diff --git a/transmission-telegram.go b/transmission-telegram.go
index 3b66efa..0d5fabe 100644
--- a/transmission-telegram.go
+++ b/transmission-telegram.go
@@ -6,19 +6,28 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"gopkg.in/telegram-bot-api.v4"
+
 	"github.com/pyed/transmission"
 )
 
 var (
+	// flags
 	token    string
 	master   string
 	url      string
 	username string
 	password string
 
-	client *transmission.Client
+	// transmission
+	Client *transmission.Client
+
+	// telegram
+	Bot     *tgbotapi.BotAPI
+	Updates <-chan tgbotapi.Update
 )
 
+// init flags
 func init() {
 	// define arguments and parse them.
 	flag.StringVar(&token, "token", "", "Telegram bot token")
@@ -42,7 +51,10 @@ func init() {
 		flag.Usage()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+}
 
+// init transmission
+func init() {
 	// set transmission.Config, needed to establish a connection with transmission
 	conf := transmission.Config{
 		Address:  url,
@@ -51,19 +63,40 @@ func init() {
 	}
 
 	// transmission.New() never returns an error, we will ignore it and test with client.Session.Update()
-	client, _ = transmission.New(conf)
-	if err := client.Session.Update(); err != nil {
+	Client, _ = transmission.New(conf)
+	if err := Client.Session.Update(); err != nil {
 
 		// try to predict the error message, as it vague coming from pyed/transmission
 		if strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "invalid character") { // means the user or the pass is wrong.
-			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Transmission's Username or Password is wrong.\n")
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Transmission's Username or Password is wrong.\n\n")
 
 		} else { // any other error is probaby because of the URL
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: Couldn't connect to: %s\n", url)
-			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Make sure to pass the right full RPC URL e.g. http://localhost:9091/transmission/rpc\n")
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Make sure to pass the right full RPC URL e.g. http://localhost:9091/transmission/rpc\n\n")
 		}
 		// send the vague error message too
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "RawError: "+err.Error())
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "JSONError: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+// init telegram
+func init() {
+	// authorize using the token
+	var err error
+	Bot, err = tgbotapi.NewBotAPI(token)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Telegram Error: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// get a channel and sign it to 'Updates'
+	u := tgbotapi.NewUpdate(0)
+	u.Timeout = 60
+
+	Updates, err = Bot.GetUpdatesChan(u)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Telegram Error: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }