diff --git a/services/bot/src/bot.ts b/services/bot/src/bot.ts
index 27d038f..58d0f1f 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/bot.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/bot.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { configs } from './config.ts'
 export const bot = createProxyCache(
   createBot({
     token: configs.token,
-    intents: Intents.Guilds
+    intents: Intents.Guilds | Intents.GuildMessages
   }),
   {
     desiredProps: {
diff --git a/services/bot/src/commands/record.ts b/services/bot/src/commands/record.ts
index e6d9264..ff45eea 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/commands/record.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/commands/record.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ createCommand({
         { name: 'Filesize', value: '0 bytes', inline: true},
         { name: 'URL', value: url, inline: false }
       ])
-      .setColor('#33eb23')
+      .setColor('#808080')
     
     const response: InteractionCallbackData = { embeds }
     const message = await interaction.edit(response)
diff --git a/services/bot/src/config.ts b/services/bot/src/config.ts
index 56a1619..6985970 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/config.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/config.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
+
+if (!process.env.WORKER_CONNECTION_STRING) throw new Error("WORKER_CONNECTION_STRING was missing from env");
 if (!process.env.POSTGREST_URL) throw new Error('Missing POSTGREST_URL env var');
 if (!process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN) throw new Error('Missing DISCORD_TOKEN env var');
+if (!process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID) throw new Error("DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID was missing from env");
+if (!process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID) throw new Error("DISCORD_GUILD_ID was missing from env");
 if (!process.env.AUTOMATION_USER_JWT) throw new Error('Missing AUTOMATION_USER_JWT env var');
 const token = process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN!
 const postgrestUrl = process.env.POSTGREST_URL!
+const discordChannelId = process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID!
+const discordGuildId = process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID!
 const automationUserJwt = process.env.AUTOMATION_USER_JWT!
+const connectionString = process.env.WORKER_CONNECTION_STRING!
+
+console.log(`hello i am configs and configs.connectionString=${connectionString}`)
 
-export const configs: Config = {
-  token,
-  postgrestUrl,
-  automationUserJwt,
-}
 
 export interface Config {
   token: string;
   postgrestUrl: string;
   automationUserJwt: string;
+  discordGuildId: string;
+  discordChannelId: string;
+  connectionString: string;
 }
+
+
+export const configs: Config = {
+  token,
+  postgrestUrl,
+  automationUserJwt,
+  discordGuildId,
+  discordChannelId,
+  connectionString,
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/bot/src/index.ts b/services/bot/src/index.ts
index f189357..a5832d7 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/index.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-import 'dotenv/config'
-// import loadCommands from './loadCommands.js'
-// import deployCommands from './deployCommands.js'
-// import loadEvents from './loadEvents.js'
-// import updateDiscordMessage from './tasks/update_discord_message.js'
-import { type WorkerUtils } from 'graphile-worker'
+
+import updateDiscordMessage from './tasks/update_discord_message.js'
+import { type WorkerUtils, type RunnerOptions, run } from 'graphile-worker'
 import { bot } from './bot.ts'
 import type { Interaction } from '@discordeno/bot'
 import { importDirectory } from './utils/loader.ts'
 import { join, dirname } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { configs } from './config.ts'
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
@@ -18,43 +16,36 @@ export interface ExecuteArguments {
   workerUtils: WorkerUtils;
 }
 
-if (!process.env.AUTOMATION_USER_JWT) throw new Error(`AUTOMATION_USER_JWT was missing from env`);
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN) throw new Error("DISCORD_TOKEN was missing from env");
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID) throw new Error("DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID was missing from env");
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID) throw new Error("DISCORD_GUILD_ID was missing from env");
-if (!process.env.WORKER_CONNECTION_STRING) throw new Error("WORKER_CONNECTION_STRING was missing from env");
 
-const preset: GraphileConfig.Preset = {
-  worker: {
-    connectionString: process.env.WORKER_CONNECTION_STRING,
-    concurrentJobs: 3,
-    fileExtensions: [".js", ".ts"]
-  },
-};
-
-// async function setupGraphileWorker() {
-//   const runnerOptions: RunnerOptions = {
-//     preset,
-//     taskList: {
-//       'updateDiscordMessage': updateDiscordMessage
-//     }
-//   }
+async function setupGraphileWorker() {
+  const preset: GraphileConfig.Preset = {
+    worker: {
+      connectionString: configs.connectionString,
+      concurrentJobs: 3,
+      fileExtensions: [".js", ".ts"],
+      taskDirectory: join(__dirname, 'tasks')
+    },
+  };
+  console.log('worker preset as follows')
+  console.log(preset)
+  const runnerOptions: RunnerOptions = {
+    preset
+    // concurrency: 3,
+    // connectionString: configs.connectionString,
+    // taskDirectory: join(__dirname, 'tasks'),
+    // taskList: {
+    //   'update_discord_message': updateDiscordMessage
+    // }
+  }
   
-//   const runner = await run(runnerOptions)
-//   if (!runner) throw new Error('failed to initialize graphile worker');
-//   await runner.promise
-// }
+  const runner = await run(runnerOptions)
+  if (!runner) throw new Error('failed to initialize graphile worker');
+  await runner.promise
+}
 
 
-// async function setupWorkerUtils() {
-//   const workerUtils = await makeWorkerUtils({
-//     preset
-//   });
-//   await workerUtils.migrate()
-//   return workerUtils
-// }
 
-async function main() {
+async function setupBot() {
   
   bot.logger.info('Starting @futureporn/bot.')
 
@@ -64,16 +55,15 @@ async function main() {
   bot.logger.info('Loading events...')
   await importDirectory(join(__dirname, './events'))
 
-
-  // const commands = await loadCommands()
-  // if (!commands) throw new Error('there were no commands available to be loaded.');
-  // await deployCommands(commands.map((c) => c.data.toJSON()))
-  // console.log(`${commands.length} commands deployed: ${commands.map((c) => c.data.name).join(', ')}`)
-  // const workerUtils = await setupWorkerUtils()
-  // setupGraphileWorker()
   await bot.start()
 }
 
+
+async function main() {
+  await setupBot()
+  await setupGraphileWorker()
+}
+
 main().catch((e) => {
   console.error("error during main() function")
   console.error(e)
diff --git a/services/bot/src/tasks/update_discord_message.ts b/services/bot/src/tasks/update_discord_message.ts
index 0e711d7..4d404c8 100644
--- a/services/bot/src/tasks/update_discord_message.ts
+++ b/services/bot/src/tasks/update_discord_message.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,19 @@ import type { RecordingState } from '@futureporn/types'
 import { type Task, type Helpers } from 'graphile-worker'
 import { add } from 'date-fns'
 import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes'
-import { EmbedsBuilder, type Component } from '@discordeno/bot'
-
-
+import { 
+  EmbedsBuilder, 
+  ButtonStyles, 
+  type ActionRow, 
+  MessageComponentTypes, 
+  type ButtonComponent, 
+  type InputTextComponent, 
+  type EditMessage,
+  type Message,
+  type Embed
+} from '@discordeno/bot'
+import { bot } from '../bot.ts'
+import { configs } from '../config.ts'
 
 interface Payload {
   record_id: number;
@@ -19,11 +29,6 @@ function assertPayload(payload: any): asserts payload is Payload {
 }
 
 
-if (!process.env.AUTOMATION_USER_JWT) throw new Error(`AUTOMATION_USER_JWT was missing from env`);
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN) throw new Error("DISCORD_TOKEN was missing from env");
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID) throw new Error("DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID was missing from env");
-if (!process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID) throw new Error("DISCORD_GUILD_ID was missing from env");
-
 
 
 async function editDiscordMessage({ helpers, recordingState, discordMessageId, url, fileSize, recordId }: { recordId: number, fileSize: number, url: string, helpers: Helpers, recordingState: RecordingState, discordMessageId: string }) {
@@ -34,46 +39,52 @@ async function editDiscordMessage({ helpers, recordingState, discordMessageId, u
   // const { captureJobId } = job.data
   helpers.logger.info(`editDiscordMessage has begun with discordMessageId=${discordMessageId}, state=${recordingState}`)
   
-
-  // create a discord.js client
-  const client = new Client({
-    intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages],
-  });
-
-  // Log in to Discord with your client's token
-  client.login(process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN);
-
   
-  const guild = await client.guilds.fetch(process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID!) as Guild
-  if (!guild) throw new Error('guild was undefined');
+  // const guild = await bot.cache.guilds.get(BigInt(configs.discordGuildId))
+  // const channel = guild?.channels.get(BigInt(configs.discordChannelId))
   
-  helpers.logger.info('here is the guild as follows')
-  helpers.logger.info(guild.toString())
-  helpers.logger.info(`fetching discord channel id=${process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID} from discord guild`)
-  const channel = await client.channels.fetch(process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID!) as TextChannel
-  if (!channel) throw new Error(`discord channel was undefined`);
+  // // const channel = await bot.cache.channels.get()
+  // console.log('channel as follows')
+  // console.log(channel)
+  
+  const channelId = BigInt(configs.discordChannelId)
+  const updatedMessage: EditMessage = {
+    embeds: getStatusEmbed({ recordingState, fileSize, recordId, url }),
+  }
+  bot.helpers.editMessage(channelId, discordMessageId, updatedMessage)
 
-  const message = await channel.messages.fetch(discordMessageId)
-  helpers.logger.info(`discordMessageId=${discordMessageId}`)
-  helpers.logger.info(message as any)
+  // channel.
+  
+  // const guild = await client.guilds.fetch(process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID!) as Guild
+  // if (!guild) throw new Error('guild was undefined');
+  
+  // helpers.logger.info('here is the guild as follows')
+  // helpers.logger.info(guild.toString())
+  // helpers.logger.info(`fetching discord channel id=${process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID} from discord guild`)
+  // const channel = await client.channels.fetch(process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID!) as TextChannel
+  // if (!channel) throw new Error(`discord channel was undefined`);
 
-  const statusEmbed = getStatusEmbed({ recordId, recordingState, fileSize, url })
-  const buttonRow = getButtonRow(recordingState)
+  // const message = await channel.messages.fetch(discordMessageId)
+  // helpers.logger.info(`discordMessageId=${discordMessageId}`)
+  // helpers.logger.info(message as any)
+
+  // const statusEmbed = getStatusEmbed({ recordId, recordingState, fileSize, url })
+  // const buttonRow = getButtonRow(recordingState)
 
 
-  // const embed = new EmbedBuilder().setTitle('Attachments');
+  // // const embed = new EmbedBuilder().setTitle('Attachments');
 
 
-  const updatedMessage = {
-    embeds: [
-      statusEmbed
-    ],
-    components: [
-      buttonRow
-    ]
-  };
+  // const updatedMessage = {
+  //   embeds: [
+  //     statusEmbed
+  //   ],
+  //   components: [
+  //     buttonRow
+  //   ]
+  // };
 
-  message.edit(updatedMessage)
+  // message.edit(updatedMessage)
 
 
 }
@@ -121,14 +132,15 @@ export const updateDiscordMessage: Task = async function (payload, helpers: Help
   }
 }
 
+
 function getStatusEmbed({
   recordingState, recordId, fileSize, url
 }: { fileSize: number, recordingState: RecordingState, recordId: number, url: string }) {
   const embeds = new EmbedsBuilder()
     .setTitle(`Record ${recordId}`)
     .setFields([
-      { name: 'Status', value: 'Pending', inline: true },
-      { name: 'Filesize', value: `${fileSize} bytes (${prettyBytes(fileSize)})`, inline: true },
+      { name: 'Status', value: recordingState.charAt(0).toUpperCase()+recordingState.slice(1), inline: true },
+      { name: 'Filesize', value: prettyBytes(fileSize), inline: true },
       { name: 'URL', value: url, inline: false },
     ])
   if (recordingState === 'pending') {
@@ -157,72 +169,59 @@ function getStatusEmbed({
 
 
 
-function getButtonRow(state: RecordingState) {
-
-  const button = new Component()
-    .setType("BUTTON")
-
-  // // Button with raw types
-  // const button2 = new Component()
-  //   .setType(2)
-  //   .setStyle(4)
-  //   .setLabel("DO NOT CLICK")
-  //   .setCustomId("12345")
-  //   .toJSON();
-
-  // const actionRow = new Component()
-  //   .setType("ACTION_ROW")
-  //   .setComponents(button, button2)
-  //   .toJSON();
-
-  // return actionRow
-
-  // Message to send
-  // const messageOptions = { content: "hello", components: [actionRow] };
-
-  // await client.helpers.sendMessage(channelId, messageOptions); // You can also use the Message Structure
-
-  if (state === 'pending') {
-    button
-      .setCustomId('stop')
-      .setLabel('Cancel')
-      .setEmoji('❌')
-      .setStyle('DANGER')
-  } else if (state === 'recording') {
-    button
-      .setCustomId('stop')
-      .setLabel('Stop Recording')
-      .setEmoji('🛑')
-      .setStyle('DANGER')
+function getButtonRow(state: RecordingState): ActionRow {
+  const components: ButtonComponent[] = []
+  
+  if (state === 'pending' || state === 'recording') {
+    const stopButton: ButtonComponent = {
+      type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+      customId: 'stop',
+      label: 'Cancel',
+      style: ButtonStyles.Danger
+    }
+    components.push(stopButton)
   } else if (state === 'aborted') {
-    button
-      .setCustomId('retry')
-      .setLabel('Retry Recording')
-      .setEmoji('🔄')
-      .setStyle('SUCCESS')
+    const retryButton: ButtonComponent = {
+      type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+      customId: 'retry',
+      label:  'Retry Recording',
+      emoji: {
+        name: 'retry'
+      },
+      style: ButtonStyles.Secondary
+    }
+    components.push(retryButton)
   } else if (state === 'ended') {
-    button
-      .setCustomId('download')
-      .setLabel('Download Recording')
-      .setEmoji('📥')
-      .setStyle('PRIMARY')
+    const downloadButton: ButtonComponent = {
+      type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+      customId: 'download',
+      label: 'Download Recording',
+      emoji: {
+        id: BigInt('1253191939461873756')
+      },
+      style: ButtonStyles.Success
+    }
+    components.push(downloadButton)
   } else {
-    button
-      .setCustomId('unknown')
-      .setLabel('Unknown State')
-      .setEmoji('🤔')
-      .setStyle('SECONDARY')
+    const unknownButton: ButtonComponent = {
+      type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+      customId: 'unknown',
+      label: 'Unknown State',
+      emoji: {
+        name: 'thinking'
+      },
+      style: ButtonStyles.Primary
+    }
+    components.push(unknownButton)
+  }
+  
+
+  const actionRow: ActionRow = {
+    type: MessageComponentTypes.ActionRow,
+    components: components as [ButtonComponent]
   }
 
-  const actionRow = new Component
-  return new ActionRowBuilder<MessageActionRowComponentBuilder>()
-    .addComponents([
-      new ButtonBuilder()
-        .setCustomId(id)
-        .setLabel(label)
-        .setEmoji(emoji)
-        .setStyle(style),
-    ]);
+  return actionRow
 }
 
 
diff --git a/services/capture/src/Record.ts b/services/capture/src/Record.ts
index f9ba29b..8cf5d53 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/Record.ts
+++ b/services/capture/src/Record.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ export default class Record {
   
       parallelUploads3.on("httpUploadProgress", (progress) => {
         if (progress?.loaded) {
+          if (this.onProgress) this.onProgress(this.counter);
           console.log(`uploaded ${progress.loaded} bytes (${prettyBytes(progress.loaded)})`);
         } else {
           console.log(`httpUploadProgress ${JSON.stringify(progress, null, 2)}`)
@@ -158,12 +159,9 @@ export default class Record {
 
     
     // streams setup
+
     this.uploadStream.on('data', (data) => {
       this.counter += data.length
-      if (this.counter % (1 * 1024 * 1024) <= 1024) {
-        console.log(`Received ${this.counter} bytes (${prettyBytes(this.counter)})`);
-        if (this.onProgress) this.onProgress(this.counter)
-      }
     })
     this.uploadStream.on('close', () => {
       console.log('[!!!] upload stream has closed')
diff --git a/services/capture/src/tasks/record.ts b/services/capture/src/tasks/record.ts
index 1f08088..5f35bab 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/tasks/record.ts
+++ b/services/capture/src/tasks/record.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,16 @@ function checkIfAborted(record: RawRecordingRecord): boolean {
   return (record.is_aborted)
 }
 
-async function updateDatabaseRecord({recordId, recordingState, fileSize}: { recordId: number, recordingState: RecordingState, fileSize: number }): Promise<RawRecordingRecord> {
+async function updateDatabaseRecord({ 
+  recordId, 
+  recordingState, 
+  fileSize
+}: {
+  recordId: number, 
+  recordingState: RecordingState, 
+  fileSize: number
+}): Promise<RawRecordingRecord> {
+  console.log(`updating database record with recordId=${recordId}, recordingState=${recordingState}, fileSize=${fileSize}`)
   const payload: any = {
     file_size: fileSize
   }
@@ -83,7 +92,8 @@ async function updateDatabaseRecord({recordId, recordingState, fileSize}: { reco
     body: JSON.stringify(payload)
   })
   if (!res.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`failed to updateDatabaseRecord. status=${res.status}, statusText=${res.statusText}`);
+    const body = await res.text()
+    throw new Error(`failed to updateDatabaseRecord. status=${res.status}, statusText=${res.statusText}, body=${body}`);
   }
   const body = await res.json() as RawRecordingRecord[];
   if (!body[0]) throw new Error(`failed to get a record that matched recordId=${recordId}`)
diff --git a/services/migrations/migrations/00005_add-trigger-for-record-update.sql b/services/migrations/migrations/00005_add-trigger-for-record-update.sql
index bce7252..5880cc4 100644
--- a/services/migrations/migrations/00005_add-trigger-for-record-update.sql
+++ b/services/migrations/migrations/00005_add-trigger-for-record-update.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CREATE FUNCTION public.tg__update_discord_message() RETURNS trigger
   AS $$
     begin
       PERFORM graphile_worker.add_job('update_discord_message', json_build_object(
-        'record_id', NEW.record_id
+        'record_id', NEW.id
       ), max_attempts := 3);
       return NEW;
     end;