diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ import spotipy
 from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth
 ```
 
+in your spotify application in your developer portal, make sure you set `http://localhost:8888/callback` as one of your callbacks or else the code will not function as intended.
+
 im too lazy to format this
diff --git a/v0.1/nowplaying.py b/v0.1/nowplaying.py
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+++ b/v0.1/nowplaying.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import tkinter as tk
+from tkinter import ttk
+from PIL import Image, ImageTk
+import requests
+from io import BytesIO
+import spotipy
+from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth
+
+# Replace these with your Spotify app credentials
+SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID = 'add-your-client-id-here'
+SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET = 'add-your-client-secret-here'
+SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI = 'http://localhost:8888/callback'
+
+# Initialize Spotipy client with authorization
+sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(client_id=SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID,
+                                               client_secret=SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET,
+                                               redirect_uri=SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI,
+                                               scope='user-read-playback-state user-modify-playback-state'))
+
+def get_current_playback():
+    try:
+        playback = sp.current_playback()
+        if playback is None or playback['item'] is None:
+            return None, None, None, None, None
+        track_name = playback['item']['name']
+        artists = ', '.join([artist['name'] for artist in playback['item']['artists']])
+        album_art_url = playback['item']['album']['images'][0]['url']
+        progress_ms = playback['progress_ms']
+        duration_ms = playback['item']['duration_ms']
+        return track_name, artists, album_art_url, progress_ms, duration_ms
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error fetching playback: {e}")
+        return None, None, None, None, None
+
+def update_playback_info():
+    track_name, artists, album_art_url, progress_ms, duration_ms = get_current_playback()
+    if track_name and artists and album_art_url:
+        root.title(f"{track_name} - {artists}")  # Update window title
+        track_label.config(text=f"{track_name}")
+        artist_label.config(text=f"{artists}")
+        response = requests.get(album_art_url)
+        img_data = response.content
+        img = Image.open(BytesIO(img_data))
+        img = img.resize((200, 200), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
+        img_tk = ImageTk.PhotoImage(img)
+        cover_label.config(image=img_tk)
+        cover_label.image = img_tk
+        if progress_ms and duration_ms:
+            progress_percentage = (progress_ms / duration_ms) * 100
+            progress_var.set(progress_percentage)
+            current_time = format_time(progress_ms)
+            total_time = format_time(duration_ms)
+            progress_label_current.config(text=f"{current_time}")
+            progress_label_total.config(text=f"{total_time}")
+        else:
+            progress_var.set(0)
+            progress_label_current.config(text="")
+            progress_label_total.config(text="")
+    else:
+        root.title("Spotify Now Playing")
+        track_label.config(text="No track playing")
+        artist_label.config(text="")
+        cover_label.config(image="")
+        cover_label.image = None
+        progress_var.set(0)
+        progress_label_current.config(text="")
+        progress_label_total.config(text="")
+    root.after(1000, update_playback_info)  # Update every second
+
+def format_time(ms):
+    seconds = ms // 1000
+    minutes = seconds // 60
+    seconds = seconds % 60
+    return f"{minutes}:{seconds:02d}"
+
+def play_song():
+    sp.start_playback()
+
+def pause_song():
+    sp.pause_playback()
+
+def next_song():
+    sp.next_track()
+
+def previous_song():
+    sp.previous_track()
+
+# Create the main window
+root = tk.Tk()
+root.title("Spotify Now Playing")
+
+# Create and place the widgets
+cover_label = ttk.Label(root)
+cover_label.pack(pady=(10, 5))
+
+track_label = ttk.Label(root, text="Track: ", font=('Helvetica', 12, 'bold'))
+track_label.pack(padx=20, pady=5)
+
+artist_label = ttk.Label(root, text="Artists: ", font=('Helvetica', 10))
+artist_label.pack(padx=20, pady=5)
+
+# Progress bar with current and total time labels
+progress_var = tk.DoubleVar()
+progress_frame = ttk.Frame(root)
+progress_frame.pack(fill='x', padx=20, pady=10)
+
+progress_bar = ttk.Progressbar(progress_frame, variable=progress_var, maximum=100)
+progress_bar.pack(fill='x', side='top')
+
+progress_labels_frame = ttk.Frame(progress_frame)
+progress_labels_frame.pack(fill='x', side='top')
+
+progress_label_current = tk.Label(progress_labels_frame, text="", anchor='w')
+progress_label_current.pack(side='left')
+
+progress_label_total = tk.Label(progress_labels_frame, text="", anchor='e')
+progress_label_total.pack(side='right')
+
+# Playback controls
+control_frame = ttk.Frame(root)
+control_frame.pack(pady=10)
+
+prev_button = ttk.Button(control_frame, text="Previous", command=previous_song)
+prev_button.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=5)
+
+play_button = ttk.Button(control_frame, text="Play", command=play_song)
+play_button.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=5)
+
+pause_button = ttk.Button(control_frame, text="Pause", command=pause_song)
+pause_button.grid(row=0, column=2, padx=5)
+
+next_button = ttk.Button(control_frame, text="Next", command=next_song)
+next_button.grid(row=0, column=3, padx=5)
+
+# Start updating playback info
+update_playback_info()
+
+# Start the Tkinter event loop
+root.mainloop()