diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f3cee0..dec45af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ dead simple last.fm bot
 - add collage generation
 - fix attachment generation and upload
     - ~~**temporary fix**: upload and link to catbox urls~~ the asynchronous catbox library does not accept byte arrays
-    - **temporary fix**: construct the attachment object from scratch and upload manually(?)
+    - ~~**temporary fix**: construct the attachment object from scratch and upload manually(?)~~ its still broken
+    - **temporary fix:** use 0x0.st
     - **permanent fix**: fork and update nerimity library
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 8c42842..08de67a 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+# import io
 # import requests
 # import mimetypes
 
 import nerimity
 
-# def construct_attachment_from_url(url: str = None):
+# def construct_attachment_from_url(url: str = None) -> nerimity.Attachment | None:
 #     if not url: return None
 #     content = requests.get(url).content
 
@@ -17,8 +18,22 @@ import nerimity
 
 #     return attachment
 
-def error_msg(message: str):
+# def construct_attachment_from_bytes(filename: str = "file", bytes_arr: io.BytesIO = None, file_type: str = None) -> nerimity.Attachment | None:
+#     if not bytes_arr: return None
+#     if not file_type: return None
+
+#     attachment = nerimity.Attachment()
+#     attachment.internal_type = nerimity.AttachmentTypes.OUTGOING
+
+#     attachment.data = bytes_arr.read()
+#     attachment.data_type = file_type
+#     attachment.size = len(attachment.data)
+#     attachment.name = filename
+
+#     return attachment
+
+def error_msg(message: str) -> str:
     return f"[#e5323b][Error] [#reset]{message}"
 
-def good_msg(message: str):
+def good_msg(message: str) -> str:
     return f"[#52ff54][Success] [#reset]{message}"