemeral
+  }
+  if(ref.acknowledged) {
+    return await bot.helpers.sendFollowupMessage(ref.token,data)
+  }
+
+  if(ref.type === InteractionTypes.ModalSubmit && type === InteractionResponseTypes.Modal) {
+    throw new Error('Cannot send a modal response to a modal')
+  }
+
+  return await bot.helpers.sendInteractionResponse(ref.id, ref.token,
+    { type, data }, { withResponse: options?.withResponse })
+
+}
diff --git a/ts/src/bot/botevent/handler.ts b/ts/src/bot/botevent/handler.ts
index c298f3b..3656434 100644
--- a/ts/src/bot/botevent/handler.ts
+++ b/ts/src/bot/botevent/handler.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Bot, BotType} from "#/bot"
+import { Bot, BotType } from "#/bot"
 import { ActivityTypes, ApplicationCommandOptionTypes, InteractionTypes } from "discordeno"
 import { InteractionType, MuxHandler, SlashHandler } from "./types"
 import { uuid4 } from "@temporalio/workflow"