diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 5828b31..794ca0d 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ function handle_application_command(state, data, channel_id) {
         case "blep":
             return blep(state);
 
+        case "catfact":
+            return catfact(state);
+
         default:
             console.error(`unknown command: ${name}`);
             return res.status(400).json({ error: "unknown command" });
diff --git a/command_impls.js b/command_impls.js
index 92bc544..f6508fb 100644
--- a/command_impls.js
+++ b/command_impls.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { InteractionResponseType } from "discord-interactions";
 import { Message } from "./message-scheduler.js";
 import { ActionRowBuilder, ButtonBuilder, ButtonStyle } from "discord.js";
+import { request } from "https";
 
 function send(state, data) {
     return state.res.send({
@@ -45,3 +46,28 @@ Here are the available commands and their descriptions:
 export function blep(state) {
     return send(state, { content: "≽^•𐃷•^≼" });
 }
+
+export function catfact(state) {
+    const options = {
+        hostname: "meowfacts.herokuapp.com",
+        path: "/",
+        port: 443,
+        method: "GET",
+    };
+
+    let body = [];
+
+    const req = request(options, (res) => {
+        res.on("data", (chunk) => body.push(chunk));
+        res.on("end", () => {
+            const data = Buffer.concat(body).toString();
+            resolve(data);
+            console.log(data);
+        });
+    });
+    req.on("error", (e) => {
+        console.log(`https error: ${e}`);
+        reject(e);
+    });
+    req.end();
+}
diff --git a/commands.js b/commands.js
index 97b7265..31f7b34 100644
--- a/commands.js
+++ b/commands.js
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ const commands = [
         integration_types: [0],
         contexts: [0],
     },
+    {
+        name: "catfact",
+        description: "get a cat fact",
+        type: 1,
+        integration_types: [0],
+        contexts: [0],
+    },
     {
         name: "schedule_message",
         description: "Register a message to run as a cron job",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 256eba1..946bcf9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "discord.js": "^14.16.3",
         "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
         "express": "^4.18.2",
+        "https": "^1.0.0",
         "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
         "uuid": "^11.0.3"
       },
@@ -838,6 +839,12 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/https": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https/-/https-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4EC57ddXrkaF0x83Oj8sM6SLQHAWXw90Skqu2M4AEWENZ3F02dFJE/GARA8igO79tcgYqGrD7ae4f5L3um2lgg==",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/iconv-lite": {
       "version": "0.4.24",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.24.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6872a5c..d353335 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "discord.js": "^14.16.3",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "https": "^1.0.0",
     "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
     "uuid": "^11.0.3"
   },