diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aeed37f..139d04b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler2"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "320119579fcad9c21884f5c4861d16174d0e06250625266f50fe6898340abefa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -11,6 +17,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hybrid-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -32,6 +44,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8498c871161e1742aaa9d52551b2d6ebdd4c3d45a3be423e3728f33b955be550"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -41,6 +62,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hybrid-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "data-encoding"
+version = "2.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4583a4551df46e2792f82ceeac45e850d2e2d5debba0b91f102385cda5b11f06"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.11.3"
@@ -52,6 +79,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "843fba2746e448b37e26a819579957415c8cef339bf08564fe8b7ddbd959573c"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -73,6 +110,81 @@ version = "0.2.189"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3eaf3ede3fee6db1a4c2ee091bf8a8b4dccdc6d17f656fb07896ee72867612f2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lofty"
+version = "0.25.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0f052e8f93a76f4b2cd551c38a77d3025c7be1dc473f7acbac0ef1663c9f33b"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "data-encoding",
+ "flate2",
+ "lofty_attr",
+ "log",
+ "ogg_pager",
+ "paste",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lofty_attr"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fdbca1b60ba7cea959ffc84ac27f3dbdbacd6dfda168c7eabbc00e48654bb9fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f9f8bd3e56ce4dfc153cf470fffbfa98c7620958b312ca5c3a4b8d5181fd13c6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fa76a2c86f704bdb222d66965fb3d63269ce38518b83cb0575fca855ebb6316"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler2",
+ "simd-adler32",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ogg_pager"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d36b1d6964c3ac92b7aea701057e02b6b91143d70d83b20abf75a231a3c0216"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "paste"
+version = "1.0.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57c0d7b74b563b49d38dae00a0c37d4d6de9b432382b2892f0574ddcae73fd0a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.107"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "985e7ec9bb745e6ce6535b544d84d6cd6f7ad8bd711c398938ae983b91a766d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.47"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fbf4db142a473a8d80c26bbf18454ed458bf8d26c8219c331daecfdbd079001"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -84,11 +196,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "simd-adler32"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a219298ac11a56ea9a6d2120044824d6f01aeb034955e7af7bc16858527deea"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53e9bae58849f64dfa4f5d5ae372c8341f7305f82a3868709269343628b659a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "timbre"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
+ "lofty",
  "sha2",
 ]
 
@@ -97,3 +227,9 @@ name = "typenum"
 version = "1.20.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6f5e870be6c3b371b77fe0ee0bafb859fa4964b4404c27de1d380043c4dda20"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c963ec9..45558ba 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 hex = "0.4.3"
+lofty = "0.25.1"
 sha2 = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e802104..e9a0bf3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-use core::panic;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::{
-    fs::{File, create_dir_all},
+    fs::{self, File, create_dir_all},
     io::{BufReader, Read},
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 compile_error!("kitty like linux more");
 
-fn hashcat() {
-    let file = File::open("cat_01.jpg").expect("how dare u! i want my cat back :(");
+fn hashcat(cat_path: &Path) {
+    let file = File::open(cat_path).expect("how dare u! i want my cat back :(");
     let mut cat = BufReader::new(file);
 
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
@@ -32,11 +32,56 @@ fn hashcat() {
     }
 }
 
+fn is_audio(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    match path.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()) {
+        Some(ext) => {
+            if matches!(
+                ext.to_lowercase().as_str(),
+                "flac" | "mp3" | "m4a" | "ogg" | "opus" | "wav"
+            ) {
+                true
+            } else {
+                println!(
+                    "while looking through each of your songs, i found one that i don't understand.\nits named {}, and i don't understand it's file extension.\nyou can try to help teach me by opening a git issue if it's a music file! :)\ni will continue, but ignore this file :(",
+                    path.display()
+                );
+                false
+            }
+        }
+        None => false,
+    }
+}
+fn scan(dir: &Path, out: &mut Vec<PathBuf>) {
+    for entry in fs::read_dir(dir)
+        .expect("i want to help you, but i don't know how to read your music folder :( sorry.")
+    {
+        let path=entry.expect(
+            "i wanna help you, but, i can't do everything. i couldn't read a file, to the point where i can't tell you which :(").path();
+        if path.is_dir() {
+            scan(&path, out);
+        } else if is_audio(&path) {
+            out.push(path);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn main() {
-    hashcat(); // meow
-    let timbre_dir = std::env::home_dir()
-        .expect("NERD!!!")
+    let cat = include_bytes!("../cat_01.jpg"); // my kitty!
+
+    let timbre_dir = Path::new(&std::env::var("HOME").expect("NERD!!!"))
         .join("Music")
         .join("Timbre");
-    create_dir_all(timbre_dir).expect("wat");
+
+    if !timbre_dir.exists() {
+        println!("First run detected... Initializing...");
+        create_dir_all(&timbre_dir).expect("wat");
+        fs::write(timbre_dir.join("cat_01.jpg"), cat)
+            .expect("my cat! he can't come! what did you do!?!");
+        println!("Done!");
+    } else {
+        hashcat(&timbre_dir.join("cat_01.jpg")); // meow
+    }
+    let mut tracks = Vec::new();
+    scan(&timbre_dir.join("Tracks"), &mut tracks);
+    println!("Found {} audio files", tracks.len());
 }