diff --git a/api1.py b/api1.py
index 007e1ae..3193569 100644
--- a/api1.py
+++ b/api1.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from flask_apscheduler import APScheduler
 from datetime import datetime,timedelta,timezone
 import sqlite3
 import smtplib
+from telethon.sync import TelegramClient 
 
 # testing:
 # start dummy web server for dev with root: python3 -m smtpd -c DebuggingServer -n localhost:25
@@ -25,6 +26,43 @@ class Config(object):
 
     SCHEDULER_API_ENABLED = True
 
+def sendSelfTelegram(text):
+    print(f"sending telegram message to myself")
+    # get your api_id, api_hash, token 
+    # from telegram as described above 
+    api_id = '2452309'
+    api_hash = '4cc6a58946508e59547d15d530a421ae'
+
+    # your phone number 
+    phone = '+13616553044'
+
+    # creating a telegram session and assigning 
+    # it to a variable client 
+    client = TelegramClient('session', api_id, api_hash) 
+
+    # connecting and building the session 
+    client.connect() 
+
+    # in case of script ran first time it will 
+    # ask either to input token or otp sent to 
+    # number or sent or your telegram id 
+    if not client.is_user_authorized(): 
+        client.send_code_request(phone) 
+        
+        # signing in the client 
+        client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: ')) 
+    try: 
+        schlingelId=5070349790
+        client.send_message(schlingelId, "test message", parse_mode='html')
+    except Exception as e: 
+        # there may be many error coming in while like peer 
+        # error, wwrong access_hash, flood_error, etc 
+        print(e); 
+
+    # disconnecting the telegram session 
+    client.disconnect() 
+
+
 def sendMail(topic,toAddr):
     print(f"sending mail to {toAddr} for topic {topic}")
     port = 25
@@ -32,9 +70,9 @@ def sendMail(topic,toAddr):
     sender_email = "deadswitch@kawomi.com"
     receiver_email = toAddr
     message = f"""Subject: deadSwitch not pushed on topic {topic}\n\nNotification of deadSwitch not pushed on topic {topic}."""
+    sendSelfTelegram(message)
     server.sendmail(sender_email, receiver_email, message)
 
-
 def expiryCheck():
     print('.',end='')
     db=sqlite3.connect(DATABASE,detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES)
diff --git a/session.session b/session.session
index 2343c32..5cbde98 100644
Binary files a/session.session and b/session.session differ
diff --git a/telegramtest.py b/telegramtest.py
index 8d07e69..f4b46c7 100644
--- a/telegramtest.py
+++ b/telegramtest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import telebot 
 from telethon.sync import TelegramClient 
 from telethon.tl.types import InputPeerUser, InputPeerChannel 
 from telethon import TelegramClient, sync, events 
@@ -36,17 +35,14 @@ if not client.is_user_authorized():
 try: 
 	# receiver user_id and access_hash, use 
 	# my user_id and access_hash for reference 
-    print(client.get_me().stringify())
-    print("A")
-    #receiver = InputPeerUser('user_id', 'user_hash')
-    receiver = InputPeerUser('1463709677', '4835783730631176464') 
+    #print(client.get_me().stringify())
+    # send message to self...
+    receiver = InputPeerUser( str(client.get_me().id), str(client.get_me().access_hash))
 
-    print("B ")
-    print(receiver)
+    #print(receiver)
 	# sending message using telegram client 
     #client.send_message(receiver, message, parse_mode='html') 
     client.send_message(1463709677, "test message", parse_mode='html')
-    print("C")
 except Exception as e: 
 	
 	# there may be many error coming in while like peer 
diff --git a/telegramtest2.py b/telegramtest2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f35804b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/telegramtest2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from telethon.sync import TelegramClient 
+
+# get your api_id, api_hash, token 
+# from telegram as described above 
+api_id = '2452309'
+api_hash = '4cc6a58946508e59547d15d530a421ae'
+
+# your phone number 
+phone = '+13616553044'
+
+# creating a telegram session and assigning 
+# it to a variable client 
+client = TelegramClient('session', api_id, api_hash) 
+
+# connecting and building the session 
+client.connect() 
+
+# in case of script ran first time it will 
+# ask either to input token or otp sent to 
+# number or sent or your telegram id 
+if not client.is_user_authorized(): 
+	client.send_code_request(phone) 
+	
+	# signing in the client 
+	client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: ')) 
+try: 
+	schlingelId=5070349790
+	client.send_message(schlingelId, "test message", parse_mode='html')
+except Exception as e: 
+	# there may be many error coming in while like peer 
+	# error, wwrong access_hash, flood_error, etc 
+	print(e); 
+
+# disconnecting the telegram session 
+client.disconnect()