diff --git a/.local/bin/threadwatcher b/.local/bin/threadwatcher
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..43b6dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/threadwatcher
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#A script that interacts with 4chans API to checks for media to download out of threads.
+#It uses the file name used by the uploader.
+#consider using it in a cronjob intermittently with something like
+#*/10 * * * * /home/<yourname>/.local/bin/threadwatcher scan
+THREADWATCHER_DIR=URLFILE=${XDG_DATA_HOME-:$HOME/.local/share}/4chan_watcher
+URLFILE="$THREADWATCHER_DIR/threads"
+TMP_URLFILE=/tmp/4chan_thread_watcher_tmp$$
+
+[ -d "$THREADWATCHER_DIR" ] || mkdir -p "$THREADWATCHER_DIR"
+[ -f "$URLFILE" ] || touch "$URLFILE"
+
+scan(){
+	echo "SCANNING"
+	while read -r line; do
+		url="$(echo "$line" | cut -f1)"
+		echo "scanning $url"
+		dl_location="$(echo "$line" | cut -f2)"
+		echo "downloading to $dl_location"
+		mkdir -p "$dl_location"
+		json_url="$(echo "$url" | sed -E 's/boards\.(4chan|4channel)/a.4cdn/; s/$/.json/')"
+		curl -s -L "$json_url" | jq . > /tmp/content$$
+		#delete archived threads from watchlist
+		if [ -z "$(</tmp/content$$)" ]; then
+			echo "Thread $url not found ($dl_location) deleting from cached list of threads to watch"
+			continue
+		else
+			echo "$line" >> "$TMP_URLFILE"
+		fi
+		files_json="$(jq '.posts[] | if has("filename") then {filename: "\(.filename)\(.ext)", location: "\(.tim)\(.ext)", md5: .md5} else null end ' < /tmp/content$$ | grep -vE '^null$')"
+		echo "$files_json" | jq '.filename' | tr -d '"' >> /tmp/filename$$
+		echo "$files_json" | jq '.location' | tr -d '"' >> /tmp/location$$
+		echo "$files_json" | jq '.md5' | tr -d '"' >> /tmp/md5$$
+		paste /tmp/filename$$ /tmp/location$$ >> /tmp/tmp$$
+		files="$(paste /tmp/tmp$$ /tmp/md5$$)"
+		rm /tmp/tmp$$ /tmp/md5$$ /tmp/location$$ /tmp/filename$$ /tmp/content$$
+		#echo "$files"
+		echo "$files" | while read -r file_line; do
+			filename="$(echo "$file_line" | cut -f1)"
+			master_location="$(echo "$file_line" | cut -f2 | tr -d '"')"
+			filelocation="$dl_location/$filename"
+			correct_md5="$(echo "$file_line" | cut -f3)"
+			board="$(echo "$url" | cut -d '/' -f4)"
+			file_url="https://i.4cdn.org/$board/$master_location"
+			mkdir -p "$dl_location"
+			#TODO: implement actual md5 checksum check instead of just looking whether the file exists
+			if [ -f "$filelocation" ]; then
+				true
+			else
+				touch "$filelocation" #to keep atime order correct?
+				wget -q -O "$filelocation" "$file_url" &
+				echo downloading "$filelocation"
+			fi
+		done
+	done<"$URLFILE"
+	mv "$TMP_URLFILE" "$URLFILE"
+}
+case "$1" in
+	"add") if echo "$3" | grep -qE '^/'; then
+			dl_location="$3"
+		else
+			dl_location="$HOME/$3"
+		fi
+		if grep -q "^$2\t" "$URLFILE"; then
+			dl_location_already="$(grep "^$2\t" "$URLFILE" | cut -f2)"
+			notify-send "threadwatcher" "Thread already being watched. currently downloads to $dl_location_already"
+			new_location="$(dmenuinput "If you want to change location of thread to download, please insert new directory now:")"
+			sed -i "s|$dl_location_already|$new_location" "$URLFILE|"
+			mv "$dl_location_already" "$new_location"
+			notify-send "threadwatcher" "already downloaded files moved to $new_location. New files will also be downloaded there"
+		else
+			printf "%s\t%s\n" "$2" "$dl_location" | tee -ai "$URLFILE"
+			echo "added $2 to threadwatcher list. Downloading to $dl_location"
+		fi
+		scan;;
+	"scan") scan;;
+	"list") printf "Thread:\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload location:\n"
+		sed "s|$HOME|~|" "$URLFILE";;
+	"clean")
+		echo "Watchlist used up to now:"
+		cat "$URLFILE"
+		echo "Deleting..."
+		rm "$URLFILE"
+		touch "$URLFILE";;
+esac
diff --git a/.local/bin/tools/dmenuhandler b/.local/bin/tools/dmenuhandler
index 9dcc481..62dd49f 100755
--- a/.local/bin/tools/dmenuhandler
+++ b/.local/bin/tools/dmenuhandler
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 # Feed this script a link and it will give dmenu
 # some choice programs to use to open it.
 
-case "$(printf "mpv\\ncopy url\\nqueue download\\nqueue youtube-dl\\nbrowser\\nrip media\\ncast" | dmenu -i -p "Open link with what program?")" in
+if echo "$1" | grep -q "4chan"; then
+	choice="$(printf "mpv\\ncopy url\\nqueue download\\nqueue youtube-dl\\nbrowser\\nwatch thread\\nrip media\\ncast" | dmenu -i -p "Open link with what program?")"
+else
+	choice="$(printf "mpv\\ncopy url\\nqueue download\\nqueue youtube-dl\\nbrowser\\nrip media\\ncast" | dmenu -i -p "Open link with what program?")"
+fi
+case "$choice" in
 	"copy url") echo "$1" | xclip -selection clipboard ;;
 	mpv) setsid mpv --quiet --ytdl-format='bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]' "$1" & ;;
 	"mpv (loop)") setsid mpv --input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsoc$(date +%s) -quiet --loop "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
@@ -16,6 +21,9 @@ case "$(printf "mpv\\ncopy url\\nqueue download\\nqueue youtube-dl\\nbrowser\\nr
 	#feh) setsid feh "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
 	#w3m) w3m "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
 	#"mpv (float)") setsid mpv --input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsoc$(date +%s) --geometry=+0-0 --autofit=30%  --title="mpvfloat" "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
+	"watch thread") dest="$(dmenuinput 'name of folder:')"
+			threadwatcher add "$1" "$dest"
+			notify-send "dmenuhandler" "Thread watcher started. Download initialized.";;
 	"rip media") dest="$(dmenuinput 'name of folder:')"
 			lynx --dump --nonumbers --listonly "$1" | grep -E "\.(webm|mp4|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|pdf|epub|mobi|djvu)" | sort -u | xargs wget -P "$HOME/$dest"
 			notify-send "dmenuhandler" "all media ripped into $dest";;