diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 4fc77a3..4df42f7 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import 'dotenv/config';
 import express from 'express';
+import { verifyDiscordRequest } from './utils.js';
+import {
+    TEST_COMMAND,
+    hasGuildCommands,
+} from './commands.js';
 
 // Create an express app
 const app = express();
@@ -8,8 +13,15 @@ const app = express();
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
 
 // Parse request body and verifies incoming requests using discord-interactions package
-app.use(express.json({ verify: VerifyDiscordRequest(process.env.PUBLIC_KEY) }));
+app.use(express.json({
+    verify: verifyDiscordRequest(process.env.PUBLIC_KEY)
+}));
 
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
     console.log('Listening on port', PORT);
+
+    // Check if guild commands from commands.js are installed (if not, install them)
+    hasGuildCommands(process.env.APP_ID, process.env.GUILD_ID, [
+        TEST_COMMAND,
+    ]);
 });
diff --git a/commands.js b/commands.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..177ffdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { discordRequest } from './utils.js';
+
+export const TEST_COMMAND = {
+  name: 'test',
+  description: 'Basic guild command',
+  type: 1,
+};
+
+export async function hasGuildCommands(appId, guildId, commands) {
+    if (guildId === '' || appId === '') {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    commands.forEach((c) => hasGuildCommand(appId, guildId, c));
+}
+
+async function hasGuildCommand(appId, guildId, command) {
+    const endpoint = `applications/${appId}/guilds/${guildId}/commands`;
+
+    try {
+        const res = await discordRequest(endpoint, { method: 'GET' });
+        const data = await res.json();
+
+        if (data) {
+            const installedNames = data.map((c) => c['name']);
+            // This is just matching on the name, so it's not good for updates
+            if (!installedNames.includes(command['name'])) {
+                console.log(`Installing "${command['name']}"`);
+                installGuildCommand(appId, guildId, command);
+            } else {
+                console.log(`"${command['name']}" command already installed`);
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+    }
+}
+
+export async function installGuildCommand(appId, guildId, command) {
+    const endpoint = `applications/${appId}/guilds/${guildId}/commands`;
+
+    try {
+        await discordRequest(endpoint, { method: 'POST', body: command });
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95798f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import 'dotenv/config';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
+import { verifyKey } from 'discord-interactions';
+
+const baseURL = 'https://discord.com/api/v10/';
+
+export function verifyDiscordRequest(clientKey) {
+    return function (req, res, buf, encoding) {
+        const signature = req.get('X-Signature-Ed25519');
+        const timestamp = req.get('X-Signature-Timestamp');
+
+        const isValidRequest = verifyKey(buf, signature, timestamp, clientKey);
+        if (!isValidRequest) {
+            res.status(401).send('Bad request signature');
+            throw new Error('Bad request signature');
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+export async function discordRequest(endpoint, options) {
+    const url = baseURL + endpoint;
+
+    if (options.body) {
+        options.body = JSON.stringify(options.body);
+    }
+
+    // Use node-fetch to make requests
+    const res = await fetch(url, {
+        headers: {
+            'Authorization': `Bot ${process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN}`,
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
+            'User-Agent': 'DiscordBot (https://github.com/erynofwales/thirteenth-friend, 1.0.0)',
+        },
+        ...options
+    });
+
+    if (!res.ok) {
+        const data = await res.json();
+        console.error('Request failed with status:', res.status);
+        throw new Error(JSON.stringify(data));
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+