tried to spawn a thread for the bot to run freely

src/bot.rs

@@ -26,14 +26,19 @@ impl EventHandler for Handler {
 	}
 }
 
-pub async fn start_discord_bot() -> Result<Client, String> {
+pub async fn start_discord_bot() {
-	let mut client = Client::builder(token::TOKEN)
+	let maybe_client = Client::builder(token::TOKEN)
 		.event_handler(Handler)
 		.await
-		.map_err(|why| format!("Client error: {:?}", why))?;
+		.map_err(|why| format!("Client error: {:?}", why));
 	
-	if let Err(why) = client.start().await {
+	if let Ok(mut client) = maybe_client {
-		return Err(format!("Client error: {:?}", why));
+		if let Err(why) = client.start().await {
+			eprintln!("Client error: {:?}", why);
+			return
+		}
+	} else {
+		eprintln!("No Client");
+		return
 	}
-	Ok(client)
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use eframe::egui;
 use image::GenericImageView;
-use serenity::prelude::*;
+use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc, thread, time};
-use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc, thread, time, future::Future};
-
 mod bot;
 
 const MAX_FPS: f32 = 30.0;
@@ -26,16 +24,16 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), eframe::Error> {
 
 struct Jiji {
 	next_frame: time::Instant,
-	bot: Option<Client>,
+	bot: thread::JoinHandle<()>,
-	bot_future: Option<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Client, String>>>>,
 }
 
 impl Default for Jiji {
 	fn default() -> Self {
 		Self {
 			next_frame: time::Instant::now(),
-			bot: None,
+			bot: thread::spawn(|| {
-			bot_future: Some(Box::new(bot::start_discord_bot())),
+				bot::start_discord_bot();
+			}),
 		}
 	}
 }