diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 3c23628..7e5763a 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -43,3 +43,5 @@ EMAIL_FROM=noreply@example.com
 
 GMAIL_EMAIL_USERNAME=
 GMAIL_EMAIL_APP_PASS=
+
+TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=7050075088:AAH6VRpNCyQd9x9sW6CLm6q0q4ibUgYBfnM
diff --git a/content/telegram_users.json b/content/telegram_users.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b66e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/telegram_users.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+  {
+    "chatId": 777826553,
+    "phoneNumber": "+359883351579"
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
index 345aee8..0464c0a 100644
--- a/nodemon.json
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-
 {
-    "verbose": true,
-    "ignore": ["node_modules", ".next"],
-    "watch": ["server/**/*", "server.js","src/helpers.js","src/**/*", "next.config.js"],
-    "ext": "js json"
-  }
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+  "verbose": true,
+  "ignore": [
+    "node_modules",
+    ".next",
+    "content/**/*",
+    "public/**/*"
+  ],
+  "watch": [
+    "server/**/*",
+    "server.js",
+    "src/helpers.js",
+    "src/**/*",
+    "next.config.js"
+  ],
+  "ext": "js json"
+}
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diff --git a/pages/contactUs.tsx b/pages/contactUs.tsx
index b30387c..568ed4e 100644
--- a/pages/contactUs.tsx
+++ b/pages/contactUs.tsx
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ const ContactsPage = () => {
             </a>
         </div>
                 </div > */
-                }            <a href="https://t.me/mwhitnessing_bot" className="inline-flex items-center ml-4" target="_blank">
+                }
+                {/* <a href="https://t.me/mwhitnessing_bot" className="inline-flex items-center ml-4" target="_blank">
                     <img src="content/icons/telegram-svgrepo-com.svg" alt="Телеграм" width="32" height="32" className="align-middle" />
                     <span className="align-middle">Телеграм</span>
-                </a>
+                </a> */}
             </div >
 
 
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index a68f643..8a397c2 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -614,6 +614,8 @@ const generateWordFile = async (outputFilename, data, templateSrc) => {
 
 // #################### statistics ####################
 
+const telegramBot = require('./src/telegram');
+
 async function Stat() {
 
   var date = new Date();
@@ -641,7 +643,7 @@ async function Stat() {
 
   }
 
-
+  telegramBot.Initialize();
 
   console.log(
     "found " + previousShifts.length + " shifts for previous 2 months"
@@ -649,6 +651,16 @@ async function Stat() {
 
 }
 
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
 Stat();
 
 exports.baseUrlGlobal = baseUrlGlobal;
+
+exports.default = app;
diff --git a/src/telegram.js b/src/telegram.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07d0950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/telegram.js
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const TelegramBot = require('node-telegram-bot-api');
+
+const filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../content/telegram_users.json');
+const token = process.env.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN;
+
+const bot = new TelegramBot(token, { polling: true });
+
+const telegramBot = {
+    Initialize: function () {
+        bot.on('message', handleMessage);
+        bot.on('new_chat_members', handleNewChatMembers);
+        bot.on('contact', handleContact);
+        bot.onText(/start/, handleStartCommand);
+    },
+
+    updateUserDetails: function (chatId, phoneNumber) {
+        // Function body remains the same
+    }
+};
+
+function initializeBot() {
+    bot.on('message', handleMessage);
+    bot.on('new_chat_members', handleNewChatMembers);
+    bot.on('contact', handleContact);
+    bot.onText(/start/, handleStartCommand);
+}
+
+function handleMessage(msg) {
+    const chatId = msg.chat.id;
+    console.log("received message from chatId = " + chatId);
+}
+
+function handleNewChatMembers(msg) {
+    const chatId = msg.chat.id;
+    msg.new_chat_members.forEach(member => {
+        greetNewMember(chatId, member);
+    });
+}
+
+function greetNewMember(chatId, member) {
+    const userId = member.id;
+    const welcomeMessage = `Welcome, ${member.first_name}!`;
+    bot.restrictChatMember(chatId, userId, { can_send_messages: false });
+    bot.sendMessage(chatId, welcomeMessage);
+}
+
+function handleContact(msg) {
+    const chatId = msg.chat.id;
+    if (msg.contact && msg.contact.phone_number) {
+        updateUserDetails(chatId, msg.contact.phone_number);
+    } else {
+        bot.sendMessage(chatId, "You did not share your phone number.");
+    }
+}
+
+function handleStartCommand(msg) {
+    const chatId = msg.chat.id;
+    const options = {
+        reply_markup: {
+            one_time_keyboard: true,
+            keyboard: [
+                [{ text: "Разбира се!", request_contact: true, one_time_keyboard: true }],
+                ["Не сега"]
+            ],
+            resize_keyboard: true
+        },
+        parse_mode: 'Markdown'
+    };
+
+    bot.sendMessage(chatId, "Моля, потвърдете вашия телефонен номер:", options);
+}
+
+function updateUserDetails(chatId, phoneNumber) {
+    fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
+        let users = [];
+
+        if (err && err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
+            console.error("Error reading the file:", err);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            if (!err) {
+                users = JSON.parse(data);
+            }
+        } catch (e) {
+            //failed to parse json. delete the file and create a new one
+            console.error("Error parsing the file:", e);
+            console.log("Deleting the file and creating a new one...");
+            fs.unlinkSync(filePath);
+        }
+
+        const userIndex = users.findIndex(user => user.phoneNumber === phoneNumber);
+        if (userIndex !== -1) {
+            users[userIndex].chatId = chatId;
+        } else {
+            users.push({ chatId, phoneNumber });
+        }
+
+        fs.writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(users, null, 2), 'utf8', (writeErr) => {
+            if (writeErr) {
+                console.error("Error writing to the file:", writeErr);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            console.log("User details updated.");
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+module.exports = { initializeBot, updateUserDetails };
+
+module.exports = telegramBot;
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