diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 08cf797..fdba954 100755
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ client.once('ready', async () => {
             debugChannel.send(turnOnMsg[help.RNG(turnOnMsg.length)]);
         }
     }
+    await dbConnect();
     cron.schedule('0 13 * * *', async function() {
         ping();
     });
-    await dbConnect();
+    ping();
     console.log('Running!');
 });
 
diff --git a/messageHandler.js b/messageHandler.js
index a31aa3d..bdffa6c 100644
--- a/messageHandler.js
+++ b/messageHandler.js
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ function gotMessage(message) {
     }
 
     if (process.env.DEBUG == 'ON') {
-        const debugger_ = require('./.debug.js');
-        debugger_.debug(message);
+        // smth
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ping.js b/ping.js
index 7e72101..8f752de 100644
--- a/ping.js
+++ b/ping.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require('dotenv').config();
 const client = require('./main');
 const { bModel, eModel } = require('./database/schemas');
-const help = require('./helpFunctions');
+const { getGifEmbed } = require('./gifs');
 
 module.exports = pingEvent;
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async function pingEvent() {
             const userId = todayBirthdays[j].id;
             if ((await guild.members.fetch()).find(user => user.id == userId) != undefined) {
                 const gifAmount = 12;
-                const embed = await help.getGifEmbed(`https://g.tenor.com/v1/search?q=anime-hug&key=${process.env.TENOR}&limit=${gifAmount}`, gifAmount);
+                const embed = await getGifEmbed(`https://g.tenor.com/v1/search?q=anime-hug&key=${process.env.TENOR}&limit=${gifAmount}`, gifAmount);
                 embed.setDescription(`Happy Birthday <@${userId}> !!!`);
                 client.channels.cache.get(sysChannelIds[i])
                     .send({ embeds: [embed] });