diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..4f83806 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+/.env
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd84115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Rust GPT Assistant
+
+## ToDo
+
+- [ ] Create a Menu using enum
+- [ ] Create module to read and write to .env (assistants)
+- [ ] Create module for upload files.
+- [ ] Create a module for [websearch](https://community.openai.com/t/how-to-enable-web-search-results-with-chatgpt-api/318118/2)
+- [ ] Add library for markdown in terminal
+- [ ] Create [code interpreter](https://platform.openai.com/docs/assistants/tools/code-interpreter) Module
+
+## Reference
+
+
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b33d634..fea68c8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,27 +15,37 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let thread_request = CreateThreadRequestArgs::default().build()?;
     let thread = client.threads().create(thread_request.clone()).await?;
 
-    //ask the user for the name of the assistant
-    println!("--- Enter the name of your assistant");
-    //get user input
-    let mut assistant_name = String::new();
-    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut assistant_name).unwrap();
+    ////ask the user for the name of the assistant
+    //println!("--- Enter the name of your assistant");
+    ////get user input
+    //let mut assistant_name = String::new();
+    //std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut assistant_name).unwrap();
 
-    //ask the user for the instruction set for the assistant
-    println!("--- Enter the instruction set for your new assistant");
-    //get user input
-    let mut instructions = String::new();
-    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut instructions).unwrap();
+    ////ask the user for the instruction set for the assistant
+    //println!("--- Enter the instruction set for your new assistant");
+    ////get user input
+    //let mut instructions = String::new();
+    //std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut instructions).unwrap();
+    //
+    ////create the assistant
+    //let assistant_request = CreateAssistantRequestArgs::default()
+    //    .name(&assistant_name)
+    //    .instructions(&instructions)
+    //    .model("gpt-3.5-turbo-1106")
+    //    .build()?;
+    //let assistant = client.assistants().create(assistant_request).await?;
+    ////get the id of the assistant
+    //let assistant_id = &assistant.id;
     
-    //create the assistant
-    let assistant_request = CreateAssistantRequestArgs::default()
-        .name(&assistant_name)
-        .instructions(&instructions)
-        .model("gpt-3.5-turbo-1106")
-        .build()?;
-    let assistant = client.assistants().create(assistant_request).await?;
-    //get the id of the assistant
-    let assistant_id = &assistant.id;
+    println!("--- Enter the your assistant ID");
+    //get user input
+    let mut assistant_id = String::new();
+    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut assistant_id).unwrap();
+
+    // retrives the assistant using the assistant_id
+    let assistant = client.assistants().retrieve(&assistant_id).await?;
+    //get the id of the assistant by shadowing from the assistant instance
+    let assistant_id: &str = &assistant.id;
 
     loop{
         println!("--- How can I help you?");