diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4377dff..eefce86 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "90bc066a67923782aa8515dbaea16946c5bcc5addbd668bb80af688e53e548a0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
- "clap_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -315,18 +314,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "strsim",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "528131438037fd55894f62d6e9f068b8f45ac57ffa77517819645d10aed04f64"
-dependencies = [
- "heck",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -1715,9 +1702,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.115"
+version = "1.0.116"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12dc5c46daa8e9fdf4f5e71b6cf9a53f2487da0e86e55808e2d35539666497dd"
+checksum = "3e17db7126d17feb94eb3fad46bf1a96b034e8aacbc2e775fe81505f8b0b2813"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3cd982e..a9ed60f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["cargo"] }
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 ctrlc = "3.4.4"
 dirs = "5.0.1"
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ once_cell = "1.19.0"
 rand = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["small_rng"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 rust-embed = "8.3.0"
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.116"
 zip = "0.6.6"
diff --git a/pokemon.json.bak b/pokemon.bak.json
similarity index 100%
rename from pokemon.json.bak
rename to pokemon.bak.json
diff --git a/src/bin/testing.rs b/src/bin/testing.rs
index 9cb723c..a96a036 100644
--- a/src/bin/testing.rs
+++ b/src/bin/testing.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
-use std::fs;
-
 fn main() {
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string("testing/testing.fuck").unwrap();
-    let mut found: bool = false;
-
-    for line in contents.lines() {
-        match line {
-            "1" | "2" => {
-                found = true;
-                break;
-            }
-
-            // if not found
-            _ => found = false,
-        }
-    }
-
-    if found == true {
-        println!("Gotcha bitch");
-    } else {
-        println!("Never mind")
-    }
+    let _bruh = "bruh";
 }
 
+// use std::fs;
+
+// fn main() {
+//     let contents = fs::read_to_string("testing/testing.fuck").unwrap();
+//     let mut found: bool = false;
+
+//     for line in contents.lines() {
+//         match line {
+//             "1" | "2" => {
+//                 found = true;
+//                 break;
+//             }
+
+//             // if not found
+//             _ => found = false,
+//         }
+//     }
+
+//     if found == true {
+//         println!("Gotcha bitch");
+//     } else {
+//         println!("Never mind")
+//     }
+// }
+
 // use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 // use std::io::{self, stdout, Write};
 // use std::num::ParseIntError;
diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index b30d9ac..08bf06c 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -14,23 +14,3 @@ pub static CACHE_DIRECTORY: once_cell::sync::Lazy<std::path::PathBuf> =
             .map(|dir| dir.join("rustmon"))
             .expect("Cache directory not found")
     });
-
-// fn get_directories() -> (std::path::PathBuf, std::path::PathBuf) {
-//     let data_directory: std::path::PathBuf = match dirs::data_dir() {
-//         Some(dir) => dir.join("rustmon"),
-//         None => {
-//             println!("Data directory not found");
-//             std::process::exit(1);
-//         }
-//     };
-
-//     let cache_directory: std::path::PathBuf = match dirs::cache_dir() {
-//         Some(dir) => dir.join("rustmon"),
-//         None => {
-//             println!("Cache directory not found");
-//             std::process::exit(1);
-//         }
-//     };
-
-//     return (data_directory, cache_directory);
-// }
diff --git a/src/fetch.rs b/src/fetch.rs
index c1206fb..f41e0ee 100644
--- a/src/fetch.rs
+++ b/src/fetch.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@ pub fn fetch(extract_destination: &std::path::Path, verbose: bool) {
         }
     };
 
+    // download pokemon.json
+    match fetch_pokemon_json() {
+        Ok(_) => (),
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("Error fetching pokemon_raw.json: {}", e);
+            cleanup().unwrap();
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // process pokemon_raw.json
+    match process_pokemon_json() {
+        Ok(_) => (),
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("Error processing pokemon_raw.json: {}", e);
+            cleanup().unwrap();
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    };
+
     // download colorscripts archive
     match fetch_colorscripts_archive(crate::constants::TARGET_URL) {
         Ok(_) => (),
@@ -52,10 +72,11 @@ pub fn fetch(extract_destination: &std::path::Path, verbose: bool) {
     };
 
     // cleanup
-    match cleanup() {
-        Ok(_) => (),
-        Err(e) => eprintln!("Error cleaning up: {}", e),
-    };
+    // TODO: uncomment
+    // match cleanup() {
+    //     Ok(_) => (),
+    //     Err(e) => eprintln!("Error cleaning up: {}", e),
+    // };
 }
 
 fn create_working_directory() -> std::io::Result<()> {
@@ -69,6 +90,138 @@ fn create_working_directory() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     return Ok(());
 }
 
+fn fetch_pokemon_json() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    println!("Fetching pokemon_raw.json...");
+
+    let response = reqwest::blocking::get(
+        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vomitblood/pokesprite/master/data/pokemon.json",
+    )?;
+
+    let mut dest = std::fs::File::create(
+        &*crate::constants::CACHE_DIRECTORY
+            .to_path_buf()
+            .join("pokemon_raw.json"),
+    )?;
+
+    let response_body = response.error_for_status()?.bytes()?;
+    std::io::copy(&mut response_body.as_ref(), &mut dest)?;
+
+    println!("Downloaded pokemon_raw.json");
+
+    return Ok(());
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Slug {
+    eng: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Forms {
+    // ignoring actual details in the forms and just capturing form names
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Generation {
+    forms: std::collections::HashMap<String, Forms>,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Pokemon {
+    idx: String,
+    slug: Slug,
+    #[serde(rename = "gen-8")]
+    gen_8: Generation,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct PokemonCollection {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    entries: std::collections::HashMap<String, Pokemon>,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Debug)]
+struct ProcessedPokemon {
+    pokedex: String,
+    name: String,
+    forms: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+fn process_pokemon_json() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    println!("Generating pokemon.json...");
+
+    let pokemon_raw_json_path = &*crate::constants::CACHE_DIRECTORY.join("pokemon_raw.json");
+
+    let pokemon_collection = read_pokemon_file(pokemon_raw_json_path)?;
+
+    let processed_pokemon = transform_pokemon_data(&pokemon_collection.entries);
+
+    // serialize the processed data to JSON
+    let serialized_pokemon = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&processed_pokemon)?;
+
+    // write processed data to file
+    std::fs::write(
+        crate::constants::CACHE_DIRECTORY.join("processed_pokemon.json"),
+        serialized_pokemon,
+    )?;
+
+    println!("Generated pokemon.json");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn read_pokemon_file(
+    file_path: &std::path::Path,
+) -> Result<PokemonCollection, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    // open the file in read only mode
+    let file = std::fs::File::open(file_path)?;
+    let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
+
+    // deserialize the into pokemoncollection
+    let collection = serde_json::from_reader(reader)?;
+
+    return Ok(collection);
+}
+
+fn transform_pokemon_data(
+    pokemons: &std::collections::HashMap<String, Pokemon>,
+) -> Vec<ProcessedPokemon> {
+    let mut processed_pokemons: Vec<ProcessedPokemon> = pokemons
+        .iter()
+        .map(|(_key, p)| {
+            let forms = p
+                .gen_8
+                .forms
+                .keys()
+                .map(|key| match key.as_str() {
+                    "$" => "regular".to_string(),
+                    _ => key.clone(),
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+
+            ProcessedPokemon {
+                // remove leading zeros from the pokedex number
+                pokedex: p.idx.trim_start_matches('0').to_string(),
+                // use the slug as the name
+                // this is because i am too lazy to decapitalize the name
+                // also in case of name =/= slug
+                name: p.slug.eng.clone(),
+                forms,
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    // sort the vector by pokedex number
+    processed_pokemons.sort_by(|a, b| {
+        a.pokedex
+            .parse::<u32>()
+            .unwrap_or(0)
+            .cmp(&b.pokedex.parse::<u32>().unwrap_or(0))
+    });
+
+    return processed_pokemons;
+}
+
 fn fetch_colorscripts_archive(target_url: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     println!("Fetching colorscripts archive...");
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0a66ba4..e3b3803 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 - `verbose` - Print colorscripts when generating
 
 ## `print` - Print a Pokemon colorscript
-- `name` - Select Pokemon by name
 - `big` - Print a bigger version of the colorscript
+- `id` - Print Pokemon by ID
 - `list` - Print a list of all Pokemon names
-- `random` - Print a random Pokemon colorscript
+- `name` - Print Pokemon by name
 - `no-title` - Do not print Pokemon name
+- `random` - Print a random Pokemon colorscript
 - `shiny` - Print the shiny version of the colorscript
 */