diff --git a/lib/replybot.js b/lib/replybot.js
index 33585bd..460cf5f 100644
--- a/lib/replybot.js
+++ b/lib/replybot.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const emoteChoice = async () =>{ // pulls current emojis from the instance
     return emoteArray[Math.floor(Math.random() * emoteArray.length)];
 };
 
-const replyChoice = async () =>{
+const statusChoice = async () =>{
     const replyArr = [ // add desired replies here - it's just a big ass array
         "example1",
         "example 2",
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ const replyChoice = async () =>{
     return replyArr[Math.floor(Math.random() * replyArr.length)];
 };
 
+export const postRegularStatus = async () =>{
+    const headers = {Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.REPLYBOT_BEARER}`, "Content-Type": "application/json"};
+    const emoji = await emoteChoice();
+    const word = await statusChoice();
+    const res = await fetch(`https://${process.env.INSTANCE_NAME}/api/v1/statuses`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: headers,
+      body: JSON.stringify({status: `${word} :${emoji}:`}),
+    });
+    if (res.status === 200) {console.log('Replybot posted regular status!')} else {console.log('Replybot failed (regular status):', res.status, res.statusText, res.url, word, emoji)}
+  };
+
 export const postReply = async () =>{
     const headers = {Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.REPLYBOT_BEARER}`, "Content-Type": "application/json"};
     const mentions = [];
@@ -39,7 +51,7 @@ export const postReply = async () =>{
         }
     };
     const emoji = await emoteChoice();
-    const word = await replyChoice();
+    const word = await statusChoice();
     const res = await fetch(`https://${process.env.INSTANCE_NAME}/api/v1/statuses`, {
       method: "POST",
       headers: headers,
diff --git a/nice-bot.js b/nice-bot.js
index 586ff8f..eaeff29 100755
--- a/nice-bot.js
+++ b/nice-bot.js
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import 'dotenv/config';
-import { postReply } from './lib/replybot.js';
+import { postRegularStatus, postReply } from './lib/replybot.js';
 
 const choice = process.argv[2]; // command line switch
 
 try{
 switch (choice.toLowerCase()){
-    case 'replybot':
+    case 'replybot reply': // you can choose "reply" or "status" from here when calling in Crontab
     await postReply();
     break;
+    case 'replybot status':
+    await postRegularStatus();
+    break;
     default:
     console.log('Something went wrong with nice-bot (ya dun goof\'d)');
     break;