diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b8c802..4a09791 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ endif
 ifndef FB_PASSWORD
 	$(error "Provide FB_PASSWORD variable")
 endif
-	./webcrawler $(FB_USERNAME) $(FB_PASSWORD)
+	./webcrawler -d $(FB_USERNAME) $(FB_PASSWORD)
 
 .setup:
 	raco pkg install smol-http/
diff --git a/webcrawler b/webcrawler
index 44619ce..5da4d3a 100755
--- a/webcrawler
+++ b/webcrawler
@@ -7,16 +7,55 @@
                        ;; christo pls do not track thanks
                        (dnt . "1")))
 
+(struct cj [jar cache sema] #:transparent)
+(define (make-cookie-jar)
+  (cj (make-hash) (box (cons 'cookie "")) (make-semaphore 1)))
+(define (update-cookie-jar! jar hdrs)
+  (call-with-semaphore
+    (cj-sema jar)
+    (lambda ()
+      (for ([hdr (in-list hdrs)])
+        (when (symbol=? 'set-cookie (car hdr))
+          (define kv (string-trim (first (string-split (cdr hdr) ";"))))
+          (match-define (list k v) (string-split kv "="))
+          (hash-set! (cj-jar jar) k v)))
+      (set-box!
+        (cj-cache jar)
+        (cons 'cookie
+              (string-join
+                (for/list ([(k v) (in-hash jar)])
+                  (format "~a=~a" k v)) "; "))))))
+(define (cookie-jar->header jar)
+  (call-with-semaphore (cj-sema jar) (curry unbox (cj-cache jar))))
+
+(define debug-mode? (make-parameter #f))
+(define current-cookie-jar (make-parameter (make-cookie-jar)))
+
+(define (printf-debug . args)
+  (when (debug-mode?) (apply printf args)))
+
+(define (print-progress total-pages in-flight crawled-pages num-flags)
+  (when (debug-mode?)
+    (printf "\r\x1b[KStatus: ~a/~a (~a in flight) | Flags: ~a"
+            crawled-pages total-pages in-flight num-flags)
+    (flush-output (current-output-port))))
+
+(define (print-complete)
+  (when (debug-mode?)
+    (printf "\r\x1b[KCrawl complete\n")))
+
 (define req
   (make-http-req 'GET "/hello-world" DEFAULT-HDRS))
 
 (define (run-webcrawler username password)
-  (printf "the credentials are: ~s ~s\n" username password)
+  (printf-debug "the credentials are: ~s ~s\n" username password)
   (write-http-msg req))
 
 (module+ main
   (command-line
     #:program "webcrawler"
+    #:once-each
+    [("-d") "Debug mode" (debug-mode? #t)]
     #:args
     (username password)
     (run-webcrawler username password)))