diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 799850c..0073535 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ Arthonor-Neo is a custom Discord bot designed for community interaction and fun.
 
 ## Differences from Version 2.x
 
+### Legacy Commands (Chat Messages)
+These have been mostly removed with certain exceptions:
+
+- Quoteadd has been kept due to the technicaly incompabiltity of replying using slash commands.
+- Nuts has been kept due to frequent usage
+
 ### Removed
 - Timers
 - WGE
diff --git a/commands/legacy/quotes/quoteadd.js b/commands/legacy/quotes/quoteadd.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d6ab57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/legacy/quotes/quoteadd.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+const { EmbedBuilder, MessageFlags } = require("discord.js")
+const { client, mClient } = require("../../../index")
+
+module.exports = {
+    name: 'quotesadd',
+    description: 'adds a quote to the database by replying to the message',
+    category: 'Quotes',
+    aliases: ['qadd', 'qa'],
+    async execute(message, args) {
+        const refMessage = message.reference // message to be quoted has been replied to
+        const refMessageId = refMessage.messageId
+        const refChannelId = refMessage.channelId
+        const refGuildId = refMessage.guildId
+        var msgData = {}
+        var refData = {}
+        const quoteGuild = await client.guilds.fetch(refGuildId)
+        const quoteChannel = await quoteGuild.channels.fetch(refChannelId)
+        const quoteMessage = await quoteChannel.messages.fetch(refMessageId)
+
+        msgData = {
+            content: quoteMessage.content,
+            author: await quoteMessage.author,
+            reference: await quoteMessage.reference,
+            embed: await quoteMessage.embeds ? 'embed' : null
+        } // debug
+        if (msgData.reference) {
+            const quoteRefGuild = await client.guilds.fetch(msgData.reference.guildId)
+            const quoteRefChannel = await quoteRefGuild.channels.fetch(msgData.reference.channelId)
+            const quoteRefMessage = await quoteRefChannel.messages.fetch(msgData.reference.messageId)
+
+
+            refData = {
+                content: quoteRefMessage.content,
+                author: await quoteRefMessage.author,
+                embed: await quoteRefMessage.embeds.length > 0 ? 'embed' : null
+            }
+        }
+
+        const db = mClient.db(process.env.M_DB)
+        const quotesColl = db.collection('items_quotes')
+        const found = await quotesColl.findOne({ messageID: quoteMessage.id })
+        if (found) { return await message.reply({ content: 'Quote Already in Database', flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral }) }
+        await quotesColl.findOneAndUpdate({ messageID: quoteMessage.id }, {
+            $set: {
+                messageID: quoteMessage.id,
+                channelID: quoteChannel.id,
+                guildID: quoteGuild.id,
+                by: msgData.author.id,
+                count: 0
+            }
+        }, { upsert: true })
+
+        var description = ''
+        if (refData) {
+            description += `> ${refData.author}`
+            if (refData.embed) {
+                description += '*an embed / a command* '
+            } else {
+                description += refData.content
+            }
+            description += `\r\n↳`
+        }
+        const messageLink = `https://discord.com/channels/${quoteGuild.id}/${quoteChannel.id}/${quoteMessage.id}/`
+        description += `${msgData.author} ${msgData.content}\r\n\r\n${messageLink}`
+        let timestamp = new Date(message.createdTimestamp)
+        let footer = timestamp.toDateString().toString()
+
+        const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
+            .setThumbnail(msgData.author.displayAvatarURL())
+            .setURL(messageLink)
+            .setTitle(`- Quote Added! -`)
+            .setDescription(description)
+            .setFooter({ text: (footer + ' #' + quoteMessage.id) })
+        await message.reply({ embeds: [embed] })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/commands/slash/applications/quotes.js b/commands/slash/applications/quotes.js
index ecd1b64..43f4d06 100644
--- a/commands/slash/applications/quotes.js
+++ b/commands/slash/applications/quotes.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require('dotenv').config()
 function delay(ms) { return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms)); }
 
 async function quotesAdd(interaction) {
+
     const messageLink = await interaction.options.getString('link')
     //regex for message link
     const regex = /^https:\/\/discord\.com\/channels\/\d+\/\d+\/\d+$/
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ module.exports = {
         .addSubcommand(s =>
             s
                 .setName('add')
-                .setDescription('add a new quote')
+                .setDescription('add a new quote either by replying to a message or inserting the message link')
                 .addStringOption(o => o.setName('link').setDescription('insert message link').setRequired(true)))
         .addSubcommand(s =>
             s