diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b03ebb5..4ee31d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ tmux/resurrect
 tmux/plugins
 !tmux/plugins/tpm
 bin/water/waterintake
+bin/weather/.env*
 *.swp
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a03fd18..c93c8d5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@
 [submodule "tpm"]
 	path = tpm
 	url = https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm
+[submodule ".priv"]
+	path = .priv
+	url = git@github.com:KeeganForelight/private_info.git
diff --git a/.priv b/.priv
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..66fe519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.priv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 66fe519826ba9b6870422179c368ea5d3a97e890
diff --git a/bin/weather/.location b/bin/weather/.location
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ee6deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/weather/.location
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+STATE=MA
+CITY=Cambridge
+LAT=42.3737
+LON=-71.1284
diff --git a/bin/weather/definitions.go b/bin/weather/definitions.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 62d89db..0000000
--- a/bin/weather/definitions.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-var USStates = map[string]string{
-	"New Jersey":                     "NJ",
-	"Ohio":                           "OH",
-	"Pennsylvania":                   "PA",
-	"Vermont":                        "VT",
-	"Georgia":                        "GA",
-	"Hawaii":                         "HI",
-	"New Hampshire":                  "NH",
-	"Utah":                           "UT",
-	"Oklahoma":                       "OK",
-	"South Carolina":                 "SC",
-	"South Dakota":                   "SD",
-	"Illinois":                       "IL",
-	"New York":                       "NY",
-	"Armed Forces Europe":            "AE",
-	"Armed Forces Pacific":           "AP",
-	"Connecticut":                    "CT",
-	"Kansas":                         "KS",
-	"Wisconsin":                      "WI",
-	"Tennessee":                      "TN",
-	"Palau":                          "PW",
-	"California":                     "CA",
-	"Louisiana":                      "LA",
-	"Michigan":                       "MI",
-	"Rhode Island":                   "RI",
-	"Armed Forces Americas":          "AA",
-	"Alabama":                        "AL",
-	"Arizona":                        "AZ",
-	"North Dakota":                   "ND",
-	"Colorado":                       "CO",
-	"Guam":                           "GU",
-	"Virgin Islands":                 "VI",
-	"Alaska":                         "AK",
-	"Indiana":                        "IN",
-	"Iowa":                           "IA",
-	"District of Columbia":           "DC",
-	"Marshall Islands":               "MH",
-	"Puerto Rico":                    "PR",
-	"Montana":                        "MT",
-	"New Mexico":                     "NM",
-	"North Carolina":                 "NC",
-	"Arkansas":                       "AR",
-	"Maryland":                       "MD",
-	"Massachusetts":                  "MA",
-	"Delaware":                       "DE",
-	"Maine":                          "ME",
-	"Northern Mariana Islands":       "MP",
-	"West Virginia":                  "WV",
-	"Idaho":                          "ID",
-	"Mississippi":                    "MS",
-	"Washington":                     "WA",
-	"Nevada":                         "NV",
-	"Oregon":                         "OR",
-	"Virginia":                       "VA",
-	"Wyoming":                        "WY",
-	"Federated States of Micronesia": "FM",
-	"Kentucky":                       "KY",
-	"Minnesota":                      "MN",
-	"Nebraska":                       "NE",
-	"American Samoa":                 "AS",
-	"Florida":                        "FL",
-	"Missouri":                       "MO",
-	"Texas":                          "TX",
-}
diff --git a/bin/weather/go.mod b/bin/weather/go.mod
index d8d9456..9d28ef2 100644
--- a/bin/weather/go.mod
+++ b/bin/weather/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module weather
 
 go 1.18
+
+require github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/bin/weather/go.sum b/bin/weather/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c9f290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/weather/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0 h1:3l4+N6zfMWnkbPEXKng2o2/MR5mSwTrBih4ZEkkz1lg=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
diff --git a/bin/weather/location.sh b/bin/weather/location.sh
index 61d5798..6ec0c52 100755
--- a/bin/weather/location.sh
+++ b/bin/weather/location.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# sets enviroment variables on login
-CURRENT_LOCATION=$(curl --silent http://ip-api.com/csv)
-CITY=$(echo "$CURRENT_LOCATION" | cut -d , -f 6)
-LAT=$(echo "$CURRENT_LOCATION" | cut -d , -f 8)
-LON=$(echo "$CURRENT_LOCATION" | cut -d , -f 9)
+# creates a hidden file of your location details based on your address, will expand to support addition via zip codes
+
+if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
+    # called without args
+    CURRENT_LOCATION=$(curl --silent http://ip-api.com/csv)
+
+    STATE_CODE=$(echo "$CURRENT_LOCATION" | cut -d, -f 4)
+    CITY=$(echo "$CURRENT_LOCATION" | cut -d , -f 6)
+    LAT=$(echo "$CURRENT_LOCATION" | cut -d , -f 8)
+    LON=$(echo "$CURRENT_LOCATION" | cut -d , -f 9)
+    printf "STATE=%s\nCITY=%s\nLAT=%s\nLON=%s\n" $STATE_CODE $CITY $LAT $LON > "$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/.env.location"
+fi
 
-export LAT LON CITY
 
diff --git a/bin/weather/main.go b/bin/weather/main.go
index a631d3e..232fcb8 100644
--- a/bin/weather/main.go
+++ b/bin/weather/main.go
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
 type Weather struct {
-	Temp     float64
-	Humidity int
-	Icon     rune
-	City     string
-	State    string
+	Temp       float64
+	Humidity   int
+	Icon       rune
+	City       string
+	State      string
+	LastPinged int64
 }
 
 type weathercode rune
@@ -34,52 +36,47 @@ const (
 )
 
 func (w *Weather) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(" %c %.1f%c %d%c in %s, %s", w.Icon, w.Temp, DEGREES_F, w.Humidity, HUMIDITY, w.City, USStates[w.State]) // Output as ICON ##.#*F ##% in City, ST where the rune is a degree sign
+	return fmt.Sprintf(" %c %.1f%c %d%c in %s, %s", w.Icon, w.Temp, DEGREES_F, w.Humidity, HUMIDITY, w.City, w.State) // Output as ICON ##.#*F ##% in City, ST where the rune is a degree sign
 }
 
 func main() {
-	city := os.Getenv("CITY")
-	if city == "" {
-		fmt.Print("No location found!")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	city = strings.Trim(city, " \n")
-	weathercmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "${HOME}/.dotfiles/bin/weather/weather.sh")
-	var out bytes.Buffer
-	weathercmd.Stdout = &out
-	if err := weathercmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	// getting weather
+	if err := exec.Command(os.ExpandEnv("$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/weather.sh")).Run(); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	// parsing json time :D
-	var temp map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(out.Bytes(), &temp); err != nil {
+	// get up to date info
+	loc := os.ExpandEnv(fmt.Sprintf("$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/.env.location"))
+	weath := os.ExpandEnv(fmt.Sprintf("$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/.env.weather"))
+	if err := godotenv.Load(weath, loc); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	// fmting hell
-	weather := &Weather{City: city}
-	for k, v := range temp {
-		if k == "main" {
-			// weather info
-			for nk, nv := range v.(map[string]interface{}) {
-				if nk == "temp" {
-					weather.Temp = nv.(float64)
-				} else if nk == "humidity" {
-					weather.Humidity = int(nv.(float64)) // this is as gross as it gets
-				}
-			}
-		} else if k == "name" {
-			weather.State = v.(string)
-		} else if k == "weather" {
-			m := v.([]interface{})
-			for nk, nv := range m[0].(map[string]interface{}) {
-				if nk == "icon" {
-					weather.Icon = getIcon(nv.(string))
-				}
-			}
+
+	var humidity int
+	var temp float64
+	var err error
+
+	city := os.Getenv("CITY")
+	state := os.Getenv("STATE") // fine as strings
+	icon := getIcon(os.Getenv("ICON"))
+	h := os.Getenv("HUMIDITY")
+	t := os.Getenv("TEMP")
+	if h != "" {
+		hum, err := strconv.ParseInt(h, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		humidity = int(hum)
+	}
+	if t != "" {
+		temp, err = strconv.ParseFloat(t, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
 		}
 	}
+	weather := &Weather{City: city, State: state, Icon: icon, Humidity: humidity, Temp: temp}
 	fmt.Print(weather)
 }
+
 func tod(day bool, dayrune weathercode, nightrune weathercode) rune {
 	if day {
 		return rune(dayrune)
diff --git a/bin/weather/weather b/bin/weather/weather
index 0fa43bd..d00f436 100755
Binary files a/bin/weather/weather and b/bin/weather/weather differ
diff --git a/bin/weather/weather.sh b/bin/weather/weather.sh
index 38852a8..c7ee34c 100755
--- a/bin/weather/weather.sh
+++ b/bin/weather/weather.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-# if you get my email banned ill freak out
-API_KEY='60844f78595f66ff8e94df50aed24397'
+source "$HOME/.dotfiles/.priv/key"
+source "$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/.env.location"
+source "$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/.env.weather"
+# API_KEY=$(cat "$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/.priv/key")
 # getting weather
-WEATHER=$(curl --silent http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather\?lat="$LAT"\&lon="$LON"\&appid="$API_KEY"\&units=imperial)
-echo $WEATHER
+CUR_TIMESTAMP=$(date +%s)
+# only update weather every 30 seconds
+
+if [[ $CUR_TIMESTAMP -gt $EXPIRATION  || -z $EXPIRATION ]] ; then
+    WEATHER=$(curl --silent http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather\?lat="$LAT"\&lon="$LON"\&appid="$API_KEY"\&units=imperial)
+
+    TEMP=$(echo $WEATHER | jq -r '.main.temp')
+    HUMIDITY=$(echo $WEATHER | jq -r '.main.humidity')
+    ICON=$(echo $WEATHER | jq -r '.weather[0].icon')
+    EXPIRATION=$(($CUR_TIMESTAMP+30))
+
+    printf 'TEMP=%s\nHUMIDITY=%s\nICON=%s\nEXPIRATION=%s\n' "$TEMP" "$HUMIDITY" "$ICON" "$EXPIRATION" >"$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/.env.weather"
+fi
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 07908c8..5172353 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ alias nalgene="$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/water/water.sh 32"
 alias water="$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/water/water.sh"
 
 # setting up location variables
-source "$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/location.sh"
+# source "$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/weather/location.sh"