diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index b93b570..2fa513e 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ logger.addHandler(handler)
 
 queue = []
 user_queue = []
+skip_list = []
 shuffle = False
 load_dotenv()
 options = Options()
 options.profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile(os.getenv("PROFILE_PATH"))
 driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options)
-intents = disnake.Intents.default()
+intents = disnake.Intents.all()
 intents.message_content = False
 bot = commands.Bot(intents=intents, command_prefix=".", test_guilds=[int(os.getenv("GUILD_ID"))])
 
@@ -42,10 +43,11 @@ async def on_ready():
 def play_video(videourl):
     driver.get(videourl)
     try:
-        elem = WebDriverWait(driver, 5, 0.2, None).until(lambda x: x.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "ytp-fullscreen-button")) 
+        elem = WebDriverWait(driver, 8, 0.2, None).until(lambda x: x.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "ytp-fullscreen-button")) 
         sleep(1)
         elem.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
         return #if this errors there is no fullscreen options, such as playlists, so skip the link
     try:
         elem = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//button[@data-tooltip-target-id="ytp-autonav-toggle-button"][@aria-label="Autoplay is on"]')
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ def play_video(videourl):
         print(e)
     try:
         elem = WebDriverWait(driver, (float(os.getenv("MAX_MIN")) * 60), 1, None).until(lambda x: x.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "html5-endscreen").is_displayed())
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
         return #same as above
     sleep(1)
     return
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ async def toggleplayback(inter: disnake.AppCmdInter):
 @bot.slash_command(
     name="skip",
     description="skips the current video",
+    default_member_permissions=disnake.Permissions(8192),
 )
 async def skip(inter: disnake.AppCmdInter):
     await inter.response.defer(ephemeral=False)
@@ -199,6 +203,7 @@ async def skip(inter: disnake.AppCmdInter):
     except asyncio.CancelledError:
         queue.pop(0)
         user_queue.pop(0)
+        skip_list.clear()
         if len(queue) < 1:
             driver.get(f"file://{os.getcwd()}/waitingforvideo.png")
             driver.fullscreen_window()
@@ -206,6 +211,51 @@ async def skip(inter: disnake.AppCmdInter):
             queuetask = asyncio.create_task(queuehandler())
         await inter.edit_original_response("skipped")
 
+@bot.slash_command(
+    name="voteskip",
+    description="vote to skip the current video",
+)
+async def voteskip(inter: disnake.AppCmdInter):
+    await inter.response.defer(ephemeral=False)
+    if not inter.user.voice:
+        await inter.edit_original_response("You are not in the voice channel")
+        return
+    if inter.user.id in skip_list:
+        await inter.edit_original_response("You have already voted to skip this video")
+        return
+    vc = inter.user.voice.channel.members #this could be better due to potential for abuse, but it's fine for now
+    print(inter.user.voice.channel.name)
+    broadcaster = False
+    for m in vc:
+        if m.voice.self_video or m.voice.self_stream:
+            broadcaster = True
+            break
+    if not broadcaster:
+        await inter.edit_original_response("No one is playing video so how can this be the correct vc?")
+        return
+    skip_list.append(inter.user.id)
+    print(len(skip_list))
+    print(math.floor(len(vc)/2))
+    print(vc)
+    if len(skip_list) >= (math.floor(len(vc)/2)):
+        global queuetask
+        queuetask.cancel()
+        try:
+            await queuetask
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            queue.pop(0)
+            user_queue.pop(0)
+            skip_list.clear()
+            if len(queue) < 1:
+                driver.get(f"file://{os.getcwd()}/waitingforvideo.png")
+                driver.fullscreen_window()
+            else:
+                queuetask = asyncio.create_task(queuehandler())
+            await inter.edit_original_response("skipped as sufficient votes were reached")
+    else:
+        await inter.edit_original_response(f"**{inter.user.display_name}** has voted to skip the video, {len(skip_list)}/{math.floor(len(vc)/2)}")
+
+
 @bot.slash_command(
     name="remove",
     description="removes a video from the queue",
@@ -235,6 +285,7 @@ async def queuehandler():
         await loop.run_in_executor(None, play_video, queue[0])
         queue.pop(0)
         user_queue.pop(0)
+        skip_list.clear()
     driver.get(f"file://{os.getcwd()}/waitingforvideo.png")
     driver.fullscreen_window()