diff --git a/contentapi.py b/contentapi.py
index 86ecc90..d8a4582 100644
--- a/contentapi.py
+++ b/contentapi.py
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ def get_message(messages, id):
             return m
     return None
 
+# Build a comment for writing on the API. Only required fields are text and content id, but PLEASE
+# try to add the avatar and markup too!
+def comment_builder(text, content_id, markup=None, avatar=None, nickname=None):
+    comment = {
+        "id": 0,
+        "contentId": content_id,
+        "text": text,
+        "values": {}
+    }
+    if markup:
+        comment["values"]["m"] = markup
+    if avatar:
+        comment["values"]["a"] = avatar
+    if nickname:
+        comment["values"]["n"] = nickname
+    return comment
+
 # Constants for user actions
 CREATE = 1
 READ = 2
@@ -173,4 +190,9 @@ class ApiContext:
         things = result["objects"][type]
         if not len(things):
             raise NotFoundError("Couldn't find %s with id %d" % (type, id))
-        return things[0]
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+        return things[0]
+    
+    # Post the given message. Minimum fields are text and contentId, but you should also add the values 
+    # which indicate the markup and avatar!!
+    def post_message(self, message):
+        return self.post("write/message", message)
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 6501245..ba43c1b 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ config = {
     "default_loglevel" : "WARNING",
     "websocket_trace" : False,
     "default_room" : 0, # Zero means it will ask you for a room
+    "default_markup" : "plaintext",
     "expire_seconds" : 31536000, # 365 days in seconds, expiration for token
     "appear_in_global" : False,
     "tokenfile" : ".qcstoken"
@@ -58,14 +59,6 @@ def main():
     logging.debug(json.dumps(context.api_status(), indent = 2))
     authenticate(config, context)
 
-    # - Enter input loop, but check room number on "input" mode, don't let messages send in room 0
-    #   - h to help
-    #   - s to search rooms, enter #1234 to connect directly, empty string to quit
-    #   - g to list global users
-    #   - u to list users in room
-    #   - i to input
-    #   - q to quit entirely
-
     # Let users debug the websocket if they want I guess
     if config["websocket_trace"]:
         websocket.enableTrace(True)
@@ -80,15 +73,7 @@ def main():
     ws.current_room = 0
     ws.current_room_data = False
     ws.ignored = {}
-
-    # Go out and get the default room if one was provided.
-    if config["default_room"]:
-        try:
-            ws.current_room_data = context.get_by_id("content", config["default_room"])
-            ws.current_room = config["default_room"]
-            printr(Fore.GREEN + "Found default room %s" % ws.current_room_data["name"])
-        except Exception as ex:
-            printr(Fore.YELLOW + "Error searching for default room %d: %s" % (config["default_room"], ex))
+    # Note that the current_room stuff is set on open if you've supplied a default room in config
 
     # set the callback functions
     ws.on_open = ws_onopen
@@ -101,9 +86,11 @@ def main():
 
 
 def ws_onclose(ws):
-    print("Websocket closed! Program exit (FYI: you were in room %d)" % ws.current_room)
+    print("Websocket closed! Exiting (FYI: you were in room %d)" % ws.current_room)
     exit()
 
+
+# When the websocket is opened, we begin our thread to accept input forever
 def ws_onopen(ws):
 
     def main_loop():
@@ -132,11 +119,6 @@ def ws_onopen(ws):
             ws.pause_output = False     # Allow arbitrary output again
             key = readchar.readkey()
 
-            # # Oops, websocket is not connected but you asked for a command that requires websocket!
-            # if not ws_context.connected and key in ["s", "g", "u", "i"]:
-            #     print("No websocket connection")
-            #     continue
-
             ws.pause_output = True      # Disable output for the duration of input handling
 
             if key == "h":
@@ -158,7 +140,10 @@ def ws_onopen(ws):
                 if not ws.current_room:
                     print("You're not in a room! Can't send messages!")
                 else:
-                    print("not yet")
+                    message = input("Post (empty = exit): ")
+                    if message:
+                        ws.context.post_message(contentapi.comment_builder(message, 
+                                ws.current_room, ws.main_config["default_markup"], ws.user_info["avatar"]))
                 printstatus = True
             elif key == "t":
                 print(" -- Ignored WS Data (normal) --")
@@ -171,6 +156,11 @@ def ws_onopen(ws):
             elif key == " ":
                 printstatus = True
 
+    # Set the main room; we want to wait until the websocket is open because this also sets your 
+    # status in the userlist
+    if ws.main_config["default_room"]:
+        set_current_room(ws, ws.main_config["default_room"])
+
     # create a thread to run the blocking task
     thread = threading.Thread(target=main_loop)
     thread.start()
@@ -213,12 +203,12 @@ def ws_onmessage(ws, message):
                     for t in textwrap.wrap(message["text"], width = MAXMESSAGEWIDTH):
                         ws_print(ws, t)
 
-
     # Track ignored data
     if result["type"] not in ws.ignored:
         ws.ignored[result["type"]] = 0
     ws.ignored[result["type"]] += 1
 
+
 # Printing websocket event output is tricky because we don't want to interrupt user input (we don't have
 # curses). As such, we must buffer our output IF we are asked to pause
 def ws_print(ws, output):
@@ -247,6 +237,19 @@ def load_or_create_global_config():
 
     myutils.set_logging_level(config["default_loglevel"])
 
+
+# Set the room to listen to on the websocket. Will also update the userlist, if 
+# it's appropriate to do so
+def set_current_room(ws, roomid):
+    try:
+        ws.current_room_data = ws.context.get_by_id("content", roomid)
+        ws.current_room = roomid
+        print(Fore.GREEN + "Set room to %s" % ws.current_room_data["name"] + Style.RESET_ALL)
+        return
+    except Exception as ex:
+        print(Fore.RED + "Couldn't find room with id %d" % roomid + Style.RESET_ALL)
+
+
 # Enter a search loop which will repeat until you quit. Output should be PAUSED here 
 # (but someone else does it for us, we don't even know what 'pausing' is)
 def search(ws):
@@ -257,13 +260,7 @@ def search(ws):
         match = re.match(r'#(\d+)', searchterm)
         if match:
             roomid = int(match.group(1))
-            try:
-                ws.current_room_data = ws.context.get_by_id("content", roomid)
-                ws.current_room = roomid
-                print(Fore.GREEN + "Set room to %s" % ws.current_room_data["name"] + Style.RESET_ALL)
-                return
-            except Exception as ex:
-                print(Fore.RED + "Couldn't find room with id %d" % roomid + Style.RESET_ALL)
+            set_current_room(ws, roomid)
         elif searchterm:
             # Go search for rooms and display them
             result = ws.context.basic_search(searchterm)["objects"]["content"]
@@ -273,6 +270,7 @@ def search(ws):
             else:
                 printr(Style.DIM + " -- No results -- ")
 
+
 # Either pull the token from a file, or get the login from the command
 # line if that doesn't work. WILL test your token against the real API
 # even if it's pulled from file!
@@ -306,6 +304,7 @@ def authenticate(config, context: contentapi.ApiContext):
             print("ERROR: %s" % ex)
             message = "Please try logging in again:"
 
+
 def print_statusline(ws):
     # if ws_context.connected: bg = Back.GREEN else: bg = Back.RED
     if ws.current_room:
@@ -315,10 +314,12 @@ def print_statusline(ws):
         room = Fore.RED + Style.DIM + "NONE" + Style.NORMAL + Fore.BLACK
     print(Back.GREEN + Fore.BLACK + "\n " + ws.user_info["username"] + " - " + room + "  CTRL: h s g u i t q  " + Style.RESET_ALL)
 
+
 # Print and then reset the style
 def printr(msg):
     print(msg + Style.RESET_ALL)
 
+
 # Because python reasons
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
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