diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 00dcad7..90894e9 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 const FileSystem = require("fs");
 
 //external lib imports
+const Dicsord = require("discord.js");
 const JSONFile = require("jsonfile");
 
 //app component imports
@@ -13,11 +14,21 @@ const SAVE_FILE = "./guilds.json";
 module.exports = (client) => {
 	const guildsData = FileSystem.existsSync(SAVE_FILE) ? parseJSON(JSONFile.readFileSync(SAVE_FILE)) : {}; //pull saved data from file
 
+	parseLinksInAllGuilds(client.guilds, guildsData);
+
 	//set up an interval to check all the feeds
 
 	//set up an on message handler to detect when links are posted
 };
 
+function parseLinksInAllGuilds(guilds, guildsData) {
+	for (let guild of guilds) {
+		const guildData = guildsData[guild.id];
+		if (guildData)
+			guildData.cachePastPostedLinks();
+	}
+}
+
 function parseJSON(json) {
 	const guildIDs = Object.keys(json);
 	guildIDs.forEach(guildID => { guildIDs[guildID] = new GuildData(guildIDs[guildID]); });