diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index eea4265..2b2c5ea 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ app.post('/', verifyKeyMiddleware(process.env.PUBLIC_KEY), async function (req,
                   content: content,
               },
           });
+      } else if (name === 'pet') {
+          return res.send({
+              type: InteractionResponseType.CHANNEL_MESSAGE_WITH_SOURCE,
+              data: {
+                  content: '[purring noises]',
+              },
+          });
       }
 
     console.error(`unknown command: ${name}`);
diff --git a/commands.js b/commands.js
index 2af766a..91d782a 100644
--- a/commands.js
+++ b/commands.js
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ import 'dotenv/config';
 import { REST, Routes } from 'discord.js';
 
 const commands = [
+    {
+        name: 'pet',
+        description: 'pet sily bot',
+        type: 1,
+        integration_types: [0],
+        contexts: [0],
+    },
     {
         name: 'schedule_message',
         description: 'Register a message to run as a cron job',