diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b5a26e0..afb47ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 *.py[cow]
 __pycache__/
 venv/
+index.5da4dcc7.js
+index.5da4dcc7.js.map
+index.js
+state.*
+bot.py
+boykisser-big.png
+image.png
+logs.txt
+rgb111-full.png
+state-new.json
diff --git a/async-bot.py b/async-bot.py
index 647cee9..857cb0a 100644
--- a/async-bot.py
+++ b/async-bot.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 
 import asyncio
+from typing import Optional
 from socketio import AsyncSimpleClient
 from aiohttp import ClientSession
+from aiohttp_proxy import ProxyConnector
 from PIL import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw, ImageFilter
 from base64 import b64decode
 from random import choice
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ class AsyncBotManager:
         self.font = ImageFont.load_default(8)
 
         self.difference: dict[int, bool] = {}
+        self._last_update = 0
         self._shutdown: bool = False
 
     def put_text(self, x: int, y: int, text: str):
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ class AsyncBotManager:
                 data = await req.json()
                 buffer = b64decode(data["full_state"].encode() + b"=")
                 self.canvas.paste(Image.frombytes("1", (1000, 1000), buffer))
+                self._last_update: int = data["timestamp"]
             async with AsyncSimpleClient(http_session=http) as sio:
                 await sio.connect(f"{self.base}/socket.io")
                 while not self._shutdown:
@@ -50,8 +54,11 @@ class AsyncBotManager:
                         image = Image.frombytes("1", (1000, 1000), buffer)
                         self.canvas.paste(image)
                         image.close()
+                        self._last_update: int = data["timestamp"]
                     elif event == "batched_bit_toggles":
                         bits_on, bits_off, timestamp = data
+                        if timestamp < self._last_update:
+                            print("SKIPPING UPDATES: TOO OLD")
                         for ndx in bits_on:
                             y, x = divmod(ndx, 1000)
                             self.canvas.putpixel((x, y), 255)
@@ -61,8 +68,9 @@ class AsyncBotManager:
                     else:
                         print("unknown event", event, data)
 
-    async def writer(self):
-        async with ClientSession() as http:
+    async def writer(self, proxy_url: Optional[str] = None):
+        proxy = ProxyConnector.from_url(proxy_url) if proxy_url else None
+        async with ClientSession(connector=proxy) as http:
             async with AsyncSimpleClient(http_session=http) as sio:
                 await sio.connect(f"{self.base}/socket.io")
                 while not self._shutdown:
@@ -119,9 +127,10 @@ async def amain():
                             mgr.difference[ndx_start + 1] = g > 128
                             mgr.difference[ndx_start + 2] = b > 128
 
-        await asyncio.gather(*[
-            mgr.writer() for _ in range(settings["n_bots"])
-        ], return_exceptions=True)
+        if (n_proxies := len(settings["proxies"])):
+            await asyncio.gather(*[
+                mgr.writer(settings["proxies"][i % n_proxies]) for i in range(settings["n_bots"])
+            ], return_exceptions=True)
 
 
 
diff --git a/listen.py b/listen.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..598348a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from socketio import SimpleClient
+
+from json import dumps
+from datetime import datetime
+
+with open("logs.txt", "a") as fp:
+    with SimpleClient() as sio:
+        sio.connect("https://onemillioncheckboxes.com/socket.io")
+        while True:
+            event = sio.receive()
+            now = datetime.utcnow()
+            print(now, event)
+            fp.write(str(now.timestamp()) + " " + dumps(event) + "\n")