diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 7074b37..5080fa3 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ async def on_ready():
 
 @bot.slash_command(description = "Command used to apply")
 async def apply(ctx):
-    message = ctx.message
-
     await ctx.response.send_message(content="Application started", ephemeral=True)
 
     user = await ctx.author.create_dm()
@@ -162,4 +160,66 @@ class ApplicationModal(discord.ui.Modal):
             embed.colour = discord.Colour.red()
             await interaction.followup.edit_message(message_id = interaction.message.id, embeds=[emb, embed])
 
+
+@bot.slash_command(description = "Command used to set up the application prompt")
+async def setup(ctx):
+    embed = discord.Embed(title="**Start your application!**")
+    embed.add_field(name="Click the button below to start your application", value="", inline=False)
+    appStartView = ApplicationStartButtonView()
+    await ctx.response.send_message("Message set up", ephemeral=True)
+    await ctx.channel.send(embeds=[embed], view=appStartView)
+
+class ApplicationStartButtonView(discord.ui.View):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(timeout=None)
+
+    @discord.ui.button(
+        label="Start application!",
+        style=discord.ButtonStyle.green,
+        custom_id=f"persistent:start_application",
+    )
+    async def start_app(self, button: discord.ui.Button, interaction: discord.Interaction):
+        await interaction.response.send_message(content="Application started", ephemeral=True)
+
+        user = await interaction.user.create_dm()
+        await user.send("Hey! Your application has started. You have 300 seconds to complete it.")
+
+        application = {'userId': interaction.user.id}
+
+        for i in range(1, max_questions+1):
+            embed = discord.Embed(title=f'Question [{i}/{max_questions}]', description=questions[i])
+            await user.send(embed=embed)
+            response = await bot.wait_for('message', check=lambda m: m.author == interaction.user and m.channel == user, timeout=300)
+            application[f'question{i}'] = response.content
+
+        try:
+            with open('applications.json', 'r') as f:
+                data = json.load(f)
+        except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+            data = []
+
+        data.append(application)
+        with open('applications.json', 'w') as f:
+            json.dump(data, f)
+
+        channel = bot.get_channel(channel_id)
+        embed = discord.Embed(title='Application: ' + interaction.user.display_name)
+        for i in range(1, max_questions+1):
+            embed.add_field(name=f'{questions[i]}', value=application[f'question{i}'], inline=False)
+        embed.set_footer(text=f"Applicant ID: {interaction.user.id}")
+
+        appView = ApplicationButtonsView()
+
+        msg = await channel.send(embed=embed, view=appView)
+
+        print(msg.id)
+
+        data = (msg.id, interaction.user.id, interaction.guild.id)
+        con = sqlite3.connect("applications.db")
+        cur = con.cursor()
+        cur.execute(f"INSERT INTO app_msg_db VALUES (?, ?, ?)", data)
+        con.commit()
+
+        await user.send('Thank you for applying!')
+
 bot.run(TOKEN)
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