diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb6431e..37eb00c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 toot.json
+venv/
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f38ddb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Mastodon.py==1.5.1
+emoji~=1.6.3
+click==8.1.3
diff --git a/toot b/toot
index bd0e0c0..341cf59 100755
--- a/toot
+++ b/toot
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import click
+import emoji
+import getpass
 import json
 import os
 import sys
-
-import click
-import emoji
 from mastodon import Mastodon
 
 @click.command()
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ def toot(status, creds):
     status = emoji.emojize(status, use_aliases=True)
 
     # check status length and post status
-    if len(status) > 500:
+    if len(status) > 5000:
         print("Status is too long, try again")
     elif len(status) == 0:
         print("Did you type a status?")
     else:
-        print(mastodon.toot(status)["uri"])
+        print(mastodon.toot(f"{status}\n~{getpass.getuser()}")["uri"])
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
     toot()