diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index d830bc3..00dcad7 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
+//node imports
+const FileSystem = require("fs");
+
+//external lib imports
+const JSONFile = require("jsonfile");
+
+//app component imports
+const GuildData = require("./models/guild-data.js");
+
+const SAVE_FILE = "./guilds.json";
+
 //acts as on ready function
 module.exports = (client) => {
-	client.on("message", message => message.reply("Hello!"));
-	//check messages in channel for links posted since last online
-	
+	const guildsData = FileSystem.existsSync(SAVE_FILE) ? parseJSON(JSONFile.readFileSync(SAVE_FILE)) : {}; //pull saved data from file
+
 	//set up an interval to check all the feeds
 
 	//set up an on message handler to detect when links are posted
-};
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+};
+
+function parseJSON(json) {
+	const guildIDs = Object.keys(json);
+	guildIDs.forEach(guildID => { guildIDs[guildID] = new GuildData(guildIDs[guildID]); });
+}
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diff --git a/app/models/feed.js b/app/models/feed.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9281a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/feed.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = class Feed{
+	constructor({link, channelName, roleID}){
+		this.link = link;
+		this.channelName = channelName;
+		this.roleID = roleID;
+	}
+};
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diff --git a/app/models/guild-data.js b/app/models/guild-data.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ee120c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/guild-data.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const Feed = require("./feed.js");
+
+module.exports = class GuildData {
+	constructor({id, feeds}) {
+		this.id = id;
+		this.feeds = feeds.filter(feed => new Feed(feed));
+	}
+};
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