diff --git a/twtxt-c b/twtxt-c
index b17671a..8edb5f6 100755
--- a/twtxt-c
+++ b/twtxt-c
@@ -26,7 +26,21 @@ Commands:
   tweet       Append a new tweet to your twtxt file.
   unfollow    Remove an existing source from your...
   view        Show feed of given source.
-  registry    Show registers\n"
+  reg list    Show registers
+  reg add     Add your twtxt to registry
+  reg users   List users on the registry
+  reg twts    Fetch recent tweets from registry
+  reg mentions search for mentions by url
+  reg tag     Search for tags
+  "
+  
+}
+
+read_config () {
+	declare -A v=()
+	while read -r var value; do 
+		v[$var]=$value
+	done < $config/registry
 }
 case $1 in
 	-h | --help)
@@ -45,6 +59,7 @@ case $1 in
 		read -p "URL to twtxt [https://example.com/twtxt.txt]: " url
 		url=${url:-"https://example.com/twtxt.txt"}
 		printf "[twtxt]\n nick = %s\n twtfile = %s\n url = %s\n" "$nick" "$path_to_twtxt" "$url" >> $config/config
+		printf "https://twtxt.envs.net/api/plain/\nhttps://twtxt.tilde.institute/api/plain/\n" > $config/registry
 		;;
 	tweet)
 		export config=/home/$USER/.config/twtxt-c/config
@@ -53,6 +68,51 @@ case $1 in
 	view)
 		curl $2 2>/dev/null | grep -v "#" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "\t" } ; {print $2}' 
 		;;
+	reg) 
+		case $2 in
+			list)
+			cat /home/$USER/.config/twtxt-c/registry 
+			;;
+			add)
+				config=/home/$USER/.config/twtxt-c/
+				declare -A v=()
+				while read -r line; do 
+					var=$(echo $line | awk '{print $1}' )
+					value=$(echo $line | awk '{print $3}' )
+					v[$var]=$value
+				done < $config/config
+				req="https://twtxt.tilde.institute/api/plain/users?url=${v[url]}&nickname=${v[nick]}"
+				req2="https://twtxt.envs.net/api/plain/users?url=${v[url]}&nickname=${v[nick]}"
+				echo "post these requests:"
+				echo "curl -X POST $req"
+				echo "curl -X POST $req2"
+				#curl -X POST $req
+				#curl -X POST $req2
+				# I have commented the actual curl request so that I accidentally re-register myself during testing
+			;;
+			users)
+				curl 'https://twtxt.tilde.institute/api/plain/users' 
+				curl 'https://twtxt.envs.net/api/plain/users' ;;
+			twts)
+				curl 'https://twtxt.tilde.institute/api/plain/tweets' 
+				curl 'https://twtxt.envs.net/api/plain/tweets'
+				;;
+			mentions)
+				url=$3
+				req="https://twtxt.tilde.institute/api/plain/mentions?url=$url"
+				req2="https://twtxt.envs.net/api/plain/mentions?url=$url"
+				curl $req
+				curl $req2
+				;;
+			tag)
+				tag=$3 
+				req="https://twtxt.tilde.institute/api/plain/tags/$tag"
+				req2="https://twtxt.envs.net/api/plain/tags/$tag"
+				curl $req
+				curl $req2
+				;;
+		esac ;;
 	*)
 		printf "Work in progress\n" ;;
 esac
+